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