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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1972-11-06 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Acting

2025

2024

Mufasa: The Lion King as Eshe (voice)

2023

2022

God's Country as Sandra Guidry
All the Old Knives as Celia Harrison
Human Resources as Mona (voice)

2021

Reminiscence as Emily 'Watts' Sanders

2020

2019

2018

2017

Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon as Self - Narrator (voice)
Big Mouth as Mona (voice)

2016

Westworld as Maeve Millay

2015

2014

2013

Rogue as Grace Travis

2012

Good Deeds as Lindsey
Line of Duty as DCI Roz Huntley

2011

Retreat as Kate
The Prophet as Narrator

2010

2009

2012 as Laura Wilson
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Special Guest
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge

2008

W. as Condoleezza Rice
RocknRolla as Stella

2007

2006

2005

Crash as Christine Thayer
American Dad! as Makeva (voice)

2004

2003

Shade as Tiffany

2002

The Truth About Charlie as Regina Lambert

2000

It Was an Accident as Noreen Hurlock

1998

Besieged as Shandurai
Beloved as Beloved

1997

Gridlock'd as Barbara 'Cookie' Cook

1996

The Leading Man as Hilary Rule

1995

1994

Loaded as Zita
ER as Makemba 'Kem' Likasu

1993

The Young Americans as Rachael Stevens

1991

Flirting as Thandiwe Adjewa
Pirate Prince as Becky Newton

Production

2023

President as Executive Producer

2017

Liyana as Executive Producer