Despite having grown up without the ambition to perform in front of the camera, Thandie Newton nonetheless grew into an accomplished, but often overlooked actress. Almost on a whim, she landed a starring role in the low-budget Australian feature, “Flirting” (1992), which immediately established Newton’s potential. Though she put acting on the backburner to finish her studies at Cambridge University, Newton made several small, but memorable appearances in “Interview With the Vampire” (1994) and "GRIDLOCK'd" (1997). But it was her supporting role in “Mission: Impossible 2” (2000) that
