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Newton married English director Ol Parker in 1998 but they separated in 2022. They have three children together, daughters Ripley and Nico along with a son, Booker Jombe, all of them delivered in home births. Since then Nico began acting herself in 2019 with the live action film of ''[[Film/Dumbo2019 Dumbo]]''. They appeared together later in the 2021 film ''Film/{{Reminiscence}}'' (the pair also have a very {{strong family resemblance}}, with many fans and news media calling Nico her "[[Film/AustinPowers Mini-Me]]").
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Newton married English director Ol Parker in 1998 but they separated in 2022. They have three children together, daughters Ripley and Nico [[Creator/NicoParker Nico]] along with a son, Booker Jombe, all of them delivered in home births. Since then Nico began acting herself in 2019 with the live action film of ''[[Film/Dumbo2019 Dumbo]]''. They appeared together later in the 2021 film ''Film/{{Reminiscence}}'' (the pair also have a very {{strong family resemblance}}, with many fans and news media calling Nico her "[[Film/AustinPowers Mini-Me]]").
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** ''The Journey of August King'', which she only did because John Duigan bullied her into it. She found the character "simplistic" and got shouted out for questioning it.
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** Newton [[https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/thandiwe-newton-interview-reminiscence-star-wars-westworld was not happy about]] [[BlackDudeDiesFirst the death of her character Val]] in ''Film/{{Solo}}'', since the shooting script [[NeverFoundTheBody left her character's loss ambiguous enough for a return]] and she felt it was a waste for ''Star Wars'' to kill its first theatrical Black woman lead.
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Newton married English director Ol Parker in 1998. They have three children together, daughters Ripley and Nico along with a son, Booker Jombe, all of them delivered in home births. Since then Nico began acting herself in 2019 with the live action film of ''[[Film/Dumbo2019 Dumbo]]''. They appeared together later in the 2021 film ''Film/{{Reminiscence}}'' (the pair also have a very {{strong family resemblance}}, with many fans and news media calling Nico her "[[Film/AustinPowers Mini-Me]]").
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Newton married English director Ol Parker in 1998.1998 but they separated in 2022. They have three children together, daughters Ripley and Nico along with a son, Booker Jombe, all of them delivered in home births. Since then Nico began acting herself in 2019 with the live action film of ''[[Film/Dumbo2019 Dumbo]]''. They appeared together later in the 2021 film ''Film/{{Reminiscence}}'' (the pair also have a very {{strong family resemblance}}, with many fans and news media calling Nico her "[[Film/AustinPowers Mini-Me]]").
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** While she enjoyed working on ''Jefferson In Paris'', she admits she would approach the material in a different way in light of the DNA tests that revealed how Thomas Jefferson fathered at least one child with Sally Hemmings.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: She was nearly cast in ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'' but had to turn it down when ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' ran over schedule, and Creator/LucyLiu ended up with the part. She however later revealed that she walked from the film after a talk with Amy Pascal, where the latter felt a Black woman wasn't believable as a college-educated character and wanted her to play the role more stereotypical. Likewise, director [=McG=] made comments about a MaleGaze shot that made her feel uncomfortable.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: She was nearly cast in ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'' but had to turn it down when ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' ran over schedule, and Creator/LucyLiu ended up with the part. She however However, she later revealed that she walked from the film after a talk with Amy Pascal, Creator/AmyPascal, where the latter felt a Black black woman wasn't believable as a college-educated character and wanted her to play the role more stereotypical. Likewise, director [=McG=] made comments about a MaleGaze shot that made her feel uncomfortable.
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* ActingInTheDark: The script for the sexual assault scene in ''Crash'' just said that the hand "goes up her skirt", and she assumed the "finger fuck your wife" line from the argument scene was the character being ironic. She didn't realise exactly what it would be about until it was time to be filmed (the argument was shot first).
* AwesomeDearBoy: She signed on to ''Norbit'' based on an early draft where it was much darker, and she found the humour interestingly twisted.
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** ''The Journey of August King'', which she only did because John Duigan bullied her into it. She found the character "simplistic" and got shouted out for questioning it.
** She called ''The Leading Man'' "fucking gross".
** While she enjoyed working on ''Jefferson In Paris'', she admits she would approach the material in a different way in light of the DNA tests that revealed how Thomas Jefferson fathered at least one child with Sally Hemmings.
* AwesomeDearBoy: She signed on to ''Norbit'' based on an early draft where it was much darker, and she found the humour interestingly twisted.
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** ''The Journey of August King'', which she only did because John Duigan bullied her into it. She found the character "simplistic" and got shouted out for questioning it.
