Thandiwe Newton

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1972-11-06 (52 years old)

Place of Birth London, England, UK

Also Known As 탠디 뉴튼, Тэнди Ньютон, تندی نیوتن, Thandie Newton, 坦迪·牛顿, Тенді Ньютон

Thandiwe Newton

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thandiwe Newton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2024
Mufasa: The Lion King

as Eshe (voice)

2023
2022
God's Country

as Sandra Guidry

2022
All the Old Knives

as Celia Harrison

2022
Human Resources

as Mona (voice)

2021
Reminiscence

as Emily 'Watts' Sanders

2018
Gringo

as Bonnie Soyinka

2018
Family Feud

as Joan

2017
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2017
Big Mouth

as Mona (voice)

2016
Westworld

as Maeve Millay

2015
The Slap

as Aisha

2013
2013
Rogue

as Grace Travis

2012
Good Deeds

as Lindsey

2012
Line of Duty

as DCI Roz Huntley

2011
Retreat

as Kate

2011
The Prophet

as Narrator

2010
For Colored Girls

as Tangie / Orange

2010
2010
Huge

as Kris

2009
2012

as Laura Wilson

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Special Guest

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

2008
W.

as Condoleezza Rice

2008
RocknRolla

as Stella

2007
2007
Norbit

as Kate Thomas

2005
Crash

as Christine Thayer

2005
American Dad!

as Makeva (voice)

2004
2003
Shade

as Tiffany

2002
The Truth About Charlie

as Regina Lambert

2000
It Was an Accident

as Noreen Hurlock

2000
1998
Beloved

as Beloved

1998
Besieged

as Shandurai

1997
1997
Gridlock'd

as Barbara 'Cookie' Cook

1996
The Leading Man

as Hilary Rule

1996
1995
Jefferson in Paris

as Sally Hemings

1994
Loaded

as Zita

1994
ER

as Makemba 'Kem' Likasu

1993
The Young Americans

as Rachael Stevens

1991
Pirate Prince

as Becky Newton

1991
Flirting

as Thandiwe Adjewa

Producer

2023
President

as Executive Producer

2017
Liyana

as Executive Producer