Thandiwe Newton

Actor

Born: November 6, 1972 (age 53)
From: London, England, UK

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…

Filmography (50)

Anaconda (2025)
Claire Simons
Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
Eshe (voice)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023)
Ginger (voice)
God's Country (2022)
Sandra Guidry
All the Old Knives (2022)
Celia Harrison
Reminiscence (2021)
Emily 'Watts' Sanders
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times (2020)
Self
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019)
Journalist
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Val
Gringo (2018)
Bonnie Soyinka
Family Feud (2018)
Joan
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon (2017)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
Olanna
Good Deeds (2012)
Lindsey
Retreat (2011)
Kate
The Prophet (2011)
Narrator
For Colored Girls (2010)
Tangie / Orange
Vanishing on 7th Street (2010)
Rosemary
Huge (2010)
Kris
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic (2010)
Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective (2010)
Self
2012 (2009)
Laura Wilson
W. (2008)
Condoleezza Rice
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
Self
RocknRolla (2008)
Stella
Run Fatboy Run (2007)
Libby
Father and Son: On Screen and Off (2007)
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream (2007)
Self
Norbit (2007)
Kate Thomas
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Linda