Thandie Newton looked as ethereal as ever at the premiere of her latest film, ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’, where the actress plays the Igbo female protagonist named Olanna. Despite receiving numerous protests from the African community about Igbo women looking nothing like Thandie, with most of them claiming that majority of the Igbo people tend to be darker in complexion (a petitioner even commented, “I would be lying to you if I said I know anyone in my village who looks like her”), the film received a thunderous standing ovation at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
At the festival, Thandie also announced that she was expecting her third child. A source told Us Weekly that the actress was very excited. Still, there were no signs of the baby bump just yet — either that or she was wearing one strategically designed dress. The actress was in head-to-toe Stella McCartney; she put on a black-and-white sheath dress and dressed it up with a pair of faux nappa heels and a box clutch.
Thandie Newton at the premiere of Half of a Yellow Sun during the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto, Canada, on September 8, 2013
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Stella McCartney Wave Colorblock Long Sheath Dress, $795
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