Thandie Newton developed a keen interest in performing arts at a very young age. She next portrayed Condoleezza Rice, US National Security Advisor and then Secretary of State in W., Oliver Stone's biography of President George W. Bush. Ripley has been to many events with her parents over the years, including . 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I was dreadful, Newton said of her Flirting. | 6 Nov 1972 thumbs up [5] Monday 06 Nov 1972. Thandie Newton was born in London to Nick Newton, a white British lab technician who later turned into an artist and Nyasha a healthcare worker from the Shona tribe in Zimbabwe. Eighteen-year-old Nico Parker has a starring role in the pilot episode of HBO's new drama series "The Last of Us." THANDIWE Newton has announced she is reverting back to the given spelling of her name, in a bid to embrace her dual heritage. [emailprotected], Dobri Delovi 2016-2020. (1998), In Your Dreams The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Born Thandiwe Newton in Zambia in 1972; daughter of Nick (a lab technician and artist) and Nyasha Newton (a nurse); married to Oliver Parker, a screenwriter. ." Newton was an introducer at Wembley Stadium on 7 July 2007, for the UK leg of Live Earth. (2018), Gringo Thandie Newton | Biography, News, Photos and Videos | Contactmusic.com [23] Newton became the first Black woman to have a major non-alien role in a Star Wars film; however, she expressed disappointment in the role as the fate of the character was changed during filming and found it to be a mistake for the franchise in the sense of what it meant for Black women in the franchise. [16], Between 2003 and 2005, Newton played Makemba "Kem" Likasu, love interest of John Carter on the American television series ER. In this mystical film Newton played the title character, a ghost who haunts the memory of her grieving mother, played by Oprah Winfrey. 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I am both Zimbabwean and English. Having children is life-changing, to state the obvious. (1994), The Young Americans [CDATA[ Youre a bridge; you legitimize mixed race-ness. See also Other Works | Publicity Listings | Official Sites View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro Her real name is Thandiwe Newton. While at Cambridge, Newton concentrated on academics and, as she told Kilday, looked upon acting as something I did on holidays from school. Coincidentally, it was while Newton was studying the slave trade that she received two film offers which called for her to portray a slave. Encyclopedia.com. (1996-), The Journey of August King Next, she played in Jonathan Demme's drama Beloved (1998), based on Toni Morrison's novel, in which she played the title character, the ghost of a young slave girl whose mother kills her to save her from slavery. Thandie Newton: Ethnic background, husband, daughter, net worth In 2020, Newton was one of a number of celebrities and MPs who signed a letter opposing the deportation of 50 violent offenders from the UK to Jamaica. Shakur played a musician who tries to overcome his drug addiction after a singer friend (Newton) overdoses. (2003), The Truth About Charlie The actress will now be credited in films and TV series as Thandiwe Newton, Newton won an Emmy Award for her performance in Westworld, On board the worlds last surviving turntable ferry. (2022), Human Resources April 14, 2022 10:50 AM PT. She was noticed and recognized for her performance. She played the part of Sally Hemmings, the alleged mistress and slave of future president, Thomas Jefferson. [34] Nico is also an actress. Thandie Newton | Encyclopedia.com Newton was born in London, the daughter of Nyasha, a Zimbabwean health-care worker and Nick Newton, a Cornish laboratory technician and artist. In 2009 Newton next portrayed the United States President's First Daughter Laura Wilson in 2012. Within the Cite this article tool, pick a style to see how all available information looks when formatted according to that style. Her family settled in Penzance, Cornwall, when Newton was three years old. From 2016 to 2022, Newton portrayed Maeve Millay in HBO science fiction drama series Westworld, for which she garnered universal acclaim. THANDIWE Newton has announced she is reverting back to the given spelling of her name, in a bid to embrace her dual heritage. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Actress Thandiwe Newton and her father Nick and mother Nyasha attend a drinks reception prior to the UK premiere of "The Pursuit of Happiness", Nyasha is a princess of the Shona tribe, from what was then Southern Rhodesia and is now Zimbabwe, Thandiwe Newton at the premiere for the season 3 of the television series "Westworld", Nyashas full maiden name is Grace Nyasha Jombe. Newton studied dancing at Londons Arts Educational School as a teenager, but a back injury caused her to switch to the schools acting program. Thandie Newton is definitely a mother to a little cute baby! Read Insider's review of the video game adaptation here. rcel.type = 'text/javascript'; Im thrilled that I can get right past prejudgements. Her parents worked in a hospital there until economic decline and political unrest drew the family back to Penzance. (1997), Gridlock'd Thandiwe Newton Reveals the Correct Spelling and - Vanity Fair 1972 in Westminster, London, to Zimbabwean mother Nyasha, and British