Thandie Newton

**Melanie Thandiwe Newton**  (; born 6 November 1972) is a British actress. She has performed in numerous British and American movies, including _The Pursuit of Happyness_ and _Mission: Impossible II_. She was born in London to a black Zimbabwean mother and white British father. She grew up in Africa, London and Penzance.

## Personal life

Newton says that director John Duigan made her have a relationship with him. She was sixteen years old and he was 39. The relationship lasted 6 years.

She married English writer/director/producer Ol Parker in 1998. The couple have two daughters: Ripley, born in 2000, and Nico, born in 2004. Her daughters are named after the character Ellen Ripley in the _Alien_ movies and the singer Nico.

Newton has suffered from bulimia.

Newton is a Buddhist.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1991|_Flirting_|Thandiwe Adjewa|||
|1991|_Pirate Prince_|Becky Newton|Television film||
|1993|__|Rachael Stevens|||
|1994|_Loaded_|Zita|||
|1994|_Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles_|Yvette|||
|1995|_Jefferson in Paris_|Sally Hemings|||
|1995|_The Journey of August King_|Annalees|||
|1996|__|Hilary Rule|||
|1997|_Gridlock'd_|Barbara "Cookie" Cook|||
|1997|_In Your Dreams_|Clare|Television film||
|1998|_Besieged_|Shandurai|Nominated – Black Reel Award for Best Actress||
|1998|_Beloved_|Beloved|Nominated – NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture||
|2000|_Mission: Impossible II_|Nyah Nordoff-Hall|Nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Female - Newcomer Nominated – Empire Award for Best British Actress Nominated – NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated – Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress||
|2000|_It Was an Accident_|Noreen Hurlock|||
|2002|__|Regina Lambert|Nominated – Black Reel Award for Best Actress Nominated – NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture||
|2003|_Shade_|Tiffany|||
|2004|__|Dame Vaako|||
|2004|_Crash_|Christine|BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Empire Award for Best Actress Hollywood Film Festival Award for Ensemble of the Year London Film Critics Circle Award for British Supporting Actress of the Year Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble Cast Nominated – BET Award for Best Actress Nominated – Black Movie Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated – Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast Nominated – NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture||
|2006|__|The Mona Lisa|Short film||
|2006|_American Dad!_|Makeva|"Camp Refoogee"||
|2006|__|Linda|Nominated – NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture||
|2007|_Norbit_|Kate Thomas|||
|2007|_Run Fatboy Run_|Libby|||
|2008|_RocknRolla_|Stella|||
|2008|_How to Lose Friends & Alienate People_|Herself|||
|2008|_W._|Condoleezza Rice|||
|2003–2009|_ER_|Makemba "Kem" Likasu|||
|2009|_2012_|Laura Wilson|||
|2010|_Huge_||||
|2010|_Vanishing on 7th Street_|Rosemary|||
|2010|_For Colored Girls_|Tangie|Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble Nominated – Black Reel Award for Best Actress||
|2011|_Retreat_|Kate|||
|2012|_Good Deeds_|Lindsey Wakefield|completed||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Thandie Newton
- **image**: Thandie Newton by Gage Skidmore.jpg
- **caption**: Newton at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
- **birth name**: Melanie Thandiwe Newton
- **birth place**: Westminster, London, England
- **occupation**: Actress
- **years active**: 1991–present
- **children**: 3
- **alma mater**: Downing College, Cambridge