What is Thandie Newton’s Zimbabwean birth name?
HOLLYWOOD actress Thandie Newton will now be using her Zimbabwean name in all future projects.
The star decided to amend her name in her work after claiming that she wants to “take back what’s mine.”
What is Thandie Newton’s Zimbabwean birth name?
birth name is Thandiwe Newton, which directly translates to “beloved” in Shona.
She had been known as Thandie in Hollywood after her name was misspelled in the first credit she received.
Newton addressed her name change in , saying: “That’s my name. It’s always been my name. I’m taking back what’s mine.
“The thing I’m most grateful for in our business right now is being in the company of others who truly see me.
Newton’s mother is a princess of the Shona tribe, from what was then Southern Rhodesia and is now Zimbabwe.
According to Daily Mail reports, Nyasha’s full maiden name is Grace Nyasha Jombe.
Nyasha moved to London in 1966, and was a nurse at Bexley Hospital, a psychiatric institution in Kent.