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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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Filmography
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Interesting facts
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Full name: Thandiwe Nashita Newton. In the credits of her first film, Flirting, her name was misspelled as Thandie Newton, which sounded more Western, and the actress was known by that name for many years. In April 2021, the actress insisted that she be called by her birth name going forward.
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Full name: Thandiwe Nashita "Thandie" Newton.
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Thandiwe was born to Nyasha, a native of Zimbabwe, and Nick Newton, an English lab technician and artist.
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Full name — Thandiwe Nashita "Thandie" Newton. In the credits of her first film, Flirting, her name was mistakenly written as Thandie Newton, which sounds more Western, and after that the actress was known by that name for many years. In April 2021, the actress insisted that she be called by the name given to her at birth from then on.
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Thandie Newton has three children from her marriage to Ol Parker — daughters Ripley Parker (b. 17.12.2000), Nico Parker (b. December 2004) and son Booker Jombe Parker (b. 03.03.2014). Ripley was named after Sigourney Weaver's character Ellen Ripley from the film Alien (1979), and Nico after the German singer Nico.
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Thandiwe Newton has three children from her marriage to Ol Parker — daughters Ripley Parker (born 17.12.2000), Nico Parker (born in December 2004) and son Booker Jombe Parker (born 03.03.2014). Ripley was named after Sigourney Weaver's character Ellen Ripley in the film Alien (1979), and Nico after the German singer Nico.
Family & relationships
Ol Parker
husband · Children: 3
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