Thandiwe Newton
Actor
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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Filmography
The Pursuit of Happyness
as Linda 2006
Solo: A Star Wars Story
as Val 2018
Mission: Impossible II
as Nyah Hall 2000
Interview with the Vampire
as Yvette 1994
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Dame Vaako 2004
Crash
as Christine Thayer 2005
RocknRolla
as Stella 2008
Norbit
as Kate Thomas 2007
Mufasa: The Lion King
as Eshe (voice) 2024
Reminiscence
as Emily 'Watts' Sanders 2021
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Ginger (voice) 2023
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Self 2008
Gringo
as Bonnie Soyinka 2018
Run Fatboy Run
as Libby 2007
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
as Journalist 2019
W.
as Condoleezza Rice 2008