Thandie Newton on Being Biracial

The UK Daily Mail asked Thandie "How do you feel about being mixed-race?" Here's a snippet from her answer:

"My dad, Nick, an artist, is British, but my mum, Nyasha, is a princess of the Shona tribe in Zimbabwe. In Britain she worked as a district nurse, but she retained that incredible African dignity and poise...

In some ways I'd say I come from Africa, but then I don't speak my mother's language, and in other ways I'm British through and through. I suppose I've never completely fitted in in either place."

She definitely fits in with amazing co-stars like Idris Elba and Gerard Butler. She did a fantastic job in Crash, The Pursuit of Happyness and from what everyone tells me Flirting. I also enjoyed her in The Truth About Charlie (I'm a big fan of the original Charade). Next up, she'll be in the apocalyptic sci-fi flick 2012.



[Hat tip Mulatto Diaries]