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Thandiwe Newton
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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).
Known For
The Daily Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
American Dad!
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Graham Norton Show
2007
ER
1994
Anaconda
2025
Wednesday
2022
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Westworld
2016
Big Mouth
2017
Big Mouth
2017
Line of Duty
2012
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
Human Resources
2022
2012
2009
Rogue
2013
Rogue
2013
Norbit
2007
Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018
The Pursuit of Happyness
2006
Interview with the Vampire
1994
Mission: Impossible II
2000
Crash
2005
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023
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