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Thandiwe Newton
Melanie Thandiwe Newton, formerly credited as Thandie Newton, 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.
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entertainment · English actress (born 1972) · film actor · also Thandiwe Newton, Melanie Thandiwe "Thandie" Newton, Thandie Newton, Melanie Thandiwe Newton Parker, Newton
Born 6 November 1972 · Q229029
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2026· 5 entries
“We keep hearing that migration is a crisis, and it is, for the people affected. But did you ever notice that the same leaders denying climate change are the ones drumming up fear and hatred against migrants?”
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Yahoo: Philip Seymour Hoffman Son Dating Thandiwe Newton Daughter
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antena3.com: Los hijos de Philip Seymour Hoffman y Thandie Newton, nueva pareja nepo baby en Hollywood: "Le pedí que fuera mi novia"
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2023· 1 entry
People: Steven Soderbergh Says He Considers Thandiwe Newton's 'Magic Mike 3' Exit a 'Private' Decision
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2022· 6 entries
Page Six: Luke Hemsworth: Thandiwe Newton ‘is going through her own thing’
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Yahoo: Thandiwe Newton Praises Her Magic Mike 3 Replacement Salma Hayek: 'I Love You'
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People: Thandiwe Newton Says It's a 'New Day' One Week After Stepping Away from 'Magic Mike 3'
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New York Post: Thandiwe Newton apologizes to actresses: ‘I’m sorry I’m the one chosen’
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Yahoo: Thandiwe Newton apologizes to ‘darker-skinned’ women for taking roles, men, truths
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Newton played the lead role of Sandra Guidry in the thriller God’s Country which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival
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2021· 1 entry
SheKnows: Thandiwe Newton’s Teen Daughter Nico Parker Looked So Much Like Her Mom at Their Joint Movie Premiere
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2020· 1 entry
Newton was one of a number of celebrities and MPs who signed a letter opposing the deportation of 50 convicted offenders from the UK to Jamaica
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2019· 2 entries
Awarded Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2010 (2019).
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Awarded OkayAfrica 100 Women (2019).
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2018· 3 entries
Awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (2018).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Westworld (2018).
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Said she was disappointed not to have been invited to participate in Time's Up, a movement against sexual harassment, considering that she had been "ostracised" for having spoken out about alleged sexual abuse by a d
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2017· 2 entries
Awarded Black Reel Awards for Television (2017).
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Served as a narrator for the documentary entitled Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon, an exposé on the sexual assault charges laid against Cosby, which aired on BBC One
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2016· 1 entry
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
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2015· 1 entry
Starred in the US miniseries The Slap
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2013· 2 entries
Newton starred in Rogue, the first original drama series for DirecTV's Audience Network
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Newton led the One Billion Rising flash mob in London for justice, gender equality, and an end to violence
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2012· 2 entries
Starred opposite Tyler Perry in his romantic drama film Good Deeds, the film was a moderate financial success but received negative reviews
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A disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich and released 13 November 2009
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2008· 1 entry
Newton visited the poverty-stricken village of Nampasso in Mali, describing it as a "humbling experience"
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2007· 2 entries
After Greenpeace members put a sticker that said "this gas-guzzling 4x4 is causing climate change" on the BMW X5 she had only recently purchased, she sold the car and bought a Toyota Prius
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Newton co-starred with Eddie Murphy as his love interest in the comedy Norbit
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2006· 7 entries
Awarded London Film Critics' Circle (2006).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Crash (2006).
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Awarded British Academy Film Awards (2006).
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Awarded Empire Awards (2006).
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Awarded Black Reel Awards (2006).
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Newton contributed a foreword to We Wish: Hopes and Dreams of Cornwall's Children, a book of children's writing published in aid of the NSPCC
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Newton performed on radio in a pantomime version of Cinderella
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1972· 1 entry
Born 1972-11-06.
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