- Films
- 34
- Avg rating
- 6.22
- Peak run
- 2003’07
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Thandiwe by the numbers
Average
6.22
32 rated films
Vote weighted
6.27
bigger films count more
Median
6.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.81
rating spread
Career
35y
1991 to 2025
Total votes
3.87M
across every film
Best
8.0
The Pursuit of Happyness
Worst
4.3
Norbit
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 |  Anaconda | Claire Simons | 5.5 | 74,672 |
| 2023 |  Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Ginger | 6.3 | 29,843 |
| 2022 | God's Country | Sandra | 5.6 | 4,997 |
| 2022 |  All the Old Knives | Celia Harrison | 6.2 | 32,486 |
| 2021 |  Reminiscence | Emily 'Watts' Sanders | 5.9 | 71,725 |
| 2018 |  Gringo | Bonnie Soyinka | 6.1 | 34,073 |
| 2018 |  Solo: A Star Wars Story | Val | 6.9 | 416K |
| 2018 | The Death & Life of John F. Donovan | Journalist | 6.1 | 8,419 |
| 2013 | Half of a Yellow Sun | Olanna | 6.1 | 2,304 |
| 2012 | Good Deeds | Lindsey Wakefield | 5.8 | 8,724 |
| 2011 |  Retreat | Kate | 5.8 | 14,662 |
| 2010 | For Colored Girls | Tangie | 6.3 | 8,632 |
| 2010 |  Vanishing on 7th Street | Rosemary | 4.9 | 28,566 |
| 2010 | Huge | Kris | · | 361 |
| 2009 |  2012 | Laura Wilson | 5.9 | 428K |
| 2008 |  RocknRolla | Stella | 7.2 | 277K |
| 2008 |  W. | Condoleezza Rice | 6.3 | 51,762 |
| 2007 |  Run Fatboy Run | Libby | 6.5 | 72,067 |
| 2007 |  Norbit | Kate Thomas | 4.3 | 90,796 |
| 2006 |  The Pursuit of Happyness | Linda | 8.0 | 633K |
Better together?
Thandiwe Newton's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Thandiwe Newton
1 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Supporting Actress · BAFTA Film Awards 2006Thandiwe Newton
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