Anaconda
2025 · Movie
as Claire Simons
Thandiwe Newton
1972-11-06
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London, England, UK
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
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024 · Movie
as Eshe (voice)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023 · Movie
as Ginger (voice)
God's Country
2022 · Movie
as Sandra Guidry
All the Old Knives
2022 · Movie
as Celia Harrison
Human Resources
2022 · TV Show
as Mona (voice)
Wednesday
2022 · TV Show
as Dr. Rachael Fairburn
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Reminiscence
2021 · Movie
as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
2020 · Movie
as Self
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
2020 · TV Show
as Narrator (voice)
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019 · Movie
as Journalist
Gringo
2018 · Movie
as Bonnie Soyinka
Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018 · Movie
as Val
Family Feud
2018 · Movie
as Joan
The Big Narstie Show
2018 · TV Show
as Self
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
2017 · Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Big Mouth
2017 · TV Show
as Mona (voice)
Westworld
2016 · TV Show
as Maeve Millay
The Slap
2015 · TV Show
as Aisha
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · TV Show
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV Show
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV Show
as Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · TV Show
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · TV Show
as Self
Half of a Yellow Sun
2013 · Movie
as Olanna
Rogue
2013 · TV Show
as Grace Travis
Good Deeds
2012 · Movie
as Lindsey
Line of Duty
2012 · TV Show
as DCI Roz Huntley
Retreat
2011 · Movie
as Kate
The Prophet
2011 · Movie
as Narrator
Vanishing on 7th Street
2010 · Movie
as Rosemary
For Colored Girls
2010 · Movie
as Tangie / Orange
Huge
2010 · Movie
as Kris
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010 · Movie
as Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010 · Movie
as Self
2012
2009 · Movie
as Laura Wilson
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · TV Show
as Self - Special Guest, Self - Guest Judge
W.
2008 · Movie
as Condoleezza Rice
RocknRolla
2008 · Movie
as Stella
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008 · Movie
as Self
Run Fatboy Run
2007 · Movie
as Libby
Norbit
2007 · Movie
as Kate Thomas
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
2007 · Movie
as Self
Father and Son: On Screen and Off
2007 · Movie
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV Show
as Self
The Pursuit of Happyness
2006 · Movie
as Linda
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
2006 · Movie
as The Mona Lisa
Crash
2005 · Movie
as Christine Thayer
American Dad!
2005 · TV Show
as Makeva (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · TV Show
as Self
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004 · Movie
as Dame Vaako
Shade
2003 · Movie
as Tiffany
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV Show
as Self - Guest, Self
The Truth About Charlie
2002 · Movie
as Regina Lambert
Mission: Impossible II
2000 · Movie
as Nyah Hall
It Was an Accident
2000 · Movie
as Noreen Hurlock
Besieged
1998 · Movie
as Shandurai
Beloved
1998 · Movie
as Beloved
Gridlock'd
1997 · Movie
as Cookie
In Your Dreams
1997 · Movie
as Clare
Elle Style Awards
1997 · TV Show
as Self - Winner
The Leading Man
1996 · Movie
as Hilary Rule
The Daily Show
1996 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
The Journey of August King
1995 · Movie
as Annalees
Jefferson in Paris
1995 · Movie
as Sally Hemings
Interview with the Vampire
1994 · Movie
as Yvette
Loaded
1994 · Movie
as Zita
ER
1994 · TV Show
as Makemba 'Kem' Likasu
The Young Americans
1993 · Movie
as Rachael Stevens
Flirting
1991 · Movie
as Thandiwe Adjewa
Pirate Prince
1991 · Movie
as Becky Newton
The Word
1990 · TV Show
Cry to Heaven
· Movie
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The Wanted Man
· TV Show
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First Day on Earth
· TV Show
as Anya
