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
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Daily Show
1996
American Dad!
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self · 2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self · 2015
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest · 1996
American Dad!
as Makeva (voice) · 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self · 2005
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest · 2015
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self - Guest · 2022
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self · 2003
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special Guest · 2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge · 2009
Westworld
as Maeve Millay · 2016
ER
as Kem Likasu · 1994
Wednesday
as Dr. Rachael Fairburn · 2022
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self · 2014
Big Mouth
as Mona (voice) · 2017
Big Mouth
· 2017
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self · 2015
Line of Duty
as DCI Roz Huntley · 2012
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self · 2014
Mufasa: The Lion King
as Eshe (voice) · 2024
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
as Self - Guest Judge · 2019
Parkinson
as Self - Guest · 2004
The Pursuit of Happyness
as Linda · 2006
Solo: A Star Wars Story
as Val · 2018
The Word
as Self · 1990
Rogue
as Grace Travis · 2013
Rogue
· 2013
2012
as Laura Wilson · 2009
Mission: Impossible II
as Nyah Hall · 2000
Interview with the Vampire
as Yvette · 1994
Anaconda
as Claire Simons · 2025
Human Resources
as Mona (voice) · 2022
Norbit
as Kate Thomas · 2007
Crash
as Christine Thayer · 2005
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
as Narrator (voice) · 2020
The Big Narstie Show
as Self · 2018
The Slap
as Aisha · 2015
All the Old Knives
as Celia Harrison · 2022
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Ginger (voice) · 2023
Reminiscence
as Emily 'Watts' Sanders · 2021
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Self · 2008
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Dame Vaako · 2004
RocknRolla
as Stella · 2008
Run Fatboy Run
as Libby · 2007
Elle Style Awards
as Self - Winner · 1997
Gringo
as Bonnie Soyinka · 2018
Vanishing on 7th Street
as Rosemary · 2010
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
as Journalist · 2019
God's Country
as Sandra Guidry · 2022
Shade
as Tiffany · 2003
The Truth About Charlie
as Regina Lambert · 2002
The Wanted Man
as Francesca Carmichael · 2027
Beloved
as Beloved · 1998
W.
as Condoleezza Rice · 2008
For Colored Girls
as Tangie / Orange · 2010
Gridlock'd
as Cookie · 1997
Jefferson in Paris
as Sally Hemings · 1995
The Young Americans
as Rachael Stevens · 1993
Family Feud
as Joan · 2018
Half of a Yellow Sun
as Olanna · 2013
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
as Self · 2010
Good Deeds
as Lindsey · 2012
Flirting
as Thandiwe Adjewa · 1991
Retreat
as Kate · 2011
Cry to Heaven
The Journey of August King
as Annalees · 1995
The Leading Man
as Hilary Rule · 1996
Besieged
as Shandurai · 1998
First Day on Earth
as Anya
It Was an Accident
as Noreen Hurlock · 2000
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
as Self · 2020
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
as Self · 2007
Huge
as Kris · 2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
as Self · 2010
The Prophet
as Narrator · 2011
Father and Son: On Screen and Off
· 2007
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2017
In Your Dreams
as Clare · 1997
Pirate Prince
as Becky Newton · 1991
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
as The Mona Lisa · 2006
Loaded
as Zita · 1994