Nyasha Newton is the mother of Thandiwe Newton. Nyasha Newton’s daughter is a British actress. She gained much recognition for starring roles such as the title character in Beloved (1998), Nyah Nordoff-Hall in Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), Tiffany in Shade (2003), Dame Vaako in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Christine in Crash (2004), Linda in The Pursuit of Happyness and many others.

Nyasha Newton: Bio Summary

Thandiwe Newton’s mother Nyasha Newton is a princess

Nyasha Newton was born in 1942 in Zimbabwean according to famechin. She is 81 years old as of 2023. Nyasha is a Zimbabwean princess of the Shona tribe who works as a nurse at Bexley Hospital, a psychiatric institution in Kent since living in the UK. She gained much recognition for being the mother of Thandiwe Newton and Jamie Newton.

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Nyasha Newton was married to Englishman Nick Newton a laboratory technician and artist. Nyasha and Nick lived in Zambia, and their daughter Thandiwe was born while they were back in England to visit relatives; they then returned to Zambia, where their son Jamie was born. 

This has led to Thandiwe’s birthplace being incorrectly reported as Zambia in some sources. However, the actress has confirmed in interviews that she was born in Westminster. Her name “Thandiwe” is of Nguni origin and means “beloved”. When Thandiwe was three years old, the family returned to England, where they settled in Penzance so Nyasha Newton’s husband Nick could help run his family’s antique business.

Nyasha Newton and her husband sent their daughter to St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School. She later said of her upbringing, “From about the age of five, I was aware that I didn’t fit. I was the black atheist kid in the all-white Catholic school run by nuns. I was an anomaly.” Speaking to Vogue, Thandiwe Newton also revealed that she was once excluded from a class photograph for sporting cornrows.

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Her daughter was married to English filmmaker Ol Parker in 1998 and Nyasha is a proud grandmother. Thandiwe and Parker have two daughters named Ripley (born 2000) and Nico (born 2004), and a son named Booker (born 2014). All three were home births. 

Nico followed in the footsteps of her mother and is also an actress. However, they separated in 2022. Newton is currently in a relationship with American musician Elijah Dias, better known by his stage name Lonr, who is 24 years younger than her.

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Where is the mother of Thandiwe Newton now

Nyasha Newton and his husband Nick Newton are both retired and live very near to their daughter. she says. and when Thandiwe talks about her parents’ life journey, an enormous affection and pride are tangible in her voice and on her face. One can really tell she loves her parents so much.

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