Thandiwe Newton
Newton in 2011, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Melanie Thandiwe Newton
Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England
Date of Birth: 6 November, 1972
Ethnicity:
*father – English-Cornish
*mother – Shona Zimbabwean
Thandiwe Newton, also credited as Thandie Newton, is a British actress. She is known for her roles in the films Mission: Impossible 2, Crash, and The Pursuit of Happyness, among many others.
Thandiwe was born and raised in Westminster, London, England. Her father, Nick Newton, is British, and is caucasian. Her mother, Nyasha, is Zimbabwean. Thandiwe has said that her mother is a Shona princess. The name Thandiwe means “beloved” in Ndebele, Zulu, Xhosa, or Swati, and Thandie is pronounced /ˈtændi/ in English.
Thandiwe is married to writer and director Ol Parker, with whom she has three children, including actress Nico Parker.
Newton with husband Ol and daughter Nico in 2019, pic by Prphotos
Thandiwe’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Jombe.
Why though? We tend to look better than your average white chick. A mixed chick probably rejected your ugly ass and that’s why you’re so bitter, LMFAO!!
my family ancestry is im black German and native amercan my skin color is dark but im mixed I don’t know what it is but mixed girls look the best I think its because theyt have to races
She’s pretty.
agree
I think she’s honestly below average for a biracial woman.
She looks like a biracial version of Gwyneth Paltrow.
Otherwise the BLACK version of Gwyneth Paltrow. (Rolls eyes)
She’s biracial,mixed not black ! White father, black mother = 2 races ok ?
To the user “blah”: you’re a fuckin dumbass. How in the hell is she just black when she has a white parent? Did you sleep during biology???? She’s biracial dumbass bitch.
@WTF, she
is Black and very African (her mom) more so than many African
Americans
@WTF if you are both black and white, you can choose either race to be.
i thought she part asian= o
Wtf she has zero Asian features. You high???????
I am from South Africa, where Swazi (pronounced Swati) is an officail language. My mother is of Zimbabwean heritage and I would like to make a “correction” of some sort. Swazi is not a language spoken in Zim, but is a Nguni language, therefore shares most root words with Zulu, Xhosa and Ndebele. Whilst the name Thandiwe does mean beloved, I think the origin of her naming must be Ndebele as opposed to Shona. Ndebele is the second most spoken native language in Zimbabwe.
Regards.
very interesting thanks for sharing!