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Thandiwe Newton
London, England, UK
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 B…
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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.
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2025
Anaconda
Movie Claire Simons
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2024
Mufasa: The Lion King
Movie Eshe (voice)
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2023
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Movie Ginger (voice)
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2023
President
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
Wednesday
TV show Dr. Rachael Fairburn
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2022
God's Country
Movie Sandra Guidry
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2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2022
All the Old Knives
Movie Celia Harrison
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2022
Human Resources
TV show Mona (voice)
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2021
Reminiscence
Movie Emily 'Watts' Sanders
- 2020
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2020
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2019
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
TV show Self - Guest Judge
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2019
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Movie Journalist
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2018
The Big Narstie Show
TV show Self
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2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Movie Val
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2018
Gringo
Movie Bonnie Soyinka
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2018
Family Feud
Movie Joan
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2017
Big Mouth
TV show Mona (voice)
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2017
Liyana
Movie Executive Producer
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2017
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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2016
Westworld
TV show Maeve Millay
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self
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2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV show Self
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2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV show Self - Guest
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2015
The Slap
TV show Aisha
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2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV show Self
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self
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2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV show Self
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2013
Half of a Yellow Sun
Movie Olanna
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2013
Rogue
TV show Grace Travis
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2012
Line of Duty
TV show DCI Roz Huntley
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2012
Good Deeds
Movie Lindsey
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2011
Retreat
Movie Kate
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2011
The Prophet
Movie Narrator
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2010
For Colored Girls
Movie Tangie / Orange
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2010
Vanishing on 7th Street
Movie Rosemary
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2010
Huge
Movie Kris
- 2010
- 2010
