Acting credits
78
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Thandiwe Newton
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
4.2
Moderate attention
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Movies: 52Series: 28Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 9030
IMDb ID: nm0628601
Known for: Acting
Born: November 6, 1972
Age: 53
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1990 - 2027
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 6.42
Wikidata: Q229029
Also known as
Thandie Newton • Melanie Thandiwe Newton
Other jobs
Executive Producer (2)
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Thandiwe Newton.
Anaconda
as Claire Simons
2025 Movie
Mufasa: The Lion King
as Eshe (voice)
2024 Movie
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Ginger (voice)
2023 Movie
President
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
God's Country
as Sandra Guidry
2022 Movie
All the Old Knives
as Celia Harrison
2022 Movie
Reminiscence
as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
2021 Movie
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
as Self
2020 Movie
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
as Journalist
2019 Movie
Solo: A Star Wars Story
as Val
2018 Movie
Gringo
as Bonnie Soyinka
2018 Movie
Family Feud
as Joan
2018 Movie
Liyana
Executive Producer
2017 Movie
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017 Movie
Half of a Yellow Sun
as Olanna
2013 Movie
Good Deeds
as Lindsey
2012 Movie
Retreat
as Kate
2011 Movie
The Prophet
as Narrator
2011 Movie
For Colored Girls
as Tangie / Orange
2010 Movie
Vanishing on 7th Street
as Rosemary
2010 Movie
Huge
as Kris
2010 Movie
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
as Self
2010 Movie
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
as Self
2010 Movie
2012
as Laura Wilson
2009 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Thandiwe Newton.
Jan 6, 2027
The Wanted Man
as Francesca Carmichael • 8 eps
2027 Series
Wednesday
as Dr. Rachael Fairburn • 3 eps
2022 Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2022 Series
Human Resources
as Mona (voice) • 1 eps
2022 Series
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
as Narrator (voice) • 14 eps
2020 Series
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
as Self - Guest Judge • 1 eps
2019 Series
The Big Narstie Show
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
Big Mouth
as Mona (voice) • 5 eps
2017 Series
Westworld
as Maeve Millay • 36 eps
2016 Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
The Slap
as Aisha • 8 eps
2015 Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Rogue
as Grace Travis • 40 eps
2013 Series
Line of Duty
as DCI Roz Huntley • 6 eps
2012 Series
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 2 eps
2007 Series
American Dad!
as Makeva (voice) • 1 eps
2005 Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self • 1 eps
2005 Series
Parkinson
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2004 Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2003 Series