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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

77

Gender

Female

Birthday

1972-11-06 (53 years old)

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

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

Acting

Mission: Impossible II

2000

Mission: Impossible II

as

Nyah Hall

Crash

2005

Crash

as

Christine Thayer

W.

2008

W.

as

Condoleezza Rice

God's Country

2022

God's Country

as

Sandra Guidry

Flirting

1991

Flirting

as

Thandiwe Adjewa

Run Fatboy Run

2007

Run Fatboy Run

as

Libby

The Young Americans

1993

The Young Americans

as

Rachael Stevens

Norbit

2007

Norbit

as

Kate Thomas

Gridlock'd

1997

Gridlock'd

as

Cookie

The Truth About Charlie

2002

The Truth About Charlie

as

Regina Lambert

RocknRolla

2008

RocknRolla

as

Stella

2012

2009

2012

as

Laura Wilson

Shade

2003

Shade

as

Tiffany

Good Deeds

2012

Good Deeds

as

Lindsey

For Colored Girls

2010

For Colored Girls

as

Tangie / Orange

Besieged

1998

Besieged

as

Shandurai

The Leading Man

1996

The Leading Man

as

Hilary Rule

Beloved

1998

Beloved

as

Beloved

Loaded

1994

Loaded

as

Zita

Retreat

2011

Retreat

as

Kate

It Was an Accident

2000

It Was an Accident

as

Noreen Hurlock

Jefferson in Paris

1995

Jefferson in Paris

as

Sally Hemings

Pirate Prince

1991

Pirate Prince

as

Becky Newton

Mufasa: The Lion King

2024

Mufasa: The Lion King

as

Eshe (voice)

Huge

2010

Huge

as

Kris

Gringo

2018

Gringo

as

Bonnie Soyinka

In Your Dreams

1997

In Your Dreams

as

Clare

The Prophet

2011

The Prophet

as

Narrator

Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon

2017

Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

Reminiscence

2021

Reminiscence

as

Emily 'Watts' Sanders

All the Old Knives

2022

All the Old Knives

as

Celia Harrison

Family Feud

2018

Family Feud

as

Joan

Anaconda

2025

Anaconda

as

Claire Simons

American Dad!

American Dad!

as

Makeva (voice)

The Slap

The Slap

as

Aisha

Westworld

Westworld

as

Maeve Millay

Rogue

Rogue

as

Grace Travis

RuPaul's Drag Race

RuPaul's Drag Race

as

Self - Special Guest

Line of Duty

Line of Duty

as

DCI Roz Huntley

Human Resources

Human Resources

as

Mona (voice)

ER

ER

as

Makemba 'Kem' Likasu

RuPaul's Drag Race

RuPaul's Drag Race

as

Self - Guest Judge

Big Mouth

Big Mouth

as

Mona (voice)

Wednesday

Wednesday

as

Dr. Rachael Fairburn

Production

President

2023

President

as

Liyana

2017

Liyana

as

Crew

Directing