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| Born | Thandiwe Adjewa Newton November 6, 1972 London, England1 |
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| Years active | 1991-present | ||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Ol Parker (1997-present) 2 children | ||||||||||
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Thandiwe Adjewa "Thandie" Newton (born 6 November 1972) is a BAFTA- and SAG Award-winning English234 actress. She has appeared in a number of successful British and American films, including The Pursuit of Happyness; Run, Fat Boy, Run; Mission: Impossible II; and Crash.
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Biography
Early life
Newton is the daughter of Nyasha, a Zimbabwean health-care worker, and Nick Newton, a white5 English laboratory technician and artist.67 Her birthplace has been incorrectly reported to be Zambia in biographies,67 but she has confirmed in interviews that she was born in London, during a two week trip by her parents.89 The name "Thandiwe" means "beloved" 10 in Ndebele, Zulu, Xhosa or Swazi and the name "Thandie" is pronounced TAN-dee. According to Newton, her mother is a Zimbabwean Shona Princess.11 She was raised in London and Penzance, Cornwall, and studied Archaeology and Anthropology at Downing College, Cambridge.
Career
Newton made her film debut in Flirting (1991). 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. She played the female lead Nyah Hall in the film Mission: Impossible II. When this film went over schedule, she had to pull out of the film Charlie's Angelscitation needed, and her character ultimately went to Lucy Liu.
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, and in 2004 also appeared in The Chronicles of Riddick and Crash. In the latter, she played a wealthy black woman who, along with her husband, finds herself the target of a racist policeman (played by Matt Dillon). Newton was honoured with a BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actress in 2006. She also played Chris Gardner's wife, Linda Gardner, in The Pursuit of Happyness.
In addition to her film and television credits she played the title role in a 2006 radio pantomime version of Cinderella.12
In 2007, she starred alongside Eddie Murphy in the comedy Norbit as his love interest, and opposite Simon Pegg as his ex-girlfriend in the comedy Run Fat Boy Run.
Newton's next portrayed U.S. National Security Advisor-turned Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in W., Oliver Stone's film biography of President George W. Bush. The film was released Friday, October 17, 2008.
Newton was an introducer at Wembley Stadium on 7 July 2007 for the UK leg of Live Earth. She was due to introduce Al Gore to the concert, but he was delayed, leaving Newton to tell jokes to try and entertain the audience.citation needed
Personal life
Newton 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 were named after the character Ripley in the Alien films and Nico from Above The Law.
In 2006, she 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. In it, she writes vividly about her childhood memories of growing up in Cornwall and the way in which the county's vibrant cultural heritage made it easy for her to "enrich every situation with layers of magic and meaning".13
Newton swapped her BMW X5 for a Toyota Prius after protesters bombarded the car with eggs at the gates of her daughters’ school. She then wrote to her celebrity friends, asking them to join her in switching to more environmentally sound cars.14
Newton has suffered from bulimia.15
Filmography
| Year | Film | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Flirting | Thandiwe Adjewa |
| Pirate Prince | Becky Newton | |
| 1993 | The Young Americans | Rachael Stevens |
| 1994 | Loaded | Zita |
| Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles | Yvette | |
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris | Sally Hemings |
| The Journey of August King | Annalees | |
| 1996 | The Leading Man | Hilary Rule |
| 1997 | Gridlock'd | Barbara 'Cookie' Cook |
| In Your Dreams | Clare | |
| 1998 | Beloved | Beloved |
| Besieged | Shandurai | |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible II | Nyah Nordoff-Hall |
| It Was an Accident | Noreen Hurlock | |
| 2002 | The Truth About Charlie | Regina Lambert |
| 2003 | Shade | Tiffany |
| 2004 | The Chronicles of Riddick | Dame Vaako |
| Crash | Christine | |
| 2006 | The Pursuit of Happyness | Linda |
| 2007 | Norbit | Kate |
| Run, Fat Boy, Run | Libby | |
| 2008 | RocknRolla | Stella |
| How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Herself | |
| W. | Condoleezza Rice | |
| 2009 | 2012 | TBA |
Awards and nominations
- BAFTA
- 2006, Best Supporting Actress: Crash (Winner)
- BET Award
- 2006, Best Actress: (Nominated)
- Black Movie Awards
- 2006, Best Supporting Actress: Crash (Nominated)
- Black Reel Awards
- 2006, Best Supporting Actress: Crash (Nominated)
- 2003, Best Actress: The Truth About Charlie (Nominated)
- 2000, Best Actress: Besieged (Nominated)
- Image Awards
- 2007, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: The Pursuit of Happyness (Nominated)
- 2006, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Crash (Nominated)
- 2003, Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture: The Truth About Charlie (Nominated)
- 2001, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Mission: Impossible II (Nominated)
- 1999, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Beloved (Nominated)
- Razzie Award
- 2001, Worst Supporting Actress: Mission: Impossible II (Nominated)
- Screen Actors Guild
- 2006, Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture: Crash (Winner)
References
- ^ http://www.kamwilliams.com/2008/03/thandie-newton-run-fatboy-run-interview.html
- ^ http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article4666651.ece
- ^ http://www.tribune.ie/archive/article/2008/sep/21/when-thandie-met-condi/
- ^ http://sensoryoverload.typepad.com/sensory_overload/2004/08/thandie_newton_.html
- ^ Barton, Laura (2008-05-28). "'I was so incredibly self-conscious'". The Guardian.
- ^ a b biography at nytimes.com
- ^ a b biography at yahoo movies
- ^ BBC Two (4 June 2008), "A Taste of My Life", Series 4, Thandie Newton -- Quote: "Nigel Slater (host): You were born in London but you didn't stay here for long did you? You went down to Cornwall? Thandie Newton (answers): Actually I don't know how my mum and dad managed to do this. But we lived in Zambia, and my mum was pregnant with me. And I was born on a two week trip back to London, and then we went back to Zambia and my brother was born there. And we ended up coming to England finally when I was three years old. So my dad could help out with the family antique business."
- ^ News Blaze (24 March 2008), Thandie Newton "Run, Fatboy, Run" Interview with Kam Williams
- ^ Thandiwe http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Thandiwe
- ^ "Daily Telegraph".
- ^ Doctor Who poised for radio panto from BBC News
- ^ We Wish - Hopes and dreams of Cornwall's children
- ^ Craig McLean Telling it like it is Scotsman.com - 7 January 2007
- ^ [1]
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| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Cate Blanchett for The Aviator |
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2006 for Crash |
Succeeded by Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls |
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