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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

Reminiscence		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
All the Old Knives	Celia Harrison	2019
Solo: A Star Wars Story	Val	2018
Gringo	Bonnie Soyinka	2018
Jay Z: Family Feud ft. Beyoncé	Thandie	2018
Big Mouth	Mona	2017
The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards	Herself - Nominee	2017

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Actress Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Reminiscence		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
All the Old Knives	Celia Harrison	2019
Solo: A Star Wars Story	Val	2018
Gringo	Bonnie Soyinka	2018
Jay Z: Family Feud ft. Beyoncé	Thandie	2018
Big Mouth	Mona	2017
The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards	Herself - Nominee	2017
The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	Herself	2017
74th Golden Globe Awards	Herself - Nominee	2017
Westworld	Maeve Millay	2016
Harry	Herself - Guest	2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self - Guest, Self	2015
Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter	Self	2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden	Herself, Herself - 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
Rogue	Grace Travis	2013
Line of Duty	Roz	2012
Good Deeds	Lindsey Wakefield	2012
CBS This Morning	Herself - Guest	1992
Retreat	Kate	2011
Dish Nation	Self	2011
Big Morning Buzz Live	Herself	2011
The Prophet	Narrator	2011
Conan	Herself - Guest	2010
For Colored Girls	Orange	2010
Film Fiend	Herself - 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	2008
RocknRolla	Stella	2008
Run, Fat Boy, Run	Libby	2007
Chelsea Lately	Herself - Guest, Lindsey Wakefield	2007
The Graham Norton Show	Self - Guest, Self	2007
Norbit	Kate Thomas	2007
The Pursuit of Happyness	Linda	2006
Access Hollywood	Herself	2006
Rachael Ray	Self - Guest	2006
Made in Hollywood	Self (archive footage)	2005
American Dad!	Makeva	2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Herself - Guest	2005
Crash	Christine	2004
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	Herself - Guest	2001
It Was an Accident	Noreen Hurlock	2000
Mission: Impossible II	Nyah Hall	2000
The Directors	Herself	1999
Beloved	Beloved	1998
Besieged	Shandurai	1998
Gridlock'd	Barbara 'Cookie' Cook / Cookie	1997
The Leading Man	Hilary Rule	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
Loaded	Zita	1994
Shooting Stars	Herself	1993
The Young Americans	Rachael Stevens	1993
HBO First Look	Herself	1992
Flirting	Thandiwe Adjewa	1991
The Word	Herself	1990
The Oprah Winfrey Show	Herself - Guest	1986
Entertainment Tonight	Herself (archive footage)	1981

Producer Filmography

Title	Year

Liyana

2018

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Year	Type	Category	Won

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