** She called ''The Leading Man'' "fucking gross".
** While she enjoyed working on ''Jefferson In Paris'', she admits she would approach the material in a different way in light of the DNA tests that revealed how Thomas Jefferson fathered at least one child with Sally Hemmings.
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* WagTheDirector: She refused to go topless for a scene in ''Rogue'', feeling it didn't serve the narrative.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: She was nearly cast in ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'' but had to turn it down when ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' ran over schedule, and Creator/LucyLiu ended up with the part. She however later revealed that she walked from the film after a talk with Amy Pascal, where the latter felt a Black woman wasn't believable as a college-educated character and wanted her to play the role more stereotypical. Likewise, director [=McG=] made comments about a MaleGaze shot that made her feel uncomfortable.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: She was nearly cast in ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'' but had to turn it down when ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' ran over schedule, and Creator/LucyLiu ended up with the part. She however later revealed that she walked from the film after a talk with Amy Pascal, where the latter felt a Black woman wasn't believable as a college-educated character and wanted her to play the role more stereotypical. Likewise, director [=McG=] made comments about a MaleGaze shot that made her feel uncomfortable.
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** ''WesternAnimation/HumanResources2022''
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She's best known for such movies as ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'', ''Film/TheTruthAboutCharlie'', ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'', ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' and ''Film/RockNRolla''. She's currently playing Maeve in the {{Creator/HBO}} series ''{{Series/Westworld}}''.
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She's best known for such movies as ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'', ''Film/TheTruthAboutCharlie'', ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'', ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' and ''Film/RockNRolla''. She's currently playing plays as Maeve in the {{Creator/HBO}} series ''{{Series/Westworld}}''.
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Initially she modified her name's spelling (Thandiwe means "beloved" in an African language), but restored the original from April 2021.
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Initially she modified her name's spelling (Thandiwe means "beloved" in an Shona, the African language), language of her mother's ethnic group), but restored the original from April 2021.
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She is [[IdenticalStranger frequently mistaken]] for Creator/ZoeSaldana, even by people who know her.
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!!Filmography:
* ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' (1994) as Yvette
* ''Literature/{{Beloved}}'' (1998) as Beloved
* ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' (2000) as Nyah Hall
* ''Film/TheTruthAboutCharlie'' (2002) as Regina Lambert
* ''Film/{{Shade|2003}}'' (2003) as Tiffany
* ''Series/{{ER}}'' (2003-05, 2009) as Makemba "Kem" Likasu
* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'' (2004) as Dame Vaako
* ''Film/{{Crash}}'' (2004) as Christine Thayer
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' (2006) as Makeva (voice)
* ''Film/ThePursuitOfHappyness'' (2006) as Linda Gardner
* ''Film/{{Norbit}}'' (2007) as Kate Thomas
* ''Film/RunFatboyRun'' (2007) as Libby Odell
* ''Film/RocknRolla'' (2008) as Stella
* ''Film/HowToLoseFriendsAndAlienatePeople'' (2008) as herself
* ''Film/{{W}}'' (2008) as Condoleezza Rice
* ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'' (2009) as Laura Wilson
* ''Film/VanishingOnSeventhStreet'' (2010) as Rosemary
* ''Theatre/ForColoredGirls'' (2010) as Tangie Adrose / "Lady in Orange"
* ''Series/TheSlap'' (2015) as Aisha Apostolou
* ''Series/{{Westworld}}'' (2016, 2018, 2020-present) as Maeve Millay
* ''Series/LineOfDuty'' (2017) as DCI Roseanne "Roz" Huntley
* ''Film/{{Gringo}}'' (2018) as Bonnie Soyinka
* ''Film/{{Solo}}'' (2018) as Val
* ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'' (2019-21) as Mona (voice)
* ''Film/{{Reminiscence}}'' (2021) as Emily "Watts" Sanders
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* ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' (1994) as Yvette
* ''Literature/{{Beloved}}'' (1998) as Beloved
* ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' (2000) as Nyah Hall
* ''Film/TheTruthAboutCharlie'' (2002) as Regina Lambert
* ''Film/{{Shade|2003}}'' (2003) as Tiffany
* ''Series/{{ER}}'' (2003-05, 2009) as Makemba "Kem" Likasu
* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'' (2004) as Dame Vaako
* ''Film/{{Crash}}'' (2004) as Christine Thayer
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' (2006) as Makeva (voice)
* ''Film/ThePursuitOfHappyness'' (2006) as Linda Gardner
* ''Film/{{Norbit}}'' (2007) as Kate Thomas
* ''Film/RunFatboyRun'' (2007) as Libby Odell
* ''Film/RocknRolla'' (2008) as Stella
* ''Film/HowToLoseFriendsAndAlienatePeople'' (2008) as herself
* ''Film/{{W}}'' (2008) as Condoleezza Rice
* ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'' (2009) as Laura Wilson
* ''Film/VanishingOnSeventhStreet'' (2010) as Rosemary
* ''Theatre/ForColoredGirls'' (2010) as Tangie Adrose / "Lady in Orange"
* ''Series/TheSlap'' (2015) as Aisha Apostolou
* ''Series/{{Westworld}}'' (2016, 2018, 2020-present) as Maeve Millay
* ''Series/LineOfDuty'' (2017) as DCI Roseanne "Roz" Huntley
* ''Film/{{Gringo}}'' (2018) as Bonnie Soyinka
* ''Film/{{Solo}}'' (2018) as Val
* ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'' (2019-21) as Mona (voice)
* ''Film/{{Reminiscence}}'' (2021) as Emily "Watts" Sanders
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Newton married English director Ol Parker in 1998, and they 1998. They have three children together, two daughters (Ripley Ripley and Nico) Nico along with a son, Booker Jombe, all of them delivered as in home births. Since then Nico began acting herself in 2019 with the live action film of ''[[Film/Dumbo2019 Dumbo]]''. They appeared together later in the 2021 film ''Film/{{Reminiscence}}'' (the pair also have a very {{strong family resemblance}}, with many fans and news media calling Nico her "[[Film/AustinPowers Mini-Me]]").
