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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 6, 1972
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also Known As
- 탠디 뉴튼
- Тэнди Ньютон
- تندی نیوتن
- Thandie Newton
- 坦迪·牛顿
- Тенді Ньютон
- تاندیوی نیوتن
- タンディウェ・”タンディ”・ニュートン
- Melanie Thandiwe Newton
Thandiwe Newton
3.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.6
Claire Simons
Anaconda
2025
7.3
Eshe (voice)
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
7.0
Ginger (voice)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023
8.4
Dr. Rachael Fairburn
Wednesday
2022
5.6
Sandra Guidry
God's Country
2022
6.0
Celia Harrison
All the Old Knives
2022
6.5
Mona (voice)
Human Resources
2022
6.5
Emily 'Watts' Sanders
Reminiscence
2021
10.0
Self
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
2020
6.9
Journalist
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019
Credits
Anaconda
as Claire Simons
2025
6.6
Mufasa: The Lion King
as Eshe (voice)
2024
7.3
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Ginger (voice)
2023
7.0
Wednesday
as Dr. Rachael Fairburn
2022
8.4
God's Country
as Sandra Guidry
2022
5.6
All the Old Knives
as Celia Harrison
2022
6.0
Human Resources
as Mona (voice)
2022
6.5
Reminiscence
as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
2021
6.5
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
as Self
2020
10.0
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
as Journalist
2019
6.9
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
as Narrator (voice)
2018
7.0
The Big Narstie Show
as Self
2018
4.3
Solo: A Star Wars Story
as Val
2018
6.6
Gringo
as Bonnie Soyinka
2018
5.9
Family Feud
as Joan
2018
2.5
Big Mouth
as Mona (voice)
2017
7.6
Big Mouth
2017
7.6
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
10.0
Westworld
as Maeve Millay
2016
8.0
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
6.2
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
5.3
The Slap
as Aisha
2015
5.9
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2014
4.0
Half of a Yellow Sun
as Olanna
2013
4.8
Rogue
as Grace Travis
2013
6.7
Rogue
2013
6.7
Line of Duty
as DCI Roz Huntley
2012
8.2
Good Deeds
as Lindsey
2012
6.2
Retreat
as Kate
2011
5.6
The Prophet
as Narrator
2011
7.8
For Colored Girls
as Tangie / Orange
2010
6.6
Vanishing on 7th Street
as Rosemary
2010
5.3
Huge
as Kris
2010
5.6
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
as Self
2010
7.8
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
as Self
2010
7.0
2012
as Laura Wilson
2009
5.9
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special Guest
2009
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
2009
7.5
W.
as Condoleezza Rice
2008
6.2
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Self
2008
6.0
RocknRolla
as Stella
2008
6.9
Run Fatboy Run
as Libby
2007
6.2
Father and Son: On Screen and Off
2007
6.0
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
as Self
2007
9.0
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Norbit
as Kate Thomas
2007
5.7
The Pursuit of Happyness
as Linda
2006
7.9
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
as The Mona Lisa
2006
10.0
Crash
as Christine Thayer
2005
7.2
American Dad!
as Makeva (voice)
2005
7.0
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
6.7
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Dame Vaako
2004
6.5
Shade
as Tiffany
2003
6.2
The Truth About Charlie
as Regina Lambert
2002
4.8
It Was an Accident
as Noreen Hurlock
2000
6.6
Mission: Impossible II
as Nyah Hall
2000
6.1
Beloved
as Beloved
1998
5.8
Besieged
as Shandurai
1998
6.6
In Your Dreams
as Clare
1997
5.5
Gridlock'd
as Cookie
1997
6.7
The Leading Man
as Hilary Rule
1996
5.0
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
The Journey of August King
as Annalees
1995
6.7
Jefferson in Paris
as Sally Hemings
1995
5.0
Interview with the Vampire
as Yvette
1994
7.4
ER
as Makemba 'Kem' Likasu
1994
7.8
Loaded
as Zita
1994
3.7
The Young Americans
as Rachael Stevens
1993
5.7
Pirate Prince
as Becky Newton
1991
10.0
Flirting
as Thandiwe Adjewa
1991
6.7
Cry to Heaven
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Wanted Man
N/A
0.0