Thandiwe Newton

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 Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

American Dad!

as Makeva (voice)

The Daily Show

as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Anaconda

as Claire Simons

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Westworld

as Maeve Millay

Wednesday

as Dr. Rachael Fairburn

ER

as Makemba 'Kem' Likasu

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

The Late Late Show with James Corden

as Self - Guest

RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Special Guest

RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

Big Mouth

as Mona (voice)

Big Mouth

Line of Duty

as DCI Roz Huntley

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

Mufasa: The Lion King

as Eshe (voice)