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Thandiwe Newton

Film Actress | * 11/06/1972 (51) | London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Melanie Thandiwe Newton ( TAN-dee-way; born 6 November 1972), formerly credited as Thandie Newton ( TAN-dee), is a British actress. She has received various awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award, and a BAFTA TV Award, in addition to nominations for two Golden Globe Awards. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to film and charity. 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..."> ()
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Melanie Thandiwe Newton OBE (/tænˈdiːweɪ/ tan-DEE-way; born 6 November 1972) is an English actress. Newton has received various awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for two Golden Globe Awards. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to film and to charity.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), for which she received a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, 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), and Val in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).Since 2016, Newton has played the sentient android, the madam Maeve Millay, in the HBO science fiction-western series Westworld, for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and two Critics Choice Awards, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award, Saturn Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2017, she portrayed DCI Roz Huntley in the BBC drama series Line of Duty, which earned her a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress.In April 2021, Newton, having been widely known as Thandie Newton for 30 years because of a misspelling of her first name in the credits of her first film, announced she was finally correcting this and would henceforth be known and credited as Thandiwe Newton, her real name, beginning with Reminiscence (2021).

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Thriller

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Awards & Nominations for Thandiwe Newton

British Academy Film Awards Empire Awards Black Reel Awards London Film Critics' Circle Screen Actors Guild Awards Black Reel TV Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Officer of The Order of The British Empire Okayafrica 100 Women 16th Critics' Choice Awards
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Movies with Thandiwe Newton as Actress(44)

as Ginger (voice)2023 Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Celia Harrison2022 All the Old Knives
as Sandra Guidry2022 God's Country
as Emily 'Watts' Sanders2021 Reminiscence
as Bonnie Soyinka2018 Gringo
as Olanna2013 Half of a Yellow Sun
as Lindsey2012 Good Deeds
as Kate2011 Retreat
as Narrator2011 The Prophet
as Kris2010 Huge
as Tangie / Orange2010 For Colored Girls
as Rosemary2010 Vanishing on 7th Street
as Laura Wilson2009 2012
as Stella2008 RocknRolla
as Condoleezza Rice2008 W.
as Libby2007 Run, Fatboy, Run
as Kate Thomas2007 Norbit
as Linda Gardner2006 The Pursuit of Happyness
as Christine Thayer2005 Crash
as Dame Vaako2004 The Chronicles of Riddick
as Tiffany2003 Shade
as Regina Lambert2002 The Truth About Charlie
as Nyah Nordoff-Hall2000 Mission: Impossible II
as Noreen Hurlock2000 It Was an Accident
as Shandurai1998 Besieged
as Beloved1998 Beloved
as Barbara 'Cookie' Cook1997 Gridlock'd
as Clare1997 In Your Dreams
as Hilary Rule1996 The Leading Man
as Sally Hemings1995 Jefferson in Paris
as Zita1994 Loaded
as Rachael Stevens1993 The Young Americans
as Thandiwe Adjewa1991 Flirting

TV Shows/Series with Thandiwe Newton as Actress(18)

as Mona the Hormone Monstress (voice)2022 Human Resources
as Mona (voice)2022 Human Resources
as herself2018 The Big Narstie Show
as Mona (voice)2017 Big Mouth
as Maeve Millay2016 Westworld
as Aisha2015 The Slap
as Grace Travis2013 Rogue
as DCI Roz Huntley2012 Line of Duty
as Self - Judge2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special Guest2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
as herself2007 The Graham Norton Show
as Makeva (voice)2005 American Dad!
as herself1996 The Daily Show

Movies with Thandiwe Newton as Crew(2)

Production/Executive Producer2023 President
Production/Executive Producer2018 Liyana

Additional Information

Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Monday, 11/06 1972 (November) in London, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 51 years + 144 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Downing College, University of Cambridge, Humphry Davy School
Spouses (current/former): Ol Parker
Children: Nico Parker
Other names for Thandiwe Newton (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"탠디 뉴튼"
"Тэнди Ньютон"
"تندی نیوتن"
"Melanie Thandiwe Newton"
"Thandie Newton"
"坦迪·牛顿"
Thandiwe Newton frequently works together with these people:
Mike Barker (34x, Actor)
Paget Brewster (22x, Actress)
Nick Kroll (21x, Actor)
Joe Wengert (17x, Cast)
Fred Tatasciore (16x, Actor)
Jill Talley (16x, Actress)
Alan Tudyk (15x, Actor)
Mike Henry (15x, Actor)
John DiMaggio (14x, Actor)
Roland Emmerich (11x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:568, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024