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Thandiwe Newton
Thandiwe Newton’s screen credits include Linda in The Pursuit of Happyness, Val in Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Yvette in Interview with the Vampire.
Born November 6, 1972 London, England, UK4 movies on MoviHero
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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. …
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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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- 2025AnacondaClaire Simons
- 2024Mufasa: The Lion KingEshe (voice)
- 2023Chicken Run: Dawn of the NuggetGinger (voice)
- 2023PresidentProducer
- 2022God's CountrySandra Guidry
- 2022All the Old KnivesCelia Harrison
- 2021ReminiscenceEmily 'Watts' Sanders
- 2020Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent TimesSelf
- 2019The Death & Life of John F. DonovanJournalist
- 2018GringoBonnie Soyinka
- 2018Family FeudJoan
- 2017LiyanaProducer
- 2017Bill Cosby: Fall of an American IconSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2013Half of a Yellow SunOlanna
- 2012Good DeedsLindsey
- 2011RetreatKate
- 2011The ProphetNarrator
- 2010For Colored GirlsTangie / Orange
- 2010Vanishing on 7th StreetRosemary
- 2010HugeKris
- 20102012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern EpicSelf
- 2010The End of the World: The Actor's PerspectiveSelf
- 20092012Laura Wilson
- 2008W.Condoleezza Rice
- 2008How to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleSelf
- 2008RocknRollaStella
- 2007Run Fatboy RunLibby
- 2007Father and Son: On Screen and OffActor
- 2007Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American DreamSelf
- 2007NorbitKate Thomas
- 2006The Interrogation of Leo and LisaThe Mona Lisa
- 2004The Chronicles of RiddickDame Vaako
- 2003ShadeTiffany
- 2002The Truth About CharlieRegina Lambert
- 2000It Was an AccidentNoreen Hurlock
- 2000Mission: Impossible IINyah Hall
- 1998BelovedBeloved
- 1998BesiegedShandurai
- 1997In Your DreamsClare
- 1997Gridlock'dCookie
- 1996The Leading ManHilary Rule
- 1995The Journey of August KingAnnalees
- 1995Jefferson in ParisSally Hemings
- 1994LoadedZita
- 1993The Young AmericansRachael Stevens
- 1991Pirate PrinceBecky Newton
- 1991FlirtingThandiwe Adjewa
- Cry to HeavenActor
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The Pursuit of Happyness
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