Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1972-11-06 (Age: 54)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
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.
Filmography (49)
Anaconda
2025
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023
God's Country
2022
All the Old Knives
2022
Reminiscence
2021
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
2020
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019
Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018
Gringo
2018
Family Feud
2018
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
2017
Half of a Yellow Sun
2013
Good Deeds
2012
