Thandie Newton
6 Apr 2021
British actress Thandie Newton says she is reverting to the original Zimbabwean spelling of her name, Thandiwe, after decades in Hollywood. Newton, the daughter of a British lab technician and a Zimbabwean princess, told British Vogue magazine that she is taking back her original name. The name "Thandiwe" which means "beloved" in the African country's…
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