Thandie Newton

Biography

Thandie Newton was born in London.

She is the daughter of a Zimbabwean mother, Nyasha, a health-care worker from the Shona tribe, and Nick Newton, a British father who worked as a lab technician.

She lived in Zambia until political unrest caused her family to move back to the UK.

She then lived in Cornwall in the southwest of Britain until the age of 11.

At that time she enrolled in London's Art Educational School, where she studied modern dance.

However, a back injury forced her to quit dancing.

This led to her auditioning for films and receiving her first role in 'John Duigan.

She then moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue acting and her then-boyfriend.

Her British accent limited the amount of work she was getting, and she returned to Britain, where she went to Cambridge University to study, eventually receiving a degree in anthropology.

Between semesters, she continued her acting and became noticed and in-demand for future film roles.

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Country: United Kingdom
Gender: Female
Education: University of Cambridge·Downing College· Cambridge
Place of birth: London
Birth date: 06 November 1972
Nationality: British

OkayAfrica 100 Women
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

She has a Zimbabwean mother and a British father.
Her name Thandie is a variation of her actual middle name Tandiwe, meaning beloved.
Voted by the readers of Black Men Magazine as one of "The 10 Sexiest Women of the Year.
A delayed shoot for Mission: Impossible II caused Thandie to turn down one of the lead roles in Charlies Angels . 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.
Graduated with a 2:1 (otherwise known as "an undergraduate degree with 2nd Class Honours, Upper Division")in Anthropology from Cambridge University.
She named her daughter Ripley after the character played by Sigourney Weaver in Alien .
Her younger daughter was named for German-born singer Nico , member of the legendary rock group The Velvet Underground.
Her full first name is pronounced tan-DEE-way.

Movies

All the Old Knives
2020
Romance and espionage set the stage for this thriller when two former lovers meet for one meal that one of them may not survive..
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
2018
If the cinematic is dominated by male directors, how can we respond to it?
Half of a Yellow Sun
2013
Half of a Yellow Sun is a 2013 Nigerian Historical fiction drama film directed by Biyi Bandele and based on the novel of the same name by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Good Deeds
2012
Businessman Wesley Deeds is jolted out of his scripted life when he meets Lindsey, a single mother who works on the cleaning crew in his office building..
Retreat
2011
In a last-ditch attempt to save their failing marriage after the stillbirth of their first child, Kate, a journalist, and Martin, an architect, escape London for a retreat to the beautiful, yet remote and unpopulated Blackholme Island, which is off the west coast of Scotland.
The Prophet
2011
A documentary essay illustrating Gibran's themes of love, life and loss..
For Colored Girls
2010
The movie is based on Ntozake Shange's play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.
Vanishing on 7th Street
2010
When a massive power outage plunges the city of Detroit into total darkness, a disparate group of individuals find themselves alone.
Huge
2010
A feuding double act try to make it in the cut-throat world of stand-up comedy..
2012
2009
2012 is a 2009 American science fiction disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich.
Blokes, Birds and Backenders
2009
RocknRolla
2008
Lenny Cole, a London mob boss, puts the bite on all local real estate transactions.
Run, Fatboy, Run
2007
Dennis is a clueless and slightly overweight guy, who left his pregnant fiancée five years earlier.
Norbit
2007
Norbit is a normal person, who after being adopted by Mr.
Father and Son: On Screen and Off
2007
The Pursuit of Happyness
2006
In 1981, San Francisco salesman Chris Gardner invests his entire life savings in portable bone density scanners, which he demonstrates to doctors and pitches as a handy quantum leap over standard X-rays.
2006 BET Awards Nominations Live
2006
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
2006
Leonardo Da Vinci and his muse the Mona Lisa must stand up to the interrogation of their worth in our modern world..
Crash: Behind the Scenes
2005
A behind the scene look at the filming of the movie Crash..
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
Riddick, now a hunted man, finds himself in the middle of two opposing forces in a major crusade.
Sci-Fi Channel: The Lowdown - The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
The Truth About Charlie
2002
A young woman in Paris is about to divorce her husband when she discovers...
Mission: Impossible II
2000
IMF agent Ethan Hunt has been sent on a mission to retrieve and destroy the supply of a genetically created disease called 'Chimera'.
Behind the Mission: The Making of 'M:I-2'
2000
This made-for-video documentary treats action film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Mission Impossible 2, the sequel to the hit film inspired by the popular 70's TV spy series.
Besieged
1998
When an African dictator jails her husband, Shandurai goes into exile in Italy, studying medicine and keeping house for Mr.
Gridlock'd
1997
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program.
The Leading Man
1996
Successful playwright Felix Webb has a new play, 'The Hit Man', in rehearsal.
In Your Dreams
1996
Two students, previously infatuated with each other, meet up again years later at university.
Jefferson in Paris
1995
Set in the period 1784–1789, the film portrays Jefferson when he was US minister to France at Versailles before the French Revolution.
The Journey of August King
1995
The Journey of August King is a multi-dimensional drama about a North Carolina farmer in April 1815.
Flirting
1991
Danny has been sent to boarding school, in this sequel to The Year My Voice Broke.

TV

Rogue
2013
Grace, a morally and emotionally-conflicted undercover detective, is tormented by the possibility that her own actions contributed to her son's mysterious death.

Books

Rogue
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