Thirtysomething Mom of the Week: Thandie Newton

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Thandie Newton

Best known for her roles in The Pursuit of Happyness; Run, Fat Boy; Mission Impossible II; Crash and W

Born:  November 6, 1972

Age:  37

Family Life:  Newton married English writer/director/producer Ol Parker in 1998. The couple have two daughters: Ripley, born in 2000, and Nico, born in 2004.

Trivia:

•She has a Zimbabwean mother and a British father

•One of her fondest memories is watching her mother get dressed in her traditional African garb because it taught her black pride

•Raised in Penzance, Cornwall, England

Quote:

"Having children is life-changing, to state the obvious. It's a gigantic shift in your life and I welcomed it. Not to put too fine a point on it, there's something about the shame that goes with sexual exploitation, deviance, whatever. As a woman, having a baby psychologically erases it all from your body. And that, for me, was incredibly important" - Thandie Newton

 

 

sources:

www.wikipedia.com

www.imdb.com

www.celebritywonder.com