“I want more babies”
Birthname:
Thandiwe Adjewa Newton
Assets:
Smart, classy, multi-racial, can get away with playing a white woman in movies
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Vices:
talking up her cellphone
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Chicks She's Worked With
Nicole Kidman, Alexa Davalos, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Esposito, Maura Tierney, Parminder Nagra, Oprah Winfrey, Amanda Peet, Judi Dench, Christina Cox, Gemma Arterton, Tiffany Mulheron, Teri Polo, Brooke Smith, Megan Fox
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Introduction
Her name Thandiwe means “beloved” in Ndebele, the language of Zimbabwe which is not spoken in Zambia where she was born. Fittingly, she was cast as “Beloved” in the movie Beloved (1998) in which you get to see her "naughty bits" (as they say in England).
Life Story
Her mother was a Zimbabwean nurse and her father was an English lab technician, which as you know is a classic combination for beautiful children. Her family returned to England because of the political unrest in the African nation and she spent her formative years there. When she was 11 she enrolled in London's Art Educational School, where she studied modern dance. After a back injury ended her dance career she turned to acting and was cast in the Australian film Flirting (Nicole Kidman). She moved to Los Angeles to further her career, but that pesky British accent hindered her from getting the role she wanted so she returned to England, enrolled at Cambridge and earned a degree in anthropology.
Her acting career picked up again and soon she was cast as the title character in Beloved (Kimberly Elise). Her friend Nicole Kidman suggested her for a role in Mission Impossible II and she was originally slated to be in Charlie’s Angels (Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz) but she said, "I was going to do it for about 24 hours. But then I woke up and it just didn't feel right. It would have meant entering that virtual world of stardom, but I'd been away from home for nine months (filming Mission: Impossible II) and it would have meant another six months away." She was then replaced by Lucy Liu.
But her career seems to be doing fine, with roles in the Chronicles of Riddick (Alexa Davalos) and Crash (Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Esposito) as well as a 13 episode story arc on ER (Maura Tierney, Parminder Nagra).
Thandie then took on the role of Condoleezza Rice in the Oliver Stone film W. (2008) and starred in Guy Rithie's RocknRolla (2008). Up next for Newton is the disaster flick 2012 which will be released on November 13, 2009.
Stuff she’s done, ie: movies, tv, albums:
Flirting, ER, Crash, Beloved, Mission Impossible 2, The Chronicles of Riddick, Run Fatboy Run, The Pursuit of Happyness, RocknRolla, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, Norbit, The Truth About Charlie, Interview With the Vampire, W, 2012
Dudes she has worked with:
Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Noah Wyle, Vin Diesel, David Schwimmer, Eddie Murphy, Mark Wahlberg, Will Smith, Matt Dillon, Terrence Howard, Oliver Parker, Hank Azaria, Gerard Butler, Simon Pegg, Oliver Stone, Guy Ritchie, Richard Dreyfuss, Josh Brolin, John Cusack, Tom Hardy, Idris Elba, Tom Wilkinson, Karel Roden, Jeremy Piven, Ludacris, Toby Kebbell, Mark Strong
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