Other credits include starring opposite Mark Wahlberg in Jonathan Demme's contemporary romantic thriller THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE, inspired by Stanley Donen's 1963 film CHARADE and starring opposite Tom Cruise in the John Woo-helmed action film MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2. Thandie received rave reviews for her astonishingly original and bold performance as the title character in Jonathan Demme's 1998 adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel, BELOVED co-starring Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover.

Born to a Zimbabwean mother and an English father, Thandie was born in London and raised in London and Zambia until she was three years old. Due to political unrest in Zambia, her family then relocated to England permanently.

At age 16, while studying modern dance at the London Art Educational School, she won the lead role in John Duigan's critically acclaimed 1990 coming-of-age film, FLIRTING, playing a Ugandan girl isolated in an Australian Ladies Academy who begins a romance with a teenage boy from a neighboring boarding school. After completing the film, Thandie returned to England to continue her education, earning a B.A. with honors in anthropology at Cambridge University, while also acting in feature films for some of Hollywood's most acclaimed director's - including Neil Jordan's INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE and James Ivory's JEFFERSON IN PARIS.

Newton also appeared as a troubled singer opposite Tupac Shakur and Tim Roth in Vondie Curtis-Hall's comedy-drama, GRIDLOCK'D, and won critics' praise as the exiled wife of an African leader in Bernardo Bertolucci's BESIEGED.

Newton recently guest-starred on NBC's hit drama ER playing a Congolese Aid Worker. This marked Thandie's American television debut.

Thandie Newton resides in England with her husband and two daughters.