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Newton married English director Ol Parker in 1998, and they have three children together, two daughters (Ripley and Nico) along with a son, Booker Jombe, all of them delivered as home births. Since then Nico began acting herself in 2019 with the live action film of ''[[Film/Dumbo2019 Dumbo]]''. They appeared together later in the 2021 film ''Film/{{Reminiscence}}'' (the pair also have a very {{strong family resemblance}}, with many fans calling Nico her "[[Film/AustinPowers Mini-Me]]").
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Newton married English director Ol Parker in 1998, and they have three children together, two daughters (Ripley and Nico) along with a son, Booker Jombe, all of them delivered as home births. Since then Nico began acting herself in 2019 with the live action film of ''[[Film/Dumbo2019 Dumbo]]''.
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Melanie Thandiwe "Thandie" Newton OBE (born 6 November 1972 in Westminster, London) is a British actress.
She's best known for such movies as ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'', ''Film/TheTruthAboutCharlie'', ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'', ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' and ''Film/RockNRolla''. She's currently playing Maeve in the {{Creator/HBO}} series ''{{Series/Westworld}}''.
She is [[IdenticalStranger frequently mistaken]] for Creator/ZoeSaldana, even by people who know her.
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!!Tropes related to her work:
* DoingItForTheArt: "What's lovely is that I'll get sent a small movie, and by virtue of me being involved they get their money, and that's fantastic."
* FakeAmerican: She plays more Americans than her actual nationality, and many are surprised to find out she's actually British. But she gets to keep her accent on ''{{Series/Westworld}}'' in a prominent role, so that might change.
* StageName / MeaningfulRename: "Thandie" is the stage name, due to a typo in the credits of her first film. As of 2021, she has [[https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56638260 reclaimed]] the original spelling of her name, ''Thandiwe''.
* StarMakingRole: ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' got the ball rolling, but winning a BAFTA Award for ''{{Film/Crash}}'' got her a lot of attention.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: She was nearly cast in ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'' but had to turn it down when ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' ran over schedule, and Creator/LucyLiu ended up with the part.
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Melanie Thandiwe "Thandie" Newton OBE (born 6 November 1972 in Westminster, London) is a British actress.
She's best known for such movies as ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'', ''Film/TheTruthAboutCharlie'', ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'', ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' and ''Film/RockNRolla''. She's currently playing Maeve in the {{Creator/HBO}} series ''{{Series/Westworld}}''.
She is [[IdenticalStranger frequently mistaken]] for Creator/ZoeSaldana, even by people who know her.
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!!Tropes related to her work:
* DoingItForTheArt: "What's lovely is that I'll get sent a small movie, and by virtue of me being involved they get their money, and that's fantastic."
* FakeAmerican: She plays more Americans than her actual nationality, and many are surprised to find out she's actually British. But she gets to keep her accent on ''{{Series/Westworld}}'' in a prominent role, so that might change.
* StageName / MeaningfulRename: "Thandie" is the stage name, due to a typo in the credits of her first film. As of 2021, she has [[https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56638260 reclaimed]] the original spelling of her name, ''Thandiwe''.
* StarMakingRole: ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' got the ball rolling, but winning a BAFTA Award for ''{{Film/Crash}}'' got her a lot of attention.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: She was nearly cast in ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'' but had to turn it down when ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' ran over schedule, and Creator/LucyLiu ended up with the part.
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