
Thandiwe Newton
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 |
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Most Rating | 0.041 |
Birthday | 1972-11-06 |
Place of Birth | London, England, UK |
Also Known As | 탠디 뉴튼, Тэнди Ньютон, تندی نیوتن, Thandie Newton, 坦迪·牛顿, Тенді Ньютон, تاندیوی نیوتن, |

2000

Mission: Impossible II
6.1/6869
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2006

The Pursuit of Happyness
7.89/10003
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1994

Interview with the Vampire
7.38/5961
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2005

Crash
7.216/3555
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2008

W.
6.22/633
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2004

The Chronicles of Riddick
6.532/4132
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2022

God's Country
5.7/83
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1991

Flirting
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2007

Run Fatboy Run
6.2/693
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1993

The Young Americans
5.9/56
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2007

Norbit
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1997

Gridlock'd
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2002

The Truth About Charlie
4.8/173
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2008

RocknRolla
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2009

2012
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2003

Shade
6.2/237
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2010

Vanishing on 7th Street
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1995

The Journey of August King
6.7/15
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2012

Good Deeds
6.2/131
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2010

For Colored Girls
6.703/79
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1998

Besieged
6.7/61
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1996

The Leading Man
5.2/20
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1998

Beloved
5.8/102
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2023

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
6.981/771
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1994

Loaded
3.9/10
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2011

Retreat
5.6/305
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2013

Half of a Yellow Sun
5.1/24
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2008

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
6.01/782
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2000

It Was an Accident
7/4
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1995

Jefferson in Paris
5.2/42
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1991

Pirate Prince
10/1
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2024

Mufasa: The Lion King
7.468/1669
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2010

Huge
5.6/7
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2018

Gringo
5.871/756
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2019

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
6.9/696
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1997

In Your Dreams
5.5/2
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2018

Solo: A Star Wars Story
6.553/8665
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2011

The Prophet
7.8/5
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2017

Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
10/1
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2021

Reminiscence
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2010

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
7/3
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2007

Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
9/2
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2006

The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
10/1
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2010

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
7.8/4
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2007

Father and Son: On Screen and Off
6/2
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2022

All the Old Knives
6/554
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2020

Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
10/2
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2018

Family Feud
2.5/2
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2025

Anaconda
0/0
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