Thandiwe Newton returns to using w in name and talks protecting actress daughter
Westworld actress Melanie Thandiwe Thandie Newton Parker covers the May 2021 issue of British Vogue and discusses this new point in her career and her daughter Nico Parker following in her footsteps
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In an interview with British Vogue, Thandie Newton announced that she will be using her birth name, Thandiwe, in her professional career going forward.
Why actor Thandiwe Newton is reclaiming the original spelling of her name
April 5, 2021 2:54 pm
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Thandiwe Newton, who for the past 30 years of her acting career has been known professionally as Thandie, has announced she will reclaim the original Shona spelling of her name, saying, “I’m taking back what’s mine.”
The British actor, who was born Melanie Thandiwe Newton Parker, has been credited by an anglicised version of her name since the ‘w’ was dropped “carelessly” from an early acting role. Thandiwe means “beloved” in Shona – one of the main languages of her mother’s native Zimbabwe.
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