father Nick Newton, she was raised in Africa, London and Penzance. Melanie Thandiwe Newton OBE (/tndiwe/ TAN-dee-way;[1] born 6 November 1972), formerly credited as Thandie Newton ( /tndi/ TAN-dee), is a British actress. Linda, The Pursuit of Happyness, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2006. (2011), The Prophet "Newton, Thandie 1972 Nick moved to London when the band disbanded in the mid-Sixties, where he switched paths to become a lab technician. The 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Fox, 2000. var rcds = document.getElementById("rcjsload_b42b6d"); People are praising Nico Parker's performance in a pivotal role. All Rights Reserved. Thandiwe Newton denies 'Magic Mike' firing over Tatum spat - Los Statistics. Kalfatovic, Mary "Newton, Thandie 1972 Raised in London and Penzance, Kernow/Cornwall, she went on to study social anthropology at Downing College, Cambridge, from 1992 to 1995. In 2013, Newton starred in Rogue, the first original drama series for DirecTV's Audience Network. She has appeared in a number of British and American films. And that, for me, was incredibly important. "[25][26], In a 2021 interview, Newton announced that she would be changing her first name back to its original form "Thandiwe",[27] and would be credited as such beginning with Reminiscence (2021). Cruise was so impressed with Newton that her name was quickly mentioned for the role of his leading lady in Mission Impossible 2. However, by the time Newton was 16, several injuries barred her from continuing to dance for the entire summer. Thandie Newton was born Melanie Thandiwe Newton on 6 November 1972, in Westminster, London, UK. [9][10] "Thandiwe" is a name of Nguni origin and means "beloved". Thandiwe Nashita "Thandie" Newton (born 6 November 1972) is an English actress. Addresses: Home West London, England. Newtons full first name is Thandiwe which means beloved in Zulu. Suddenly its about being English, Newton told Chuck Arnold of People. The couple married in 1998. Encyclopedia.com. supports HTML5 video, Thandie Newton Melanie Thandiwe Newton was born in the Westminster area of London on 6 November 1972, the daughter of Zimbabwean mother Nyasha Jombe and English father Nick Newton. New York: Baseline, 1993. She has a younger brother, Jamie Newton who worked in the Camera Department. for films. Insider's review of the video game adaptation here. Christine, Crash (also known as L.A. However, she was still acting between exams and studies. I get stuff here in Hollywood. Dame Vaako, Sci-Fi Channel: The LowdownThe Chronicles of Riddick, Sci-Fi Channel, 2004. (2017-), Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon [44], Newton was ranked one of the best-dressed women in 2018 by fashion website Net-a-Porter. In it, she wrote about her childhood memories of growing up in Cornwall, and the way in which its cultural heritage made it easy for her to "enrich every situation with layers of magic and meaning". She won a BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actress in 2006 for her role in Crash. Newton next portrayed U.S. National Security Advisor-turned Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in W., Oliver Stone's 2008 film biography of President George W. Bush. Thandiwe Newton's father is Nick Newton Thandiwe Newton's mother is Nyasha Newton. caused her family to move back to the UK, where she lived in Daughter Ripley Parker, the oldest child of Thandiwe and Ol, was born on December 17, 2000. Her mother, Nyasha, is Zimbabwean. (2019), The Death & Life of John F. Donovan It was hysterical. [15], Newton made her film debut in the coming of age comedy-drama Flirting (1991), filmed in 1989 but shelved for two years. ." and it's not a pursuit to make me feel happy in my life. Beautiful? The name Thandiwe means beloved in Ndebele, Zulu, Xhosa, or Swati, and Thandie is pronounced /tndi/ in English. But as soon as I open my mouth, it isnt about being Black anymore. (2015-), The Slap [20] She left Rogue during the third season. var rcel = document.createElement("script"); Actress (1988) Education. Newton was highly praised for her sassy and fun performance. She played the role of Brad Pitt's maid Yvette in Interview With A Vampire (1994). I was an anomaly. Children of Thandiwe Newton and ol parker resemble their parents. Thandie Newton Parents: Nyasha Newton, Nick Newton James White for Empire lauded Newton's performance, saying: "Thandie Newton is killing these emotional moments, giving Maeve a twitchy, panicked air without ever overplaying it and really helping us to feel for her." She possessed an exceptional talent for dancing and obtained a scholarship to the Arts Educational School at the age of 11. In preparation for the role of Nyah Hall, Newton wrote a lengthy biography or backstory for the character, but ended up throwing it away before filming started. [6] She attended St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School. Who the character was meant nothing at all. (2006), Crash Theyre all completely different, she told Swartley. She lived in Zambia until political unrest After the filming of Flirting was complete, the teenage Newton began affair with the movies director, John Duigan, who was in his forties. Born Clinton Eastwood, Jr., May 31, 1930, in San Francisco, CA; son of Clinton and Ruth (Runner) Eastwood; married Maggie Jo, Whitfield, Lynn 1954 (2012-), Good Deeds To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. 