Thandie Newton, the award-winning British-Zimbabwean actress, has revealed that she was sexually exploited as a young actress.

Speaking at a One Billion Rising protest campaign event in London, she described a “horrific” experience that occurred when she was 18 years old and auditioning for a project.

Newton said that the director asked her to sit with her legs apart, and positioned the camera so that it could see up her skirt.

She was then instructed to put her leg over the arm of the chair and think about the character she was supposed to be having dialogue with, and how it felt to be “made love to” by this person.

The director then made Newton touch herself, and zoomed the camera between her legs. A female director was also in the room, but did nothing to stop the abuse.

Newton said that she felt confused and unsure of what was happening, but ultimately went along with the director’s instructions because she thought it must be “normal” in the industry.

Later, Newton learned that the director had shown the footage of her at his home to “interested parties”.

She and her husband were approached by a drunken producer at the Cannes Film Festival three years later, who said that he had seen the video.

This was not the first time that Newton had been exploited in a casting situation. When she was 16, she said that she was “definitely objectified to an extreme”.

She did not provide any further details about this experience.

Newton shared her story as part of the One Billion Rising campaign, which aims to raise awareness about violence against women.

The campaign was founded in 2012 by Eve Ensler, the author of The Vagina Monologues, and has since become a global movement.

The actress has been very vocal about the issue of sexual violence and harassment in the entertainment industry, and has previously spoken out about her own experiences.

In 2017, she wrote an op-ed for The Guardian in which she described the “degrading” and “humiliating” experiences that she and other women have endured in Hollywood.

Newton is best known for her roles in films such as Crash, Mission: Impossible II, and Beloved. She has won numerous awards for her acting, including a BAFTA for her performance in the television series Line of Duty.

In addition to her acting career, Newton is also a vocal advocate for women’s rights and gender equality.

She has supported several organizations that work to end violence against women, and has spoken out about the need for greater representation and opportunities for women in the entertainment industry.

Newton’s revelation is just the latest in a long line of stories from women in the entertainment industry who have spoken out about their own experiences of sexual harassment and abuse.

The #MeToo movement, which began in 2017, has brought many of these stories to light and sparked a wider conversation about the prevalence of sexual misconduct in the workplace.