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.
- Interview with the Vampire1994
- Mission: Impossible II2000
- The Pursuit of Happyness2006
- Crash2005
- The Chronicles of Riddick2004
- W.2008
- Flirting1991
- Run, Fatboy, Run2007
- The Young Americans1993
- Gridlock'd1997
- Norbit2007
- The Truth About Charlie2002
- RocknRolla2008
- 20122009
- Shade2003
- Vanishing on 7th Street2010
- The Journey of August King1995
- Good Deeds2012
- Besieged1998
- For Colored Girls2010
- The Leading Man1996
- Beloved1998
- Loaded1994
- Retreat2011
- Half of a Yellow Sun2013
- Jefferson in Paris1995
- Huge2010
- Gringo2018
- The Death & Life of John F. Donovan2019
- Solo: A Star Wars Story2018
- Reminiscence2021
- The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa2006
- All the Old Knives2022
- God's Country2022
- Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget2023
- American Dad!2005
- The Slap2015
- Rogue2013
- Line of Duty2012
- Westworld2016
- Big Mouth2017
- Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema2018
- Human Resources2022
- ER1994