1,865 views (2010). Thandie Newton: See Photos Of The Actress - Hollywood Life (2010), Vanishing on 7th Street He also reportedly became involved with his family's antiques business. Sources Thandiwe Newton, also credited as Thandie Newton, is a British actress. Bodybuilder. Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. Based on a video game of the same name, the show opens with a prologue of sorts that tells the story of a man named Joel (played by Pedro Pascal) and his family during an apocalyptic event. The name 'Thandie' is a variation of her actual middle name Thandiwe (pronounced tan-DEE-way), which means 'beloved.'. Thandiwe Newton as a child (with her mother and brother), Thandiwe Newton and Nicole Kidman in Flirting, Video View Flirting, Thandie Newton Interview, 1995 Interview with Actress Thandie Newton, 1990s, Thandiwe Newton in Interview with the Vampire, Thandiwe Newton in The Chronicles of Riddick, Westworld: Thandiwe Newton as Maeve Millay, Thandiwe Newton in Solo: A Star Wars Story, Thandiwe Newton with her husband and kids, Thandiwe Newton Gets Candid About Motherhood and Mistakes, Woody Harrelson turned Solo co-star Thandie Newton vegan, Thandie Newton and Zoe Saldana look so much alike, Copying and use of full articles are prohibited. (2007-), Norbit She played opposite Simon Pegg as his ex-girlfriend in the 2008 comedy Run Fatboy Run. I walk into a room in L.A. and [the way people see me] might seem to be a racial thing. Hilary Rule, The Leading Man, Northern Arts Entertainment, 1996. (2007), Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream For other inquiries, Contact Us. var referer="";try{if(referer=document.referrer,"undefined"==typeof referer||""==referer)throw"undefined"}catch(exception){referer=document.location.href,(""==referer||"undefined"==typeof referer)&&(referer=document.URL)}referer=referer.substr(0,700); Husband The actress met with English writer and director Oliver Parker on the set of the BBC drama titled In Your Dreams. [41], In 2016, Newton stated she had been the victim of a director who repeatedly showed his friends a video of her in a sexually graphic audition she had made as a teenager. (2000), Beloved Addresses: AgentInternational Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211; William Morris Agency, One William Morris Pl., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. (2015-), Off Camera with Sam Jones (2005), American Dad! Newton appeared in the Merchant Ivory production of Jefferson in Paris as Sally Hemings. Between 2003 and 2005, Newton played Makemba "Kem" Likasu, the love interest, and later wife of Dr. John Carter on the American television series ER. Warning: Minor spoilers ahead for season one, episode one of "The Last of Us.". "[14] She began dropping the letter "w" from her first name, making it "Thandie" (pronounced /tndi/ TAN-dee). Awards, Honors: Image Award nomination, outstanding supporting actress in a motion picture, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and Golden Satellite Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picturedrama, 1999, both for Beloved; Black Reel Award nomination, best actresstheatrical, 2000, for Besieged; Empire Award nomination, best British actress, Empire magazine, Image Award nomination, outstanding supporting actress in a motion picture, Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, favorite femalenewcomer, 2001, all for Mission: Impossible II; Image Award nomination, outstanding actress in a motion picture, and Black Reel Award nomination, best actresstheatrical, 2003, both for The Truth About Charlie; Gotham Award nomination (with others), best ensemble cast, Independent Features Project/East, Black Movie Award nomination, outstanding actress in a supporting role, Film Life, 2005, Screen Actors Guild Award (with others), outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture, ALFS Award, British supporting actress of the year, London Critics Circle Film Awards, Image Award nomination, outstanding supporting actress in a motion picture, Empire Award, best actress, Film Award, best performance by an actress in a supporting role, British Academy of Film and Television, Black Entertainment Television Award nomination, best actress, 2006, all for Crash. The first episode of HBO's new drama series "The Last of Us" premiered Sunday night. It is exploitative and there is a cut-off point. All of Newton's films will be credited with the name Thandiwe (pronounced "tan-DEE-way") Newton in future. Newtons mother, who is now in her 70s, is a princess of the Shona tribe, from what was then Southern Rhodesia and is now Zimbabwe. Race problems are just made up, Newton told Time. