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Thandiwe Newton

Born
November 6, 1972

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.

Acting

By IMDb rating
Poster for “Crash”

Crash

2005IMDb 7.7
Christine Thayer
Poster for “Shade”

Shade

2003IMDb 6.3
Tiffany
Poster for “W.”

W.

2008IMDb 6.3
Condoleezza Rice
Poster for “Gringo”

Gringo

2018IMDb 6.1
Bonnie Soyinka
Poster for “Beloved”

Beloved

1998IMDb 6.1
Beloved
Poster for “2012”

2012

2009IMDb 5.9
Laura Wilson
Poster for “Reminiscence”

Reminiscence

2021IMDb 5.9
Emily 'Watts' Sanders
Poster for “Anaconda”

Anaconda

2025IMDb 5.5
Claire Simons
Poster for “Norbit”

Norbit

2007IMDb 4.3
Kate Thomas