Thandiwe Newton

Compleanno:
11/06/1972
Luogo di nascita:
London, England, UK:
Biografia:
Melanie Thandiwe Newton OBE (nata il 6 novembre 1972), precedentemente accreditata come Thandie Newton, è un'attrice britannica. Newton è nota per ruoli da protagonista come il personaggio principale 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 nel 2012 (2009), Tangie Adrose in For Colored Girls (2010), Maeve Millay in Westworld (2016-2022), Roz Huntley in Line of Duty (2017) e Val in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). Newton ha ricevuto vari premi, tra cui un Emmy Award come miglior attrice non protagonista in una serie drammatica, un BAFTA Award come migliore attrice non protagonista e due Critics' Choice Awards, oltre alle nomination per due Golden Globe Awards, un Saturn Award, uno Screen Actors Guild Award e un British Academy Television Award come migliore attrice. È stata nominata Ufficiale dell'Ordine dell'Impero Britannico (OBE) nel New Year Honours del 2019 per i servizi al cinema e alla beneficenza.

Anaconda (2025)
Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
Eshe (voice)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023)
Ginger (voice)
God's Country (2022)
Sandra Guidry
All the Old Knives (2022)
Celia Harrison
Reminiscence (2021)
Emily 'Watts' Sanders
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times (2020)
Self
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019)
Journalist
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Val
Gringo (2018)
Bonnie Soyinka
Family Feud (2018)
Joan
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon (2017)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
Olanna
Good Deeds (2012)
Lindsey
Retreat (2011)
Kate
The Prophet (2011)
Narrator
For Colored Girls (2010)
Tangie / Orange
Vanishing on 7th Street (2010)
Rosemary
Huge (2010)
Kris
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective (2010)
Self
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic (2010)
Self
2012 (2009)
Laura Wilson
W. (2008)
Condoleezza Rice
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
Self
RocknRolla (2008)
Stella
Run Fatboy Run (2007)
Libby
Father and Son: On Screen and Off (2007)
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream (2007)
Self
Norbit (2007)
Kate Thomas
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Linda
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa (2006)
The Mona Lisa
Crash (2005)
Christine Thayer
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
Dame Vaako
Shade (2003)
Tiffany
The Truth About Charlie (2002)
Regina Lambert
It Was an Accident (2000)
Noreen Hurlock
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Nyah Hall
Beloved (1998)
Beloved
L'assedio (1998)
Shandurai
In Your Dreams (1997)
Clare
Gridlock'd (1997)
Barbara 'Cookie' Cook
The Leading Man (1996)
Hilary Rule
The Journey of August King (1995)
Annalees
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Sally Hemings
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Yvette
Loaded (1994)
Zita
The Young Americans (1993)
Rachael Stevens
Pirate Prince (1991)
Becky Newton
Flirting (1991)
Thandiwe Adjewa