Thandiwe Newton
Known for Acting · 76 credits
- Born
- 1972-11-06 (age 53)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- 탠디 뉴튼 · Тэнди Ньютон · تندی نیوتن · Thandie Newton · 坦迪·牛顿 · Тенді Ньютон
Biography
Melanie Thandiwe Newton OBE (born 6 November 1972), formerly credited as Thandie Newton, is a British actress.
Newton is known for starring roles such as the title character in Beloved (1998), Nyah Nordoff-Hall in Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), Tiffany in Shade (2003), Dame Vaako in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Christine in Crash (2004), Linda in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), Libby in Run Fatboy Run (2007), Stella in RockNRolla (2008), Condoleezza Rice in W. (2008), Laura Wilson in 2012 (2009), Tangie Adrose in For Colored Girls (2010), Maeve Millay in Westworld (2016–2022), Roz Huntley in Line of Duty (2017), and Val in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).
Newton has received various awards, including an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and two Critics' Choice Awards, in addition to nominations for two Golden Globe Awards, a Saturn Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to film and charity.
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Known For
TV Shows (26)
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
American Dad!
2005
as Makeva (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
ER
1994
as Makemba 'Kem' Likasu
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self - Guest
Westworld
2016
as Maeve Millay
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
Wednesday
2022
as Dr. Rachael Fairburn
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Special Guest / Self - Guest Judge
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Big Mouth
2017
as Mona (voice)
Line of Duty
2012
as DCI Roz Huntley
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
Rogue
2013
as Grace Travis
Human Resources
2022
as Mona (voice)
The Slap
2015
as Aisha
The Big Narstie Show
2018
as Self
Elle Style Awards
1997
as Self - Winner
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
2020
as Narrator (voice)
The Wanted Man
First Day on Earth
as Anya
Movies (50)
Anaconda
2025
as Claire Simons
The Pursuit of Happyness
2006
as Linda
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
as Eshe (voice)
2012
2009
as Laura Wilson
Norbit
2007
as Kate Thomas
Interview with the Vampire
1994
as Yvette
Mission: Impossible II
2000
as Nyah Hall
Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018
as Val
Crash
2005
as Christine Thayer
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023
as Ginger (voice)
RocknRolla
2008
as Stella
Shade
2003
as Tiffany
Reminiscence
2021
as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
Gringo
2018
as Bonnie Soyinka
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
as Dame Vaako
Beloved
1998
as Beloved
Family Feud
2018
as Joan
All the Old Knives
2022
as Celia Harrison
W.
2008
as Condoleezza Rice
Vanishing on 7th Street
2010
as Rosemary
The Leading Man
1996
as Hilary Rule
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019
as Journalist
Gridlock'd
1997
as Cookie
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
as Self
The Truth About Charlie
2002
as Regina Lambert
Run Fatboy Run
2007
as Libby
Jefferson in Paris
1995
as Sally Hemings
For Colored Girls
2010
as Tangie / Orange
The Young Americans
1993
as Rachael Stevens
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
2007
as Self
Cry to Heaven
God's Country
2022
as Sandra Guidry
Retreat
2011
as Kate
Flirting
1991
as Thandiwe Adjewa
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self
Good Deeds
2012
as Lindsey
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
2020
as Self
Besieged
1998
as Shandurai
Huge
2010
as Kris
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
It Was an Accident
2000
as Noreen Hurlock
Loaded
1994
as Zita
Half of a Yellow Sun
2013
as Olanna
In Your Dreams
1997
as Clare
The Journey of August King
1995
as Annalees
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Pirate Prince
1991
as Becky Newton
Father and Son: On Screen and Off
2007
The Prophet
2011
as Narrator
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
2006
as The Mona Lisa
About Thandiwe Newton
Melanie Thandiwe Newton OBE (born 6 November 1972), formerly credited as Thandie Newton, is a British actress. Newton is known for starring roles such as the title character in Beloved (1998), Nyah Nordoff-Hall in Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), Tiffany in Shade (2003), Dame Vaako in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Christine in Crash (2004), Linda in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), Libby in Run Fatboy Run (2007), Stella in RockNRolla (2008), Condoleezza Rice in W. (2008), Laura Wilson in 2012 (2009), Tangie Adrose in For Colored Girls (2010),… With 76 credits spanning from 1991 to 2025, Thandiwe Newton has appeared in 50 films and 26 TV shows.
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Most Popular Thandiwe Newton Movies
- Anaconda (2025) — as Claire Simons
- The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) — as Linda
- Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) — as Eshe (voice)
- 2012 (2009) — as Laura Wilson
- Norbit (2007) — as Kate Thomas
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