Thandiwe Newton
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Anaconda
2025
as Claire Simons
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
as Eshe (voice)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023
as Ginger (voice)
God's Country
2022
as Sandra Guidry
All the Old Knives
2022
as Celia Harrison
Human Resources
2022
as Mona (voice)
Wednesday
2022
as Dr. Rachael Fairburn
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self - Guest
Reminiscence
2021
as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
2020
as Self
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
2020
as Narrator (voice)
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019
as Journalist
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019
as Self - Guest Judge
Gringo
2018
as Bonnie Soyinka
Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018
as Val
Family Feud
2018
as Joan
The Big Narstie Show
2018
as Self
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Big Mouth
2017
as Mona (voice)
Big Mouth
2017
Westworld
2016
as Maeve Millay
The Slap
2015
as Aisha
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Half of a Yellow Sun
2013
as Olanna
Rogue
2013
as Grace Travis
Rogue
2013
Good Deeds
2012
as Lindsey
Line of Duty
2012
as DCI Roz Huntley
Retreat
2011
as Kate
The Prophet
2011
as Narrator
Vanishing on 7th Street
2010
as Rosemary
For Colored Girls
2010
as Tangie / Orange
Huge
2010
as Kris
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self
2012
2009
as Laura Wilson
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Special Guest
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge
W.
2008
as Condoleezza Rice
RocknRolla
2008
as Stella
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
as Self
Run Fatboy Run
2007
as Libby
Norbit
2007
as Kate Thomas
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
2007
as Self
Father and Son: On Screen and Off
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The Pursuit of Happyness
2006
as Linda
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
2006
as The Mona Lisa
Crash
2005
as Christine Thayer
American Dad!
2005
as Makeva (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
as Dame Vaako
Parkinson
2004
as Self - Guest
Shade
2003
as Tiffany
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
The Truth About Charlie
2002
as Regina Lambert
Mission: Impossible II
2000
as Nyah Hall
It Was an Accident
2000
as Noreen Hurlock
Besieged
1998
as Shandurai
Beloved
1998
as Beloved
Gridlock'd
1997
as Cookie
In Your Dreams
1997
as Clare
Elle Style Awards
1997
as Self - Winner
The Leading Man
1996
as Hilary Rule
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
The Journey of August King
1995
as Annalees
Jefferson in Paris
1995
as Sally Hemings
Interview with the Vampire
1994
as Yvette
Loaded
1994
as Zita
ER
1994
as Kem Likasu
The Young Americans
1993
as Rachael Stevens
Flirting
1991
as Thandiwe Adjewa
Pirate Prince
1991
as Becky Newton
The Word
1990
as Self