Acting • AGE 53
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 N...


Anaconda
Claire Simons
2025

Mufasa: The Lion King
Eshe (voice)
2024

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Ginger (voice)
2023

President
Executive Producer
2023

Wednesday
Dr. Rachael Fairburn
2022

God's Country
Sandra Guidry
2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022

All the Old Knives
Celia Harrison
2022

Human Resources
Mona (voice)
2022

Reminiscence
Emily 'Watts' Sanders
2021

Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
Self
2020

Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Narrator (voice)
2020

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Journalist
2019

The Big Narstie Show
Self
2018

Solo: A Star Wars Story
Val
2018

Gringo
Bonnie Soyinka
2018

Family Feud
Joan
2018

Big Mouth
Mona (voice)
2017

Liyana
Executive Producer
2017

Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
Self - Narrator (voice)
2017

Westworld
Maeve Millay
2016

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015

The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015

The Slap
Aisha
2015

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014

Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014

Half of a Yellow Sun
Olanna
2013

Rogue
Grace Travis
2013

Line of Duty
DCI Roz Huntley
2012

Good Deeds
Lindsey
2012

Retreat
Kate
2011

The Prophet
Narrator
2011

For Colored Girls
Tangie / Orange
2010

Vanishing on 7th Street
Rosemary
2010

Huge
Kris
2010

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self
2010

The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self
2010

2012
Laura Wilson
2009

RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Special Guest
2009

W.
Condoleezza Rice
2008

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Self
2008

RocknRolla
Stella
2008

Run Fatboy Run
Libby
2007

Father and Son: On Screen and Off
2007

Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
Self
2007

The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007

Norbit
Kate Thomas
2007

The Pursuit of Happyness
Linda
2006

The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
The Mona Lisa
2006

Crash
Christine Thayer
2005

American Dad!
Makeva (voice)
2005

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005

The Chronicles of Riddick
Dame Vaako
2004

Shade
Tiffany
2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003

The Truth About Charlie
Regina Lambert
2002

It Was an Accident
Noreen Hurlock
2000

Mission: Impossible II
Nyah Hall
2000

Beloved
Beloved
1998

Besieged
Shandurai
1998

In Your Dreams
Clare
1997

Elle Style Awards
Self - Winner
1997

Gridlock'd
Cookie
1997

The Leading Man
Hilary Rule
1996

The Daily Show
Self
1996

The Journey of August King
Annalees
1995

Jefferson in Paris
Sally Hemings
1995

Interview with the Vampire
Yvette
1994

ER
Makemba 'Kem' Likasu
1994

Loaded
Zita
1994

The Young Americans
Rachael Stevens
1993

Pirate Prince
Becky Newton
1991

Flirting
Thandiwe Adjewa
1991

Cry to Heaven
Mariana Treschi