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. ." She played Chris Gardner's wife, Linda Gardner, in The Pursuit of Happyness. Newton's role in the HBO sci-fi series Westworld earned her an Emmy Award in 2018 for best supporting actress in a drama series. Her father, Nick Newton, is British, and is caucasian. Nick and Nyasha sent Thandiwe to a local Catholic primary school, where she was reportedly bullied for standing out. Read about our approach to external linking. Now, the Westworld actress has revealed that is not her real name. (2018), Big Mouth In 2006, she won a Bafta Film Award for best supporting actress for her role in Crash, which went on to win best picture at the Oscars. (1997), The Leading Man Ripley, Nico, and Booker Jombe are the couple's three children; they were married in 1998 and divorced in 2022. Newton, who is 43-year-old and 5ft 3in (1.6m) tall, has starred in the films Mission Impossible 2, Crash and Beloved. However, the date of retrieval is often important. In the same year, Newton played DCI Roseanne "Roz" Huntley in the fourth season of BBC One's Line of Duty, a role for which she received a BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Actress. (2009-), W. rcel.src = "//trends.revcontent.com/serve.js.php?w=76341&t="+rcel.id+"&c="+(new Date()).getTime()+"&width="+(window.outerWidth || document.documentElement.clientWidth)+"&referer="+encodeURIComponent(referer); Nick moved to London when the band disbanded in the mid-Sixties, where he switched paths to become a lab technician. St Mary's Roman Catholic primary school, Penzance, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom . Film critic Roger Ebert, in his Movie Home Companion, referred to Pam Grier as one of the most intriguing action st, Singleton, John 1968 Newton turned down a role in a big budget screen version of the popular 1970s series Charlies Angels in order to appear in It Was an Accident, a modest budget film written by Parker and set for release in late 2000. John is a very good director, and he allowed me to see that film acting is subtle sometimes you must do less than you would do in life, she told Kilday. Thandiwe Newton's camp is denying reports that she left the third installment of the "Magic Mike" trilogy over a disagreement with Channing Tatum, the film's . Newton was born in London, the daughter . 49. Newton again portrayed a slave in Beloved, the 1998 screen version of the Toni Morrison novel. Thandiwe Newton Reveals Spelling Of Name: "Taking Back - Deadline "Newton, Thandie 1972 I was completely and immediately besotted, Newton was quoted by Jewel as telling OK Magazine about her meeting with Parker. *Shona Zimbabwean (mother). Shona is one of the most widely spoken languages of Zimbabwe. The film also starred Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover. That is when one of her instructors proposed that she audition for a film that was currently casting in London. (2005-), The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (April 28, 2023). (2008), Run, Fatboy, Run Thandie Newton is a British actress, best known for her roles in the films Beloved, RockNRolla, W., The Pursuit of Happyness, 2012, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Crash, and Mission: Impossible II. The Oprah Winfrey Show (also known as Oprah), syndicated, 2005. Thandiwe Newton at the Schiaparelli Haute Couture Spring Summer show during Paris Fashion Week in January 2017 Sun Sign . 28 Apr. The Westworld star, 46, walked the red carpet alongside her lookalike 14-year-old daughter Nico Parker at the London. Thandie Newton has established an impressive list of screen credits since making her film debut in 1992. She gained international recognition in the Merchant Ivory production of Jefferson in Paris as Sally Hemings, which led to her being cast in Jonathan Demme's Beloved (1998), in which she played the title character alongside co-stars Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover. (April 28, 2023). //Thandie Newton: Bio, Height, Weight, Age, Measurements The two appeared together in the 1997 sardonic comedy Gridlockd, which was directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall. ." Dame Vaako, The Chronicles of Riddick (also known as "The Chronicles of Riddick": The Director's Cut), Universal, 2004. Thandiwe Newton Height - 1.60 m, Weight -51 kg, Measurements, bra size, dress, shoe size, spouse, religion, bio City. Thandie Newton reverts to original spelling of first name, Thandiwe [39][40] David Schwimmer, who directed Run Fatboy Run, called her "the queen of practical jokes" for her behaviour on film sets. Is Hollywood facing a moment of racial reckoning? (2008), RockNRolla (2010), 2012 Don Cheadle has been working steadily in films, television and theater since 1985, when he was still in drama school. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Once Newton was signed to the part of international jewel thief Nyah Hall, the script was rewritten with Newtons classy style in mind. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. . Nick, previously Nicky, played bass guitar in the rock group the Druids in the early 1960s. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Jay Carr of the Boston Globe called Flirting Solid, well-made coming of age stuff the tenderly inscribed teens played by Taylor and Newton will live in your memory. The Motion Picture Guide added that the exceptionally pretty Newton is graceful and charming as the exchange student. (1995), Jefferson in Paris Lynn Whitfield has enjoyed a busy career in film, television, and theatre. Encyclopedia.com. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. (2005-), The Chronicles of Riddick In director Bernardo Bertoluccis 1999 drama Besieged, Newton played an African medical student living in Rome who is earning a living by working as a housekeeper for an eccentric English pianist, played by David Thewlis. Career: Film actress; began acting career with Flirting, 1992.
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