Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton

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.

Anaconda
2025
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
Eshe (voice)
President
2023
Executive Producer
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023
Ginger (voice)
God's Country
2022
Sandra Guidry
All the Old Knives
2022
Celia Harrison
Reminiscence
2021
Emily 'Watts' Sanders
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
2020
Self
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019
Journalist
Gringo
2018
Bonnie Soyinka
Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018
Val
Family Feud
2018
Joan
Liyana
2017
Executive Producer
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
2017
Self - Narrator (voice)
Half of a Yellow Sun
2013
Olanna
Good Deeds
2012
Lindsey
Retreat
2011
Kate
The Prophet
2011
Narrator
Vanishing on 7th Street
2010
Rosemary
For Colored Girls
2010
Tangie / Orange
Huge
2010
Kris
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
Self
2012
2009
Laura Wilson
W.
2008
Condoleezza Rice
RocknRolla
2008
Stella
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
Self
Run Fatboy Run
2007
Libby
Norbit
2007
Kate Thomas
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
2007
Self
Father and Son: On Screen and Off
2007
The Pursuit of Happyness
2006
Linda
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
2006
The Mona Lisa
Crash
2005
Christine Thayer
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
Dame Vaako
Shade
2003
Tiffany
The Truth About Charlie
2002
Regina Lambert
Mission: Impossible II
2000
Nyah Hall
It Was an Accident
2000
Noreen Hurlock
Besieged
1998
Shandurai
Beloved
1998
Beloved
Gridlock'd
1997
Barbara 'Cookie' Cook
In Your Dreams
1997
Clare
The Leading Man
1996
Hilary Rule
The Journey of August King
1995
Annalees
Jefferson in Paris
1995
Sally Hemings
Interview with the Vampire
1994
Yvette
Loaded
1994
Zita
The Young Americans
1993
Rachael Stevens
Flirting
1991
Thandiwe Adjewa
Pirate Prince
1991
Becky Newton