Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton
Date of Birth: 06 Nov 1972
Country: UK
Total Credits at Criticker: 39 (Actor)
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Beloved
After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen... (imdb)
The Chronicles of Riddick
Vin Diesel reprises his star-making role of enigmatic anti-hero Richard B. Riddick in this sci-fi action-adventure epic.
Crash
A provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial tolerance in contemporary America. Diving headlong into the diverse melting pot of post-9/11 Los Angeles, this compelling urban drama tracks the volatile intersections of a multi-ethnic case of characters' struggles to overcome their fears as they careen in and out of one another's lives. (Lions Gate Films)
Mission: Impossible 2
A secret agent is sent to Sydney, to find and destroy a genetically modified disease called "Chimera" (imdb)
Shade
The hand is quicker than the eye in LA's underground gambling scene, hustlers get hustled and fortunes ride on every deal. Three small-time grifters devise a plan to beat the ultimate card mechanic - The Dean. But a seat at The Dean's table doesn't come cheap. (RKO Pictures)
The Truth About Charlie
An exhilarating combination of romance and suspense ignites sparks of all kinds against the backdrop of modern Paris.
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger. (imdb)
Flirting
Danny has been sent to boarding school, in this sequal to The Year My Voice Broke. (imdb)
Besieged
When an African dictator jails her husband, Shandurai goes into exile in Italy, studying medicine and keeping house for Mr. Kinsky, an eccentric English pianist and composer (imdb)
Gridlock\
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a detox program.
The Pursuit of Happyness
Chris Gardner (Smith) is a bright and talented, but marginally employed salesman. Struggling to make ends meet, Gardner finds himself and his five-year-old son evicted from their San Francisco apartment with nowhere to go. When Gardner lands an internship at a prestigious stock brokerage firm, he and his son endure many hardships, including living in shelters, in pursuit of his dream of a better life for the two of them. (Sony)
Norbit
Norbit (Murphy) has never had it easy. As a baby, he was abandoned on the steps of a Chinese restaurant/orphanage and raised by Mr. Wong (Murphy). Things get worse when he's forced into marriage by the mean, junk food-chugging queen, Rasputia (Murphy). Just when Norbit's hanging by his last thread, his childhood sweetheart, Kate (Newton), moves back to town. In the comedy "Norbit", he'll show them all that nice guys sometimes finish first. (DreamWorks Pictures)
Run Fatboy Run
A chunky, clueless guy leaves his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day only to discover -- 5 years later -- that she is his one true love. But in order to win back her heart, he looks to finish his first marathon while making her realize her new man is the wrong guy for her. (imdb)
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York. Based on Toby Young's memoir "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People".
RocknRolla
In London, a real-estate scam puts millions of pounds up for grabs, naturally attracting the attention of some of the city's scrappiest tough guys (Butler, Elba) its more established underworld players (Wilkinson), and others -- all of whom are looking to get rich quick.
W.
A chronicle on the life and presidency of George W. Bush
The Journey of August King
The Journey of August King is a multi-dimensional drama about a North Carolina farmer in 1815. August King. (imdb)
Jefferson in Paris
"Jefferson in Paris" follows Jefferson to France (as the U.S. ambassador to the court of Louis XVI), following the death of his wife his friendships and flirtations with the French, his relationship with his daughters and slaves from home (especially Sally), against the backdrop of the beginning of the French Revolution. (imdb)
2012
An epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors.
Loaded
Seven teenagers retreat to a country house for the weekend to make their epic, an impossibly ambitious Celtic fantasy. As the making of the video drifts from playful hilarity to argument, frustrated ambition and accusation, intimate details seep into the script and the gap between fact and fiction closes, foreshadowing later events. (imdb)
The Leading Man
Successful playwright Felix Webb has a new play, 'The Hit Man', in rehearsal. Directed by his old friend Humphrey, it is already being hailed as a masterpiece; but Felix can't enjoy his success. He has fallen passionately in love with Hilary, a beautiful, fiesty young actress, and is preparing to desert his perfect family, his wife Elena and three lively children. His intolerable situation is further complicated when Humphrey casts Hilary as one of the leads in 'The Hit Man'. (imdb)
The Young Americans
The London police is having trouble with organized crime commited by juvenile delinquents. Their leader is an American who is an expert at turning young men into ruthless gangsters. American cop John Harris is asked to help the London police to break up the organization. (imdb)
For Colored Girls
Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
Vanishing on 7th Street
When a massive power outage plunges the city of Detroit into total darkness, a disparate group of individuals find themselves alone. Soon the daylight begins to disappear completely, and as the survivors gather in an abandoned tavern, they realize the darkness is out to get them, and only their rapidly diminishing light sources can keep them safe.
Retreat
Kate and Martin escape from personal tragedy to an Island Retreat. Cut off from the outside world, their attempts to recover are shattered when a Man is washed ashore, with news of airborne killer disease that is sweeping through Europe. (imdb)
Good Deeds
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.
Half of a Yellow Sun
A drama that brings together the lives of four people during the struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria. (imdb)
The Slap
The Slap (2015) - TV Series
A once happy family suddenly begins to fall apart following a seemingly minor incident in which a man slaps another couple's misbehaving child. (imdb)
It Was an Accident
An ex-con gets caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. (imdb)
Gringo
An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico. (imdb)
Solo: A Star Wars Story
During an adventure into a dark criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future copilot Chewbacca and encounters Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebellion. (imdb)
Reminiscence
A scientist discovers a way to relive your past and uses the technology to search for his long lost love. (imdb)
God\
When a grieving college professor confronts two hunters she catches trespassing on her property, she's drawn into an escalating battle of wills with catastrophic consequences.
All the Old Knives
Two CIA operatives, and former lovers, reunite at idyllic Carmel-by-the-Sea to re-examine a mission six years ago in Vienna where a fellow agent might have been compromised.
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Having pulled off an escape from Tweedy's farm, Ginger has found a peaceful island sanctuary for the whole flock. But back on the mainland the whole of chicken-kind faces a new threat, and Ginger and her team decide to break in (imdb.com).
Mufasa: The Lion King
Simba, having become king of the Pride Lands, is determined for his cub to follow in his paw prints while the origins of his late father Mufasa are explored. (imdb)
The Daily Show
Rogue
Rogue (2013) - TV Series
Grace, an undercover detective, is tormented by the possibility that she might have contributed to her son's mysterious death. While trying to uncover the truth, she gets involved with a dangerous criminal. (imdb)