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Anaconda
as Claire Simons
2025
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Thandiwe Newton
Also known as Thandie Newton, Melanie Thandiwe Newton
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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Personal details
Full filmography
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God's Country
as Sandra Guidry
2022
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All the Old Knives
as Celia Harrison
2022
2021
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Reminiscence
as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
2021
2020
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Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
as Self
2020
2019
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The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
as Journalist
2019
2018
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Gringo
as Bonnie Soyinka
2018
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Solo: A Star Wars Story
as Val
2018
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Family Feud
as Joan
2018
2017
B
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
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Liyana
2017
2013
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Half of a Yellow Sun
as Olanna
2013
2012
G
Good Deeds
as Lindsey
2012
2011
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Retreat
as Kate
2011
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The Prophet
as Narrator
2011
2010
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Vanishing on 7th Street
as Rosemary
2010
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For Colored Girls
as Tangie / Orange
2010
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Huge
as Kris
2010
2
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
as Self
2010
T
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
as Self
2010
2009
2
2012
as Laura Wilson
2009
2008
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W.
as Condoleezza Rice
2008
R
RocknRolla
as Stella
2008
H
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Self
2008
2007
R
Run Fatboy Run
as Libby
2007
N
Norbit
as Kate Thomas
2007
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Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
as Self
2007
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Father and Son: On Screen and Off
2007
2006
T
The Pursuit of Happyness
as Linda
2006
T
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
as The Mona Lisa
2006
2005
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Crash
as Christine Thayer
2005
2004
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The Chronicles of Riddick
as Dame Vaako
2004
2003
S
Shade
as Tiffany
2003
2002
T
The Truth About Charlie
as Regina Lambert
2002
2000
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Mission: Impossible II
as Nyah Hall
2000
I
It Was an Accident
as Noreen Hurlock
2000
1998
B
Besieged
as Shandurai
1998
B
Beloved
as Beloved
1998
1997
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Gridlock'd
as Cookie
1997
I
In Your Dreams
as Clare
1997
1996
T
The Leading Man
as Hilary Rule
1996
1995
T
The Journey of August King
as Annalees
1995
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Jefferson in Paris
as Sally Hemings
1995
1994
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Interview with the Vampire
as Yvette
1994
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Loaded
as Zita
1994
1993
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The Young Americans
as Rachael Stevens
1993
1991
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Flirting
as Thandiwe Adjewa
1991
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Pirate Prince
as Becky Newton
1991
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