Thandiwe Newton

Actor

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.

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Known For

2012 Not in library

2012

2009

The Pursuit of Happyness Not in library

The Pursuit of Happyness

2006

Wednesday Not in library

Wednesday

2022

Solo: A Star Wars Story Not in library

Solo: A Star Wars Story

2018

Mission: Impossible II Not in library

Mission: Impossible II

2000

Interview with the Vampire Not in library

Interview with the Vampire

1994

Westworld Not in library

Westworld

2016

The Chronicles of Riddick Not in library

The Chronicles of Riddick

2004

Crash Not in library

Crash

2005

RocknRolla Not in library

RocknRolla

2008

Acting

2025 Anaconda as Claire Simons In Library
2024 Mufasa: The Lion King as Eshe (voice)
2023 Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget as Ginger (voice)
2022 God's Country as Sandra Guidry
2022 All the Old Knives as Celia Harrison
2022 Human Resources as Mona (voice) (1 episode)
2022 Wednesday as Dr. Rachael Fairburn (3 episodes)
2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2021 Reminiscence as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
2020 Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times as Self
2020 Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema as Narrator (voice) (14 episodes)
2019 The Death & Life of John F. Donovan as Journalist
2018 Gringo as Bonnie Soyinka
2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story as Val
2018 Family Feud as Joan
2018 The Big Narstie Show as Self (1 episode)
2017 Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017 Big Mouth as Mona (voice) (4 episodes)
2017 Big Mouth
2016 Westworld as Maeve Millay (36 episodes)
2015 The Slap as Aisha (8 episodes)
2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self (1 episode)
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self (1 episode)
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self (1 episode)
2014 Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self (1 episode)
2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self (1 episode)
2013 Half of a Yellow Sun as Olanna
2013 Rogue as Grace Travis (40 episodes)
2013 Rogue
2012 Good Deeds as Lindsey
2012 Line of Duty as DCI Roz Huntley (6 episodes)
2011 Retreat as Kate
2011 The Prophet as Narrator
2010 Vanishing on 7th Street as Rosemary
2010 For Colored Girls as Tangie / Orange
2010 Huge as Kris
2010 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic as Self
2010 The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective as Self
2009 2012 as Laura Wilson
2009 RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Special Guest (1 episode)
2009 RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge (1 episode)
2008 W. as Condoleezza Rice
2008 RocknRolla as Stella
2008 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as Self
2007 Run Fatboy Run as Libby
2007 Norbit as Kate Thomas
2007 Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream as Self
2007 Father and Son: On Screen and Off
2007 The Graham Norton Show as Self (2 episodes)
2006 The Pursuit of Happyness as Linda
2006 The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa as The Mona Lisa
2005 Crash as Christine Thayer
2005 American Dad! as Makeva (voice) (1 episode)
2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self (1 episode)
2004 The Chronicles of Riddick as Dame Vaako
2003 Shade as Tiffany
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (1 episode)
2002 The Truth About Charlie as Regina Lambert
2000 Mission: Impossible II as Nyah Hall
2000 It Was an Accident as Noreen Hurlock
1998 Besieged as Shandurai
1998 Beloved as Beloved
1997 Gridlock'd as Cookie
1997 In Your Dreams as Clare
1997 Elle Style Awards as Self - Winner (1 episode)
1996 The Leading Man as Hilary Rule
1996 The Daily Show as Self (1 episode)
1995 The Journey of August King as Annalees
1995 Jefferson in Paris as Sally Hemings
1994 Interview with the Vampire as Yvette
1994 Loaded as Zita
1994 ER as Makemba 'Kem' Likasu (10 episodes)
1993 The Young Americans as Rachael Stevens
1991 Flirting as Thandiwe Adjewa
1991 Pirate Prince as Becky Newton
— Cry to Heaven
— The Wanted Man
— First Day on Earth as Anya

Production

2023 President Executive Producer
2017 Liyana Executive Producer