Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton (born Melanie Thandiwe Newton) is an English actor most known for her roles in The Pursuit of Happyness, Mission: Impossible II, Crash, and more. She plays Maeve Millay in HBO's Westworld. Newton was awarded the 2018 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance.
== Other roles ==
* Thandiwe Adjewa in Flirting 
* Rachael Steven in The Young Americans 
* Sally Hemings in Jefferson in Paris 
* Hilary Rule in The Leading Man 
* Nyah Nordoff-Hall in Mission: Impossible II 
* Noreen Hurlock in It Was an Accident 
* Regina Lambert in The Truth About Charlie
* Makemba Likasu in ER 
* Dame Vaako in The Chronicles of Riddick 
* Christine Thayer in Crash 
* Linda Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness 
* Kate Thomas in Norbit 
* Condoleezza Rice in W. 
*Laura Wilson in 2012 
*Lindsey Wakefield in Good Deeds 
*Grace Travis in Rogue
*Roz Huntley in Line of Duty 
*Bonnie Soyinka in Gringo 
*Val in Solo: A Star Wars Story 
*Audrey Newhouse in The Death and Life of John F. Donovan 
== Trivia ==
Courtesy of IMDB
* A delayed shoot for Mission: Impossible II (2000) caused Thandiwe to turn down one of the lead roles in Charlie's Angels (2000). Lucy Liu was cast instead.
* One of her fondest memories is watching her mother get dressed in her traditional African garb because it taught her black pride.
* Raised in Penzance, Cornwall, England.
* Ranked #48 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002)
* Graduated with a 2:1 in social anthropology from Downing college, Cambridge.
* She named her daughter Ripley after the character played by Sigourney Weaver in Alien (1979).
* Her younger daughter was named for German-born singer Nico, member of the legendary rock group The Velvet Underground.
* Her full first name, Thandiwe which means "beloved." is pronounced tan-DEE-way.
* Delivered both of her daughters naturally via a birthing pool.
* In July 2011, in a speech at the TEDGlobal 2011 Conference, Newton disclosed that earlier in her career, she struggled with the eating disorder bulimia.
* Daughter of Nick Newton and Nyasha Newton and sister of Jamie Newton.
* Gave birth to her 1st child at age 27, a daughter Ripley Parker on 17 September 2000. Child's father is her husband, Ol Parker.
* Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 32, a daughter Nico Parker in mid December 2004. Child's father is her husband, Ol Parker.
* Was 2 months pregnant with her daughter Nico when she completed filming Crash (2004).
* Returned to work 8 months after giving birth to her daughter Nico to begin filming The Pursuit of Happyness (2006).
* Gave birth to her 3rd child at age 41, a son Booker Jombe Parker on March 3, 2014. Child's father is her husband, Ol Parker.
* Was 6 months pregnant with her son Booker when she completed filming the 2nd season of Rogue (2013).
* According to Thandiwe, her mother is a Princess of the Shona Tribe.
* Returned to work 5 months after giving birth to her son Booker to begin filming Westworld (2016).
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