Thandie Newton
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Newton at the 10 Downing Street visit in 2010.
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| Born |
Melanie Thandiwe Newton 6 November 1972 London, England |
| Nationality |
 United Kingdom
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| Alma mater | Downing College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Spouse(s) | Ol Parker (m. 1998) |
| Children | 3 |
Melanie Thandiwe "Thandie" Newton (/ˈtændi/; born 6 November 1972) is an English actress. She has appeared in several British and American films, and is known for roles such as Linda in The Pursuit of Happyness, Nyah Nordoff-Hall in Mission: Impossible II and Christine in Crash, for which she received a number of awards, including a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
As of 2016, she plays the sentient android, the madam Maeve Millay in the HBO science fiction-Western television series Westworld, which earned her a Critics' Choice Award and Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
Newton was born in London, England, the daughter of Nyasha, a Zimbabwean, and Nick Newton, an English laboratory technician and artist. Her birthplace has been incorrectly reported to be Zambia in some biographies, but she has confirmed in interviews that she was born in London. The name "Thandiwe" means "beloved" in Ndebele, Zulu, Xhosa or siSwati, and "Thandie" is pronounced /ˈtændi/ in English. According to Newton, her mother is a Shona princess.
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