![]() ** 2006, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Crash (Nominated) ** 2007, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: The Pursuit of Happyness (Nominated) ** 2000, Best Actress: Besieged (Nominated) ** 2003, Best Actress: The Truth About Charlie (Nominated) ** 2006, Best Supporting Actress: Crash (Nominated) ** 2006, Best Supporting Actress: Crash (Winner) She then wrote to her celebrity friends, asking them to join her in switching to more environmentally sound cars. Newton swapped her BMW X5 for a Toyota Prius after protesters bombarded the car with eggs at the gates of her daughters’ school. In it, she writes vividly about her childhood memories of growing up in Cornwall and the way in which the county's vibrant cultural heritage made it easy for her to "enrich every situation with layers of magic and meaning". In 2006, she contributed a foreword to "We Wish: Hopes and Dreams of Cornwall's Children", a book of children's writing published in aid of the NSPCC. Her daughters were named after the character Ripley in the " Alien" films and Nico from The Velvet Underground. The couple have two daughters: Ripley, born in 2000, and Nico, born in 2004. Newton married English writer/director/producer Ol Parker in 1998. She was due to introduce Al Gore to the concert, but he was delayed, leaving Newton to tell jokes to try and entertain the audience. Newton was an introducer at Wembley Stadium on 7 July 2007 for the UK leg of Live Earth. National Security Advisor-turned Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in "W.", Oliver Stone's upcoming film biography of President George W. Newton's next role will be her portrayal of U.S. In 2007, she starred alongside Eddie Murphy in the comedy " Norbit" as his love interest, and opposite Simon Pegg as his ex-girlfriend in the comedy " Run Fat Boy Run". In addition to her film and television credits she played the title role in a 2006 radio pantomime version of "Cinderella". She also played Chris Gardener's wife, Linda Gardener, in " The Pursuit of Happyness". Newton was honoured with a BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actress in 2006. ![]() In the latter, she played a wealthy black woman who, along with her husband, finds herself the target of a racist policeman (played by Matt Dillon). John Carter on the American television series "ER", and in 2004 also appeared in " The Chronicles of Riddick" and " Crash". When this film went over schedule, she had to pull out of the film " Charlie's Angels" fact|date=October 2008, and her character ultimately went to Lucy Liu.īetween 20, Newton played Makemba "Kem" Likasu, the love interest, and later wife of Dr. She played the female lead Nyah Hall in the film "". She gained international recognition in the Merchant-Ivory production of " Jefferson in Paris" as Sally Hemings, which led to her being cast in Jonathan Demme's " Beloved" (1998), in which she played the title character. Newton made her film debut in " Flirting" (1991). She was raised in London and Penzance, Cornwall, and educated at Downing College, Cambridge. ![]() According to Newton, her mother is a Zimbabwean Shona Princess. So my dad could help out with the family antique business."] News Blaze (24 March 2008), ] The name "Thandiwe" means "beloved" fact|date=October 2008 in Ndebele, Zulu, Xhosa or Swazi and the name "Thandie" is pronounced "TAN-dee". And we ended up coming to England finally when I was three years old. And I was born on a two week trip back to London, and then we went back to Zambia and my brother was born there. But we lived in Zambia, and my mum was pregnant with me. BBC Two (4 June 2008), "A Taste of My Life", Series 4, Thandie Newton - "Quote: "Nigel Slater (host): You were born in London but you didn't stay here for long did you? You went down to Cornwall? Thandie Newton (answers): Actually I don't know how my mum and dad managed to do this. ![]() ] ] Her birthplace has been incorrectly reported to be Zambia in biographies, but she has confirmed in interviews that she was born in London, during a two week trip by her parents. Newton is the daughter of Nyasha, a Zimbabwean health-care worker, and Nick Newton, a white English laboratory technician and artist. She has appeared in a number of successful British and American films, including The Pursuit of Happyness, Run, Fat Boy, Run, and Crash. Thandiwe Adjewa "Thandie" Newton (born 6 November 1972) is a BAFTA- and SAG Award-winning English actress. Spouse = Ol Parker (1997-present) 2 children ![]()
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