Thandiwe Newton
Acteur, Producer
6 november 1972 (53 years)
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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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
Cinematografie
| 2025 | Anaconda · as Claire Simons |
| 2024 | Mufasa: The Lion King · as Eshe (voice) |
| 2023 | Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget · as Ginger (voice) |
| 2022 | Wednesday · as Dr. Rachael Fairburn |
| 2022 | God's Country · as Sandra Guidry |
| 2022 | All the Old Knives · as Celia Harrison |
| 2022 | Human Resources (2022) · as Mona (voice) |
| 2021 | Reminiscence · as Emily 'watts' Sanders |
| 2018 | Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | The Death & Life of John F. Donovan · as Journalist |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story · as Val |
| 2018 | Gringo · as Bonnie Soyinka |
| 2017 | Big Mouth · as Mona (voice) |
| 2016 | Westworld · as Maeve Millay |
| 2015 | The Slap (US) · as Aisha |
| 2013 | Half of a Yellow Sun · as OlannaOp Plex |
| 2013 | Rogue · as Grace TravisOp Plex |
| 2012 | Line of Duty · as Dci Roz HuntleyOp Plex |
| 2012 | Good Deeds · as Lindsey |
| 2011 | Retreat · as Kate |
| 2011 | The Prophet · as Narrator |
| 2010 | For Colored Girls · as Tangie / Orange |
| 2010 | Vanishing on 7th Street · as RosemaryOp Plex |
| 2010 | Huge · as Kris |
| 2009 | 2012 · as Laura Wilson |
| 2008 | W. · as Condoleezza RiceOp Plex |
| 2008 | RocknRolla · as Stella |
| 2007 | Run Fatboy Run · as Libby |
| 2007 | Norbit · as Kate Thomas |
| 2006 | The Pursuit of Happyness · as Linda |
| 2006 | Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon · as Christine Thayer |
| 2005 | American Dad! · as Makeva (voice) |
| 2004 | Crash · as Christine ThayerOp Plex |
| 2004 | The Chronicles of Riddick · as Dame Vaako |
| 2003 | Shade · as TiffanyOp Plex |
| 2002 | The Truth About Charlie · as Regina Lambert |
| 2000 | It Was an Accident · as Noreen Hurlock |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible II · as Nyah Hall |
| 1998 | Beloved · as Beloved |
| 1998 | Besieged · as Shandurai |
| 1997 | Gridlock'd · as Cookie |
| 1996 | In Your Dreams · as Clare |
| 1996 | The Leading Man · as Hilary RuleOp Plex |
| 1995 | The Journey of August King · as Annalees |
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris · as Sally Hemings |
| 1994 | Interview with the Vampire · as Yvette |
| 1994 | ER · as Makemba 'kem' Likasu |
| 1994 | Loaded · as Zita |
| 1993 | The Young Americans · as Rachael Stevens |
| 1991 | Flirting · as Thandiwe Adjewa |