Thandiwe Newton: movies and TV shows
Thandiwe Newton has 83 credits in the archive: 52 films and 31 TV series, from 1990 to 2025. Highest rated: Wednesday (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1990 – 2025 · busiest year: 2007 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Anaconda | Claire Simons | Film | 5.9 | 52 |
| 2024 | Mufasa: The Lion King | Eshe (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 51 |
| 2023 | Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Ginger (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 2023 | President | Film | 7.5 | 50 | |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 49 |
| 2022 | Wednesday | Dr. Rachael Fairburn | TV | 8.3 | 49 |
| 2022 | Human Resources | Mona (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 49 |
| 2022 | All the Old Knives | Celia Harrison | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 2022 | God's Country | Sandra Guidry | Film | 5.6 | 49 |
| 2021 | Reminiscence | Emily 'Watts' Sanders | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 2020 | Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 2020 | Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times | Self | Film | 10.0 | 47 |
| 2019 | The Death & Life of John F. Donovan | Journalist | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | Val | Film | 6.6 | 45 |
| 2018 | Gringo | Bonnie Soyinka | Film | 5.9 | 45 |
| 2018 | Family Feud | Joan | Film | 2.5 | 45 |
| 2018 | The Big Narstie Show | Self | TV | 4.3 | 45 |
| 2017 | Big Mouth | Mona (voice) | TV | 7.6 | 44 |
| 2017 | Big Mouth | TV | 7.6 | 44 | |
| 2017 | Liyana | Film | 9.0 | 44 | |
| 2017 | Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 10.0 | 44 |
| 2016 | Westworld | Maeve Millay | TV | 8.0 | 43 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | TV | 6.1 | 42 |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 42 |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | TV | 6.2 | 42 |
| 2015 | The Slap | Aisha | TV | 5.9 | 42 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 41 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 41 |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | TV | 5.0 | 41 |
| 2013 | Rogue | Grace Travis | TV | 6.7 | 40 |
| 2013 | Rogue | TV | 6.7 | 40 | |
| 2013 | Half of a Yellow Sun | Olanna | Film | 5.0 | 40 |
| 2012 | Line of Duty | DCI Roz Huntley | TV | 8.2 | 39 |
| 2012 | Good Deeds | Lindsey | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 2011 | Retreat | Kate | Film | 5.6 | 38 |
| 2011 | The Prophet | Narrator | Film | 7.8 | 38 |
| 2010 | Vanishing on 7th Street | Rosemary | Film | 5.3 | 37 |
| 2010 | Huge | Kris | Film | 5.6 | 37 |
| 2010 | For Colored Girls | Tangie / Orange | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 2010 | The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective | Self | Film | 7.8 | 37 |
| 2010 | 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic | Self | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Special Guest | TV | 7.5 | 36 |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Guest Judge | TV | 7.5 | 36 |
| 2009 | 2012 | Laura Wilson | Film | 5.9 | 36 |
| 2008 | RocknRolla | Stella | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Self | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 2008 | W. | Condoleezza Rice | Film | 6.1 | 35 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 34 |
| 2007 | Norbit | Kate Thomas | Film | 5.7 | 34 |
| 2007 | Run Fatboy Run | Libby | Film | 6.2 | 34 |
| 2007 | Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream | Self | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 2007 | Father and Son: On Screen and Off | Film | 6.0 | 34 | |
| 2006 | The Pursuit of Happyness | Linda | Film | 7.9 | 33 |
| 2006 | The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa | The Mona Lisa | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Makeva (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 32 |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | TV | 6.8 | 32 |
| 2005 | Crash | Christine Thayer | Film | 7.2 | 32 |
| 2004 | The Chronicles of Riddick | Dame Vaako | Film | 6.6 | 31 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 30 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV | 5.3 | 30 |
| 2003 | Shade | Tiffany | Film | 6.2 | 30 |
| 2002 | The Truth About Charlie | Regina Lambert | Film | 4.9 | 29 |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible II | Nyah Hall | Film | 6.1 | 27 |
| 2000 | It Was an Accident | Noreen Hurlock | Film | 6.7 | 27 |
| 1998 | Beloved | Beloved | Film | 5.8 | 25 |
| 1998 | Besieged | Shandurai | Film | 6.7 | 25 |
| 1997 | Elle Style Awards | Self - Winner | TV | — | 24 |
| 1997 | Gridlock'd | Cookie | Film | 6.6 | 24 |
| 1997 | In Your Dreams | Clare | Film | 6.5 | 24 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 23 |
| 1996 | The Leading Man | Hilary Rule | Film | 5.0 | 23 |
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris | Sally Hemings | Film | 5.1 | 22 |
| 1995 | The Journey of August King | Annalees | Film | 6.9 | 22 |
| 1994 | ER | Makemba 'Kem' Likasu | TV | 7.8 | 21 |
| 1994 | Interview with the Vampire | Yvette | Film | 7.4 | 21 |
| 1994 | Loaded | Zita | Film | 4.3 | 21 |
| 1993 | The Young Americans | Rachael Stevens | Film | 5.7 | 20 |
| 1991 | Flirting | Thandiwe Adjewa | Film | 6.7 | 18 |
| 1991 | Pirate Prince | Becky Newton | Film | 10.0 | 18 |
| 1990 | The Word | TV | 6.0 | 17 | |
| Cry to Heaven | Film | — | — | ||
| The Wanted Man | TV | — | — | ||
| First Day on Earth | Anya | TV | — | — |