Thandiwe Newton is a British actress known for her roles in film and television. She has received several accolades including a BAFTA Award, two Critics' Choice Television Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for two Golden Globe Awards.
For her role as Christine Thayer, a woman molested by a cop, in crime drama film Crash she received the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She portrayed Maeve Millay in the HBO dystopian-science fiction series Westworld from 2016 to 2022 for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and two Critics' Choice Television Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She starred in the BBC police procedural series Line of Duty for which she was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress in 2019.
Major associations BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 2005 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Crash British Academy Television Awards 2018 Best Actress Line of Duty
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 2017 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Westworld (episode: "Trace Decay") 2018 Westworld (episode: "Akane no Mai") 2020 Westworld (episode: "The Winter Line")
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Westworld 2018
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2005 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Crash 2016 Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series Westworld Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Miscellaneous awards BET Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2005 Best Actress Crash
Black Movie Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2005 Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role Crash
Black Reel Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1998 Best Actress Besieged 2002 Best Actress The Truth About Charlie 2005 Best Ensemble Crash Best Supporting Actress 2010 Best Ensemble For Colored Girls Best Actress
Blockbuster Entertainment Award Year Category Nominated work Result 2000 Favourite Female – Newcomer Mission: Impossible 2
Broadcast Film Critics Association Year Category Nominated work Result 2005 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Crash
Critics' Choice Television Award Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Westworld 2018 Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Westworld
Empire Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2000 Best British Actress Mission: Impossible 2 2005 Best Actress Crash
Gotham Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2005 Best Ensemble Cast Crash
NAACP Image Award Year Category Nominated work Result 1998 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Beloved 2000 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Mission: Impossible 2 2002 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture The Truth About Charlie 2005 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Crash 2006 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture The Pursuit of Happyness
Razzie Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2000 Worst Supporting Actress Mission: Impossible 2
London Film Critics Circle Year Category Nominated work Result 2005 British Supporting Actress of the Year Crash
Phoenix Film Critics Society Year Category Nominated work Result 2005 Best Cast Crash
Satellite Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1998 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Beloved 2005 Best Cast – Motion Picture Crash
Saturn Award Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Best Supporting Actress on Television Westworld
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Year Category Nominated work Result 2005 Best Ensemble Cast Crash
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