Acting credits
75
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Thandiwe Newton
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
4.1
Moderate attention
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Movies: 52Series: 25Crew 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 - 2025
Years active: 36
Average TMDB rating: 6.4
Wikidata: Q229029
Also known as
탠디 뉴튼 • Тэнди Ньютон • تندی نیوتن • Thandie Newton • 坦迪·牛顿 • Тенді Ньютон • تاندیوی نیوتن • タンディウェ・”タンディ”・ニュートン • 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
Movies
Movie credits linked with Thandiwe Newton.
as Claire Simons
Anaconda
2025 • Movie
as Eshe (voice)
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024 • Movie
as Ginger (voice)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023 • Movie
Executive Producer
President
2023 • Movie
as Sandra Guidry
God's Country
2022 • Movie
as Celia Harrison
All the Old Knives
2022 • Movie
as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
Reminiscence
2021 • Movie
as Self
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
2020 • Movie
as Journalist
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019 • Movie
as Val
Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018 • Movie
as Bonnie Soyinka
Gringo
2018 • Movie
as Joan
Family Feud
2018 • Movie
Executive Producer
Liyana
2017 • Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
2017 • Movie
as Olanna
Half of a Yellow Sun
2013 • Movie
as Lindsey
Good Deeds
2012 • Movie
as Kate
Retreat
2011 • Movie
as Narrator
The Prophet
2011 • Movie
as Tangie / Orange
For Colored Girls
2010 • Movie
as Rosemary
Vanishing on 7th Street
2010 • Movie
as Kris
Huge
2010 • Movie
as Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010 • Movie
as Self
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010 • Movie
as Laura Wilson
2012
2009 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Thandiwe Newton.
as Dr. Rachael Fairburn • 3 eps
Wednesday
2022 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 • Series
as Mona (voice) • 1 eps
Human Resources
2022 • Series
as Narrator (voice) • 14 eps
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
2020 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Big Narstie Show
2018 • Series
as Mona (voice) • 4 eps
Big Mouth
2017 • Series
as Maeve Millay • 36 eps
Westworld
2016 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 • Series
as Aisha • 8 eps
The Slap
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 • Series
as Grace Travis • 40 eps
Rogue
2013 • Series
as DCI Roz Huntley • 6 eps
Line of Duty
2012 • Series
as Self - Special Guest • 1 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Graham Norton Show
2007 • Series
as Makeva (voice) • 1 eps
American Dad!
2005 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 • Series
as Self - Winner • 1 eps
Elle Style Awards
1997 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Daily Show
1996 • Series
as Kem Likasu • 10 eps
ER
1994 • Series