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

Westworld

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

American Dad!

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Graham Norton Show

ER

The Jennifer Hudson Show

All Movies (50)

• Anaconda2025 · as Claire Simons
• Mufasa: The Lion King2024 · as Eshe (voice)
• Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget2023 · as Ginger (voice)
• God's Country2022 · as Sandra Guidry
• All the Old Knives2022 · as Celia Harrison
• Reminiscence2021 · as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
• Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times2020 · as Self
• The Death & Life of John F. Donovan2019 · as Journalist
• Solo: A Star Wars Story2018 · as Val
• Gringo2018 · as Bonnie Soyinka
• Family Feud2018 · as Joan
• Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon2017 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Half of a Yellow Sun2013 · as Olanna
• Good Deeds2012 · as Lindsey
• Retreat2011 · as Kate
• The Prophet2011 · as Narrator
• For Colored Girls2010 · as Tangie / Orange
• Vanishing on 7th Street2010 · as Rosemary
• Huge2010 · as Kris
• 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic2010 · as Self
• The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective2010 · as Self
• 20122009 · as Laura Wilson
• W.2008 · as Condoleezza Rice
• How to Lose Friends & Alienate People2008 · as Self
• RocknRolla2008 · as Stella
• Run Fatboy Run2007 · as Libby
• Father and Son: On Screen and Off2007
• Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream2007 · as Self
• Norbit2007 · as Kate Thomas
• The Pursuit of Happyness2006 · as Linda
• The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa2006 · as The Mona Lisa
• Crash2005 · as Christine Thayer
• The Chronicles of Riddick2004 · as Dame Vaako
• Shade2003 · as Tiffany
• The Truth About Charlie2002 · as Regina Lambert
• It Was an Accident2000 · as Noreen Hurlock
• Mission: Impossible II2000 · as Nyah Hall
• Beloved1998 · as Beloved
• Besieged1998 · as Shandurai
• In Your Dreams1997 · as Clare
• Gridlock'd1997 · as Cookie
• The Leading Man1996 · as Hilary Rule
• The Journey of August King1995 · as Annalees
• Jefferson in Paris1995 · as Sally Hemings
• Interview with the Vampire1994 · as Yvette
• Loaded1994 · as Zita
• The Young Americans1993 · as Rachael Stevens
• Pirate Prince1991 · as Becky Newton
• Flirting1991 · as Thandiwe Adjewa
• Cry to Heaven— · as Mariana Treschi

All TV Shows (30)

• Wednesday2022 · as Dr. Rachael Fairburn
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022 · as Self - Guest
• Human Resources2022 · as Mona (voice)
• Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema2020 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Big Narstie Show2018 · as Self
• Big Mouth2017 · as Mona (voice)
• Big Mouth2017
• Westworld2016 · as Maeve Millay
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• The Slap2015 · as Aisha
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
• Rogue2013 · as Grace Travis
• Rogue2013
• Line of Duty2012 · as DCI Roz Huntley
• RuPaul's Drag Race2009 · as Self - Special Guest
• RuPaul's Drag Race2009 · as Self - Guest Judge
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• American Dad!2005 · as Makeva (voice)
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Elle Style Awards1997 · as Self - Winner
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• ER1994 · as Makemba 'Kem' Likasu
• The Wanted Man—
• First Day on Earth— · as Anya