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Aliases: 탠디 뉴튼 , Тэнди Ньютон , تندی نیوتن , Thandie Newton , 坦迪·牛顿 , Тенді Ньютон

Gender: Female

Place of birth: London, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 40

TV Involvements: 8


Most Famous Work

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thandiwe Newton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Westworld
Average
8

Westworld

(2016) Maeve Millay
RuPaul's Drag Race
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8

RuPaul's Drag Race

(2009) Self - Special Guest
Line of Duty
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8

Line of Duty

(2012) DCI Roz Huntley
2012
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6

2012

(2009) Laura Wilson
Solo: A Star Wars Story
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7
The Pursuit of Happyness
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8
Mission: Impossible II
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6

Mission: Impossible II

(2000) Nyah Nordoff-Hall
Interview with the Vampire
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7

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Eshe (voice)
2023 Ginger (voice)
2022 Dr Fairburn
Sandra Guidry
Celia Harrison
Mona (voice)
2021 Emily 'Watts' Sanders
2020 N/A
2019 Audrey Newhouse
2018 Narrator (voice)
Self
Val
Bonnie Soyinka
2017 Mona (voice)
Narrator
2016 Maeve Millay
2015 Self
Self
Self - Guest
Aisha
2014 Self
N/A
Self
2013 Olanna
Grace Travis
2012 DCI Roz Huntley
Lindsey
2011 Kate
Narrator
2010 Tangie / Orange
Rosemary
Kris
Self
Self
2009 Laura Wilson
Self - Judge
Self - Special Guest
2008 Condoleezza Rice
Self
Stella
2007 Libby
N/A
Self
Self
Kate Thomas
2006 Linda
The Mona Lisa
2005 Christine Thayer
Makeva (voice)
Self
2004 Dame Vaako
2003 Tiffany
2002 Regina Lambert
2000 Noreen Hurlock
Nyah Hall
1998 Beloved
Shandurai
1997 Clare
Barbara 'Cookie' Cook
1996 Hilary Rule
Self
1995 Annalees
Sally Hemings
1994 Yvette
Makemba 'Kem' Likasu
Zita
1993 Rachael Stevens
Thandiwe Adjewa
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Executive Producer
2017 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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