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