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Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Nashita "Thandie" Newton (born 6 November 1972) is an English actress. She has appeared in a number of British and American films. Newton was born in London, the daughter of Nyasha, a Zimbabwean health-care worker and Nick Newton, a Cornish laboratory technician and artist. The name "Thandiwe" means "beloved". Raised in London and Penzance, Kernow/Cornwall, she went on to study social anthropology at Downing College, Cambridge, from 1992 to 1995. Newton made her film debut in Flirting (1991). She played the role of Brad Pitt's maid Yvette in Interview With A Vampire (1994). She gained international recognition in the Merchant Ivory production of Jefferson in Paris as Sally Hemings, which led to her being cast in Jonathan Demme's Beloved (1998), in which she played the title character alongside co-stars Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover. She played the female lead Nyah Hall in the film Mission: Impossible II. Between 2003 and 2005, Newton played Makemba "Kem" Likasu, the love interest, and later wife of Dr. John Carter on the American television series ER. She reprised the role once more for the series finale in 2009. In 2004 also appeared in The Chronicles of Riddick and Crash. Newton was honoured with a BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actress in 2006 for her role in Crash. She also played Chris Gardner's wife, Linda Gardner, in The Pursuit of Happyness. In addition to her film and television credits she played the title role in a 2006 radio pantomime version of Cinderella. In 2007, she starred alongside Eddie Murphy in the comedy Norbit as his love interest, and opposite Simon Pegg as his ex-girlfriend in the comedy Run Fat Boy Run. Newton next portrayed U.S. National Security Advisor-turned Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in W., Oliver Stone's 2008 film biography of President George W. Bush. In 2009 Newton next portrayed the United States President's First Daughter Laura Wilson in 2012. She can also be seen in Vanishing on 7th Street and For Colored Girls both released in 2010. Newton married English writer/director/producer Ol Parker in 1998. The couple have two daughters: Ripley, born in 2000, and Nico, born in 2004. Her daughters were named after the character Ellen Ripley in the Alien films and the singer Nico.


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Born:
Nov 6, 1972 In London, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
45
First Appeared:
In the movie Flirting 1991-03-20
Latest Project:
Movie Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget 2023-12-08
Known For
Filmography
Movie Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Ginger (voice) 2023-12-08
Movie All the Old Knives Celia Harrison 2022-04-08
Movie God's Country Sandra Guidry 2022-09-15
Movie Reminiscence Emily 'Watts' Sanders 2021-08-18
Movie Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times Self 2020-09-19
Movie The Death & Life of John F. Donovan Audrey Newhouse 2019-03-13
Movie Gringo Bonnie Soyinka 2018-03-08
Movie Solo: A Star Wars Story Val 2018-05-15
Movie Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon Self - Narrator (voice) 2017-06-05
Series Westworld Maeve Millay 2016-10-02
Series The Slap Aisha 2015-02-12
Movie Half of a Yellow Sun Olanna 2013-09-08
Movie Good Deeds Lindsey 2012-02-23
Movie Retreat Kate 2011-10-14
Movie 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic Self 2010-03-02
Movie The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective Self 2010-03-02
Movie Vanishing on 7th Street Rosemary 2010-09-11
Movie Huge Kris 2010-06-18
Movie For Colored Girls Tangie / Orange 2010-11-05
Movie 2012 Laura Wilson 2009-10-10
Movie How to Lose Friends & Alienate People Self 2008-10-02
Movie RocknRolla Stella 2008-09-04
Movie W. Condoleezza Rice 2008-10-17
Movie Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream Self 2007-03-27
Movie Norbit Kate Thomas 2007-02-08
Movie Father and Son: On Screen and Off 2007-05-22
Movie Run Fatboy Run Libby 2007-09-06
Movie The Pursuit of Happyness Linda 2006-12-14
Movie Crash Christine Thayer 2005-05-06
Movie The Chronicles of Riddick Dame Vaako 2004-06-11
Movie Shade Tiffany 2003-05-18
Movie The Truth About Charlie Regina Lambert 2002-10-25
Movie Mission: Impossible II Nyah Hall 2000-05-24
Movie It Was an Accident Noreen Hurlock 2000-10-27
Movie Besieged Shandurai 1998-02-05
Movie Beloved Beloved 1998-10-16
Movie Gridlock'd Barbara 'Cookie' Cook 1997-01-29
Movie In Your Dreams Clare 1997-12-13
Movie The Leading Man Hilary Rule 1996-12-12
Movie The Journey of August King Annalees 1995-09-14
Movie Jefferson in Paris Sally Hemings 1995-03-31
Movie Loaded Zita 1994-09-01
Movie Interview with the Vampire Yvette 1994-11-11
Movie The Young Americans Rachael Stevens 1993-10-08
Movie Flirting Thandiwe Adjewa 1991-03-20