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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 |
|---|
| 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 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| 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 |
