Thandiwe Newton
English actress
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| 2025 | Scheduled to appear in 'Anaconda' (filming) |
| 2025 | Scheduled to appear in 'Anaconda' (filming) |
| 2024 | Voiced Eshe in 'Mufasa: The Lion King' |
| 2024 | Voiced Eshe in 'Mufasa: The Lion King' |
| 2023 | Replaced Julia Sawalha as the voice of Ginger in 'Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget' |
| 2023 | Replaced Julia Sawalha as the voice of Ginger in 'Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget' |
| 2022 | Appeared in 'God's Country' as Sandra Guidry and 'All the Old Knives' as Celia Harrison |
| 2022 | Plays lead role of Sandra Guidry in the thriller God's Country, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and earned her a nomination for Outstanding Lead Performance at the Gotham Awards. |
| 2022 | Plays lead role of Sandra Guidry in the thriller God's Country, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and earned her a nomination for Outstanding Lead Performance at the Gotham Awards. |
| 2022 | Appeared in 'God's Country' as Sandra Guidry and 'All the Old Knives' as Celia Harrison |
| 2021 | Starred in 'Reminiscence' as Emily 'Watts' Sanders |
| 2021 | Announces she will change her professional name back to the original 'Thandiwe' and will seek corrections to past performance credits. |
| 2021 | Announces she will change her professional name back to the original 'Thandiwe' and will seek corrections to past performance credits. |
| 2021 | Starred in 'Reminiscence' as Emily 'Watts' Sanders |
| 2018 | Acted in multiple films including 'Gringo', 'Solo: A Star Wars Story', and 'The Death & Life of John F. Donovan' |
| 2018 | Acted in multiple films including 'Gringo', 'Solo: A Star Wars Story', and 'The Death & Life of John F. Donovan' |
| May 2018 | Appears as Val in Star Wars film Solo: A Star Wars Story, becoming the first black woman to have a major non-alien role in a Star Wars film. |
| May 2018 | Appears as Val in Star Wars film Solo: A Star Wars Story, becoming the first black woman to have a major non-alien role in a Star Wars film. |
| 2017 | Newton serves as narrator for the BBC One documentary 'Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon', an exposé on Cosby's sexual assault charges. |
| 2017 | Newton plays DCI Roseanne 'Roz' Huntley in the fourth season of BBC One's Line of Duty, earning a BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Actress. |
| 2017 | Newton serves as narrator for the BBC One documentary 'Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon', an exposé on Cosby's sexual assault charges. |
| 2017 | Newton plays DCI Roseanne 'Roz' Huntley in the fourth season of BBC One's Line of Duty, earning a BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Actress. |
| 2016 | Thandiwe Newton begins portraying Maeve Millay in HBO's science fiction drama series Westworld, a role for which she would receive universal acclaim and multiple award nominations, including three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. |
| 2016 | Thandiwe Newton begins portraying Maeve Millay in HBO's science fiction drama series Westworld, a role for which she would receive universal acclaim and multiple award nominations, including three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. |
| 2013 | Played Olanna in 'Half of a Yellow Sun' |
| 2013 | Played Olanna in 'Half of a Yellow Sun' |
| 2012 | Appeared in 'Good Deeds' as Lindsey Wakefield |
| 2012 | Appeared in 'Good Deeds' as Lindsey Wakefield |
| 2011 | Starred in the film 'Retreat' as Kate Kennedy |
| 2011 | Starred in the film 'Retreat' as Kate Kennedy |
| 2010 | Thandiwe Newton appeared in multiple films including 'Huge', 'Vanishing on 7th Street', and 'For Colored Girls' |
| 2010 | Thandiwe Newton appeared in multiple films including 'Huge', 'Vanishing on 7th Street', and 'For Colored Girls' |
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