Audiences have known her as Thandie Newton for over 30 years. Now, the Westworld actress has revealed that is not her real name.
Her real name is Thandiwe Newton.Newton’s full name is Melanie Thandiwe Newton. Thandiwe is pronounced “tan-DEE-way” and it means “beloved”.
In an interview with British Vogue, she revealed that her name was misspelled in the credits to her first film in 1991, Flirting which co-starred Nicole Kidman and Noah Taylor.
As a result, Thandie Newton has stuck for over three decades. It’s not known way she waited so long to revert to the real spelling her name — but it doesn’t matter.
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