Thandiwe Newton
Acting
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.
TV Shows(26)
Wednesday
Dr. Rachael Fairburn
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022
Human Resources
Mona (voice)
2022
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Narrator (voice)
2020
The Big Narstie Show
Self
2018
Big Mouth
Mona (voice)
2017
Westworld
Maeve Millay
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
The Slap
Aisha
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
Rogue
Grace Travis
2013
Line of Duty
DCI Roz Huntley
2012
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Special Guest
2009
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
American Dad!
Makeva (voice)
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Elle Style Awards
Self - Winner
1997
The Daily Show
Self
1996
ER
Makemba 'Kem' Likasu
1994
The Wanted Man
First Day on Earth
Anya
Movies(50)
Anaconda
Claire Simons
2025
Mufasa: The Lion King
Eshe (voice)
2024
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Ginger (voice)
2023
God's Country
Sandra Guidry
2022
All the Old Knives
Celia Harrison
2022
Reminiscence
Emily 'Watts' Sanders
2021
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
Self
2020
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Journalist
2019
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Val
2018
Gringo
Bonnie Soyinka
2018
Family Feud
Joan
2018
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
Half of a Yellow Sun
Olanna
2013
Good Deeds
Lindsey
2012
Retreat
Kate
2011
The Prophet
Narrator
2011
For Colored Girls
Tangie / Orange
2010
Vanishing on 7th Street
Rosemary
2010
Huge
Kris
2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self
2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self
2010
2012
Laura Wilson
2009
W.
Condoleezza Rice
2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Self
2008
RocknRolla
Stella
2008
Run Fatboy Run
Libby
2007
Father and Son: On Screen and Off
2007
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
Self
2007
Norbit
Kate Thomas
2007
The Pursuit of Happyness
Linda
2006
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
The Mona Lisa
2006
Crash
Christine Thayer
2005
The Chronicles of Riddick
Dame Vaako
2004
Shade
Tiffany
2003
The Truth About Charlie
Regina Lambert
2002
It Was an Accident
Noreen Hurlock
2000
Mission: Impossible II
Nyah Hall
2000
Beloved
Beloved
1998
Besieged
Shandurai
1998
In Your Dreams
Clare
1997
Gridlock'd
Cookie
1997
The Leading Man
Hilary Rule
1996
The Journey of August King
Annalees
1995
Jefferson in Paris
Sally Hemings
1995
Interview with the Vampire
Yvette
1994
Loaded
Zita
1994
The Young Americans
Rachael Stevens
1993
Pirate Prince
Becky Newton
1991
Flirting
Thandiwe Adjewa
1991
Cry to Heaven