Acting credits
73
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Thandiwe Newton
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.8
Moderate attention
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Movies: 52Series: 23Crew 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: 1991 - 2025
Years active: 35
Average TMDB rating: 6.42
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.
5.8
Anaconda
as Claire Simons
2025 Movie
7.3
Mufasa: The Lion King
as Eshe (voice)
2024 Movie
6.9
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Ginger (voice)
2023 Movie
7.5
President
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
5.6
God's Country
as Sandra Guidry
2022 Movie
6.0
All the Old Knives
as Celia Harrison
2022 Movie
6.5
Reminiscence
as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
2021 Movie
10.0
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
as Self
2020 Movie
6.9
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
as Journalist
2019 Movie
6.6
Solo: A Star Wars Story
as Val
2018 Movie
5.9
Gringo
as Bonnie Soyinka
2018 Movie
2.5
Family Feud
as Joan
2018 Movie
9.0
Liyana
Executive Producer
2017 Movie
10.0
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017 Movie
4.8
Half of a Yellow Sun
as Olanna
2013 Movie
6.2
Good Deeds
as Lindsey
2012 Movie
5.6
Retreat
as Kate
2011 Movie
7.8
The Prophet
as Narrator
2011 Movie
6.7
For Colored Girls
as Tangie / Orange
2010 Movie
5.3
Vanishing on 7th Street
as Rosemary
2010 Movie
5.6
Huge
as Kris
2010 Movie
7.8
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
as Self
2010 Movie
7.0
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
as Self
2010 Movie
5.9
2012
as Laura Wilson
2009 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Thandiwe Newton.
8.4
Wednesday
as Dr. Rachael Fairburn • 3 eps
2022 Series
6.6
Human Resources
as Mona (voice) • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.0
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
as Narrator (voice) • 14 eps
2018 Series
4.3
The Big Narstie Show
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.6
Big Mouth
as Mona (voice) • 4 eps
2017 Series
8.0
Westworld
as Maeve Millay • 36 eps
2016 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
5.3
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
5.9
The Slap
as Aisha • 8 eps
2015 Series
4.5
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
4.0
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.7
Rogue
as Grace Travis • 40 eps
2013 Series
8.2
Line of Duty
as DCI Roz Huntley • 6 eps
2012 Series
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 2 eps
2007 Series
7.0
American Dad!
as Makeva (voice) • 1 eps
2005 Series
6.7
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self • 1 eps
2005 Series
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2003 Series
Elle Style Awards
as Self - Winner • 1 eps
1997 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.8
ER
as Makemba 'Kem' Likasu • 10 eps
1994 Series