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Melanie Thandiwe Newton is a British actress who has appeared in British and American films.
Birth Name
Melanie Thandiwe Newton
Born
Monday, 06 November 1972
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Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Mufasa: The Lion King | Eshe (voice) / Eshe | 2024 |
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Ginger / Ginger (voice) | 2023 |
See It Loud: The History of Black Television | Self | 2023 |
God's Country | Sandra Guidry / Sandra | 2022 |
All the Old Knives | Celia Harrison | 2022 |
Human Resources | Mona | 2022 |
Reminiscence | Emily 'Watts' Sanders | 2021 |
The Roles That Changed My Life | Self - Guest | 2021 |
Kermode and Mayo's Home Entertainment Service | Self | 2020 |
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema | Narrator | 2019 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Mufasa: The Lion King | Eshe (voice) / Eshe | 2024 |
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Ginger / Ginger (voice) | 2023 |
See It Loud: The History of Black Television | Self | 2023 |
God's Country | Sandra Guidry / Sandra | 2022 |
All the Old Knives | Celia Harrison | 2022 |
Human Resources | Mona | 2022 |
Reminiscence | Emily 'Watts' Sanders | 2021 |
The Roles That Changed My Life | Self - Guest | 2021 |
Kermode and Mayo's Home Entertainment Service | Self | 2020 |
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema | Narrator | 2019 |
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan | Audrey Newhouse / Journalist | 2019 |
The Big Narstie Show | Self - Guest | 2018 |
Solo: A Star Wars Story | Val | 2018 |
Gringo | Bonnie Soyinka | 2018 |
Jay Z: Family Feud ft. Beyoncé | Thandie | 2018 |
The IMDb Show | Self - Guest | 2017 |
Big Mouth | Mona | 2017 |
The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2017 |
The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Self - Nominee | 2017 |
The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2017 | Self - Nominee | 2017 |
Black Is the New Black | Self | 2016 |
Westworld | Maeve Millay | 2016 |
Harry | Self - Guest | 2016 |
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | 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 - Guest | 2014 |
Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2014 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
Half of a Yellow Sun | Olanna | 2013 |
Hollywood Game Night | Self | 2013 |
Rogue | Grace Travis / Grace Travis (as Thandie Newton) | 2013 |
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | Self - Guest Judge | 2012 |
Line of Duty | Roz / DCI Roz Huntley | 2012 |
Good Deeds | Lindsey Wakefield / Lindsey | 2012 |
CBS This Morning | Self - Guest | 2012 |
Retreat | Kate | 2011 |
Dish Nation | Self | 2011 |
Big Morning Buzz Live | Self - Guest | 2011 |
The Prophet | Narrator | 2011 |
Conan | Herself - Guest | 2010 |
For Colored Girls | Orange / Tangie | 2010 |
Film Fiend | Self - Guest | 2010 |
The Talk | Self - Guest | 2010 |
Vanishing on 7th Street | Rosemary | 2010 |
Huge | Kris | 2010 |
2012 | Laura Wilson | 2009 |
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Herself - Guest | 2009 |
RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Special Guest / Self - Guest judge | 2009 |
W. | Condoleezza Rice | 2008 |
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Thandie Newton / Self | 2008 |
RocknRolla | Stella | 2008 |
Run Fatboy Run | Libby | 2007 |
Chelsea Lately | Lindsey Wakefield / Herself - Guest | 2007 |
The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest / Self | 2007 |
Norbit | Kate Thomas | 2007 |
The Pursuit of Happyness | Linda | 2006 |
Rachael Ray | Self - Guest | 2006 |
Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
Crash | Christine / Christine Thayer | 2005 |
American Dad! | Makeva | 2005 |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
The Chronicles of Riddick | Dame Vaako | 2004 |
Shade | Tiffany | 2003 |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Herself - Guest | 2003 |
The Truth About Charlie | Regina Lambert | 2002 |
Last Call with Carson Daly | Herself - Guest | 2002 |
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self - Guest | 2001 |
It Was an Accident | Noreen Hurlock | 2000 |
Mission: Impossible II | Nyah Hall / Nyah Nordoff-Hall | 2000 |
The Directors | Self | 1999 |
Beloved | Beloved | 1998 |
Besieged | Shandurai | 1998 |
In Your Dreams | Clare | 1997 |
Gridlock'd | Barbara 'Cookie' Cook / Cookie | 1997 |
The Leading Man | Hilary Rule | 1996 |
Access Hollywood | Self | 1996 |
The Daily Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
The Journey of August King | Annalees | 1995 |
Jefferson in Paris | Sally Hemings | 1995 |
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles | Yvette | 1994 |
ER | Makemba 'Kem' Likasu | 1994 |
Extra | Self | 1994 |
Loaded | Zita | 1994 |
Shooting Stars | Self | 1993 |
The Young Americans | Rachael Stevens | 1993 |
HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
Flirting | Thandiwe Adjewa | 1991 |
The Word | Self | 1990 |
Sidewalks Entertainment | Self - Guest | 1988 |
The Oprah Winfrey Show | Herself - Guest | 1986 |
Entertainment Tonight | Herself (archive footage) | 1981 |
Producer Filmography
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2020 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
2019 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
2018 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Won |
2017 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
2017 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |