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

Cast

Mission: Impossible II

(Nyah Hall)

The Pursuit of Happyness

(Linda)

Interview with the Vampire

(Yvette)

Crash

(Christine Thayer)

W.

(Condoleezza Rice)

The Chronicles of Riddick

(Dame Vaako)

God's Country

(Sandra Guidry)

Flirting

(Thandiwe Adjewa)

Run Fatboy Run

(Libby)

The Young Americans

(Rachael Stevens)

Norbit

(Kate Thomas)

Gridlock'd

(Barbara 'Cookie' Cook)

The Truth About Charlie

(Regina Lambert)

RocknRolla

(Stella)

2012

(Laura Wilson)

Shade

(Tiffany)

Vanishing on 7th Street

(Rosemary)

The Journey of August King

(Annalees)

Good Deeds

(Lindsey)

For Colored Girls

(Tangie / Orange)

Besieged

(Shandurai)

The Leading Man

(Hilary Rule)

Beloved

(Beloved)

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

(Ginger (voice))

Loaded

(Zita)

Retreat

(Kate)

Half of a Yellow Sun

(Olanna)

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

(Self)

It Was an Accident

(Noreen Hurlock)

Jefferson in Paris

(Sally Hemings)

Pirate Prince

(Becky Newton)

Mufasa: The Lion King

(Eshe (voice))

Huge

(Kris)

Gringo

(Bonnie Soyinka)

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

(Journalist)

In Your Dreams

(Clare)

Solo: A Star Wars Story

(Val)

The Prophet

(Narrator)

Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon

(Self - Narrator (voice))

Reminiscence

(Emily 'Watts' Sanders)

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic

(Self)

The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa

(The Mona Lisa)

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

(Self)

Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream

(Self)

Father and Son: On Screen and Off

All the Old Knives

(Celia Harrison)

Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times

(Self)

Family Feud

(Joan)

American Dad!

(Makeva (voice))

The Slap

(Aisha)

Westworld

(Maeve Millay)

The Daily Show

(Self)

Rogue

(Grace Travis)

RuPaul's Drag Race

(Self - Special Guest)

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

(Self)

The Graham Norton Show

(Self)

Line of Duty

(DCI Roz Huntley)

The Late Late Show with James Corden

(Self - Guest)

Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema

(Narrator (voice))

Human Resources

(Mona (voice))

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

(Self)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

ER

(Makemba 'Kem' Likasu)

The Big Narstie Show

(Self)

RuPaul's Drag Race

(Self - Guest Judge)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

(Self)

Off Camera with Sam Jones

(Self)

Big Mouth

(Mona (voice))

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

(Self)