
Thandiwe Newton
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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
Anaconda
as Claire Simons
Mufasa: The Lion King
as Eshe (voice)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Ginger (voice)
God's Country
as Sandra Guidry
All the Old Knives
as Celia Harrison
Reminiscence
as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
as Journalist
Solo: A Star Wars Story
as Val
Gringo
as Bonnie Soyinka
Family Feud
as Joan
Half of a Yellow Sun
as Olanna
Good Deeds
as Lindsey
Retreat
as Kate
The Prophet
as Narrator
For Colored Girls
as Tangie / Orange
Vanishing on 7th Street
as Rosemary
Huge
as Kris
2012
as Laura Wilson
W.
as Condoleezza Rice
RocknRolla
as Stella
Run Fatboy Run
as Libby
Norbit
as Kate Thomas
The Pursuit of Happyness
as Linda
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
as The Mona Lisa
Crash
as Christine Thayer
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Dame Vaako
Shade
as Tiffany
The Truth About Charlie
as Regina Lambert
It Was an Accident
as Noreen Hurlock