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Thandie Newton (born November 6 , 1972 ) is a British Actress . She was born Thandiwe Newton in Zambia , to an English father and a Zimbabwe an mother. She was raised in Zambia and Cornwall , England , and educated at Downing College , University Of Cambridge . Newton made her film début in ''. Newton recently played Kem, the love interest of Dr. John Carter, on the American television series '' ER ''. She also appeared in '' The Chronicles Of Riddick '' and '' Crash ''. Her performance in '' Crash '', as a middle-class black woman forced to assess her racial attitudes after being molested by a racist police officer (played by Matt Dillon ), was honoured with a BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actress in 2006. '' Crash '' also won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 2005. Newton married writer and director Oliver Parker in 1998. The couple have two daughters, Ripley, born in 2000, and Nico, born in 2004. FILMOGRAPHY
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