Tawny Newsome
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Tawny Newsome | |
|---|---|
 Newsome at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con | |
| Born | February 24, 1983 Vacaville, California, U.S. |
| Education | DePaul University (BFA) |
| Occupations | Musician, actress, comedian, writer, podcaster |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Spouse |
Nate Urbansky (m. 2013) |
| Website | tawnynewsome |
Tawny Newsome is an American actress, musician, comedian, and writer best known for playing Chelsea Leight-Leigh on Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, co-starring in Space Force and the third season of Brockmire, and co-hosting the podcast Yo, Is This Racist?. She is also a singer in the band Four Lost Souls.[1] She voiced one of the main characters, Beckett Mariner, on Star Trek: Lower Decks and has recently appeared in Starfleet Academy as Professor Illa Dax, a new host of the Dax Symbiont.
Tawny Newsome was born on February 24, 1983 in Vacaville, California to a Biracial couple and grew up on a Ranch that her mother still lives on. As a teenager she was a junior Rodeo champion.[2] Newsome attended the DePaul Theatre School in Chicago. After graduating she became a regular performer in Chicago Theatre. Newsome was a member of The Second City from 2013-2014.[3]
Career
Newsome was a backup singer in a touring Talking Heads tribute band. This later led to her being cast in Documentary Now! in a similar role.[4]
Newsome's first major television roles were as Chelsea Leight-Leigh on Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ and Nina on The Comedy Get Down.[3]
Newsome has been a co-host of the podcast Yo, Is This Racist? alongside Andrew Ti since 2018.[1] She also appears as a frequent guest on podcasts such as Comedy Bang! Bang! and Spontaneanation with Paul F. Tompkins.[5][6]
Newsome is also a musician and is a member of the band Four Lost Souls alongside Jon Langford, Bethany Thomas, and John Szymanski.[7] The group released a debut self-titled album in 2017.[8]
Newsome was in the main cast of Brockmire in its third season.[9] She was also cast in the 2019 ABC pilot Woman Up.[10] She was cast as a lead voice in the CBS All Access series Star Trek: Lower Decks.[11]
She appeared in a lead role as Maj. Angela Ali in the Netflix series Space Force starting in 2020.[12]
Since 2020, Newsome has co-hosted Star Trek: The Pod Directive, the official Star Trek podcast, along with comedian Paul F. Tompkins.[13]
Personal life
Since 2020 Newsome and her husband have lived in Southern California.
