Thandiwe Newton
Acting
Born: 1972-11-06 · London, England, UK
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
🎬 Movies (20)
Anaconda
2025
Claire Simons
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
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
Self
📺 TV Shows (20)
Wednesday
2022
Dr. Rachael Fairburn
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Self - Guest
Human Resources
2022
Mona (voice)
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
2020
Narrator (voice)
The Big Narstie Show
2018
Self
Big Mouth
2017
Mona (voice)
Big Mouth
2017
Westworld
2016
Maeve Millay
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Self - Guest
The Slap
2015
Aisha
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Self
Rogue
2013
Grace Travis
Rogue
2013
Line of Duty
2012
DCI Roz Huntley
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Self - Special Guest
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Self - Guest Judge