Thandie Newton
Biography
Thandiwe Newton is a British actress who began her film career with Flirting (1991). Born in London, she trained in dance and studied social anthropology at Cambridge. Early screen work included a supporting part in Interview with the Vampire (1994), and she drew wider recognition as the title character in Beloved (1998). She then starred in Mission: Impossible 2 (2000). Her performance in Crash won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress. On television she played Maeve Millay in Westworld from 2016 to 2022, earning a Primetime Emmy Award in 2018 plus Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations. She later appeared as Val in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). She also played the lead in the thriller God's Country and was nominated for a Gotham Award. She was appointed OBE in 2019.
53years old
Turns 54 on November 6in 25 days
- Born London
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Melanie Thandiwe Newton (birth name)Also credited as Melanie Thandiwe Newton Parker
Movie Career
- Films
- 33
- Career span
- 34 years1991 to 2025
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A first
Newton played Val in Solo: A Star Wars Story, and she was the first black woman to hold a major non-alien part in a Star Wars film. She was unhappy with the role because the character's fate changed while filming.
About the name
In a 2021 interview, Newton said she was switching her screen name to "Thandiwe Newton" and would use it for Reminiscence that same year. She explained, "That's my name. It's always been my name. I'm taking back what's mine," and hoped to fix her earlier credits.
Early training
Newton trained in dance at the Tring Park School for the Performing Arts. She went on to Downing College, Cambridge, and earned a degree in social anthropology there in 1995.
Thandie Newton movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Jonathan Demme directed two of these films, Tyler Perry two and John Duigan two. Fifteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Jonathan Demme
All films by Tyler Perry
All films by John Duigan
Also two films together9 more actors
- Kirsten DunstHow to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) and Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
- Anika Noni RoseMufasa: The Lion King (2024) and For Colored Girls (2010)
- John BillingsleyAnaconda (2025) and 2012 (2009)
- LisaGay HamiltonThe Truth About Charlie (2002) and Beloved (1998)
- LudacrisRocknRolla (2008) and Crash (2005)
- Phylicia RashadGood Deeds (2012) and For Colored Girls (2010)
- Hill HarperFor Colored Girls (2010) and Beloved (1998)
- Kimberly EliseFor Colored Girls (2010) and Beloved (1998)
- Donald GloverMufasa: The Lion King (2024) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Thandie Newton's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$3.7 billion
26 of the 33 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 33 films: 26 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 2 streaming, short cinema run; 1 figure not found.
- 26Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 2Streaming, short cinema run
- 1Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 88% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$791M21.1% of the total
- 2$723M19.3% of the total
- 3$546M14.6% of the total
- 4$393M10.5% of the total
- 5$307M8.2% of the total
- 6$224M6.0% of the total
- 7$160M4.3% of the total
- 8$135M3.6% of the total
$462 millionfrom the other 18 films with a worldwide figure, 12% of the total
Awards
Eleven awards and honors from 2006 to 2019, four of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAFTA | |||
| 2006 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Crash | Won |
| 2006 | British Academy Film Awards | Won | |
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2018 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Westworld | Won |
| SAG Awards | |||
| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Won | ||
| Other honors | |||
| 2019 | Critics' Choice Awards | Won | |
| 2019 | OkayAfrica 100 Women | Won | |
| 2018 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire | Won | |
| 2017 | Black Reel Awards for Television | Won | |
| 2006 | Black Reel Awards | Won | |
| 2006 | Empire Awards | Won | |
| 2006 | London Film Critics' Circle | Won | |
Online
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