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Thandie Newton

Also Known As : Thandiwe Nashita

Name : Thandie Newton

Popularity : 3

Also Known As : Thandiwe Nashita

Birthday : 1972-11-06

Birth Place : London, England, UK

Known Movies : 25

Biography of Thandie 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.

Filmography of Thandie Newton

2012 - Actor in Good Deeds (released: 2012-02-24) as Lindsey
2011 - Actor in Retreat (released: 2011-10-21) as Kate
2011 - Actor in Vanishing on 7th Street (released: 2011-02-18) as Rosemary
2010 - Actor in For Colored Girls (released: 2010-11-05) as Tangie / Orange
2009 - Actor in 2012 (released: 2009-11-13) as Laura Wilson
2008 - Actor in RocknRolla (released: 2008-10-31) as Stella
2008 - Actor in W. (released: 2008-10-17) as Condoleezza Rice
2008 - Actor in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (released: 2008-10-03) as Herself
2008 - Actor in Run, Fatboy, Run (released: 2008-03-28) as Libby
2007 - Actor in Norbit (released: 2007-02-09) as Kate Thomas
2006 - Actor in The Pursuit of Happyness (released: 2006-12-15) as Linda
2005 - Actor in Crash (released: 2005-05-06) as Christine Thayer
2004 - Actor in The Chronicles of Riddick (released: 2004-09-02) as Dame Vaako
2003 - Actor in Shade (released: 2003-05-18) as Tiffany
2002 - Actor in The Truth About Charlie (released: 2002-10-25) as Regina Lambert
2000 - Actor in Mission: Impossible II (released: 2000-05-24) as Nyah Nordoff-Hall
1998 - Actor in Beloved (released: 1998-10-08) as Beloved
1998 - Actor in Besieged (released: 1998-01-01) as Shandurai
1997 - Actor in Gridlock'd (released: 1997-01-29) as Barbara 'Cookie' Cook
1996 - Actor in The Leading Man (released: 1996-01-01) as Hilary Rule
1995 - Actor in The Journey of August King (released: 1995-10-01) as Annalees
1994 - Actor in Interview with the Vampire (released: 1994-11-11) as Yvette
1993 - Actor in The Young Americans (released: 1993-10-08) as Rachael Stevens
1991 - Actor in Flirting (released: 1991-03-21) as Thandiwe Adjewa
Actor in Loaded as Zita