About Thandiwe Newton
Melanie Thandiwe Newton ( TAN-dee-way; born 6 November 1972), formerly credited as Thandie Newton ( TAN-dee), is a British actress. She has received various awards, including a Primetime Emmy and a BAFTA, as well as nominations for two Golden Globes. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to film and charity. Newton made her film debut in Flirting (1991) and had a supporting role in Interview with the Vampire (1994), before achieving wider recognition with her portrayal of the title character in Beloved (1998). Subsequent credits include Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), Norbit, Run Fatboy Run (both 2007), RocknRolla, W. (both 2008), 2012 (2009), For Colored Girls (2010), and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). For her performance in Crash (2004), she won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress. On television, Newton played Maeve Millay in Westworld (2016–2022), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2018. Her other credits include ER (2003–2009), Rogue (2013–2015), The Slap (2015), and Line of Duty (2017). She also voiced Mona in the animated sitcom Big Mouth (2019–2025) and its spinoff, Human Resources (2021–2023). Newton next portrayed fictional US First Daughter Laura Wilson in 2012, a disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich and released 13 November 2009. And the trouble is that, with a less than brilliant lead, the play's contrivance starts to show through." In 2013, Newton starred in Rogue, the first original drama series for DirecTV's Audience Network. Newton appeared as Val in the Star Wars film Solo: A Star Wars Story, which was released in May 2018 to generally favorable reviews but bombed at the box office with a worldwide gross of $393.2 million.
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