Thandiwe Newton, formerly Thandie Newton, is an English actress who was born on November 6, 1972. She has won numerous honors, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a British Academy Film Award, as well as two Golden Globe nominations. Newton is best known for her roles in Beloved (1998), Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), Christine in Crash (2004), for which she won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Linda in The Pursuit of Happiness (2006), Stella in RockNRolla (2008), Condoleezza Rice in W. (2008), Laura Wilson in 2012 (2009), and Val in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).