Thandie Newton

Biography

This classically beautiful (and Cambridge-educated) British/Zimbabwean player won critical kudos for her film debut, "Flirting" (1990), John Duigan's sequel to his acclaimed "The Year My Voice Broke" (1987). Portraying an Ugandan student at a stuffy boarding school for girls in 1960s Australia, Thandie (pronounced 'Tandie') Newton was cast as a character who aroused controversy by falling in love with the protagonist, a white student (played by Noah Taylor) from a nearby boys' school.

Thandie Newton naked photos

Born in Zambia but raised (due to political unrest) in her father's hometown of Penzance, England, Newton began studying dance and acting at age 11 as a student at the UK's Arts Educational School. After "Flirting", Newton chose to concentrate on her studies, majoring in social anthropology at Cambridge. Between exams, she maintained a busy film career, appearing in "The Young Americans" (1993), a crime drama starring Harvey Keitel, and Neil Jordan's blockbuster horror outing "Interview With the Vampire" (1994), as a sultry Creole maid who becomes Brad Pitt's first victim.

1995 brought additional exposure when Newton was cast in the Merchant-Ivory production "Jefferson in Paris". As Sally Hemmings, slave and supposed mistress of future president Thomas Jefferson (Nick Nolte), Newton brought a beguiling innocence to the role and walked away with some of the best notices in an uneven film. After completing this role, Newton returned to Cambridge to finish her degree.

Her first post-graduate project was "The Journey of August King" (1995), as a runaway slave in 1815 protected by landowner Jason Patric. In Anna Campion's mystery thriller "Loaded" (filmed in 1993, released in 1996), Newton was one of a group of tragedy-prone high school grads.

She reteamed with director Duigan for the British-filmed "The Leading Man" (1996), in which she played an actress dallying with a movie star (Jon Bon Jovi).

After a well-received turn as a drug addict in "GRIDLOCK'd" (1997), Newton landed the title role opposite Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover in "Beloved" (1998), based on the novel by Toni Morrison.

Pics

Nude picture from:
Beloved (1998)

Naked movie scene:
Beseiged (1998)