Tawny Newsome

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Tawny Newsome
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Newsome at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con
Born (1983-02-24) February 24, 1983 (age 41)
Education DePaul University (BFA)
Occupation(s)Musician, actress, comedian, podcaster
Years active2008–present
Spouse
Nate Urbansky
(m. 2013)
Website tawnynewsome.com

Tawny Newsome (born February 24, 1983) is an American musician, comedian, and actress 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 voices one of the main characters, Beckett Mariner, on Star Trek: Lower Decks .

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Early life

Originally from Vacaville, California, where she grew up on a ranch. Newsome attended DePaul Theatre School in Chicago, then started her comedy career with Second City. [2]

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. [3]

Newsome's first major television roles were as Chelsea Leight-Leigh on Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ and Nina on The Comedy Get Down . [2]

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 . [4] [5]

Newsome is also a musician and is a member of the band Four Lost Souls alongside Jon Langford, Bethany Thomas, and John Szymanski. [6] The group released a debut self-titled album in 2017. [7]

Newsome was in the main cast of Brockmire in its third season. [8] She was also cast in the 2019 ABC pilot Woman Up. [9] She was cast as a lead voice in the CBS All Access series Star Trek: Lower Decks . [10]

She appears in a lead role as Maj. Angela Ali in the Netflix series Space Force starting in 2020. [11]

Since 2020, Newsome has co-hosted Star Trek: The Pod Directive, the official Star Trek podcast, along with comedian Paul F. Tompkins. [12]

Filmography

As actor

Film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Uncle John Cute Hipster Girl
2016 Einstein's God Model Marcel Gutierrez
2018 Canal Street Kai
2019 Spies in Disguise Agency Employee #1Voice
2021 How It Ends Celine
Vacation Friends Brooke
2023 Quiz Lady Mercedes
Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Chicago Fire JenEpisode: "A Problem House"
2014 Crisis EMTEpisode: "Best Laid Plans"
2015 Sirens JamiEpisode: "Balls"
2016 2 Broke Girls ChrissyEpisode: "And the Basketball Jones"
Comedy Bang! Bang! Worried MomEpisode: "Zach Galifianakis Wears Rolled Khakis and Shoes with Brown Laces"
Take My Wife PamEpisode: "Punchline"
Documentary Now! Backup SingerEpisode: "Final Transmission"
2016–2019 Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ Chelsea Leight-Leigh34 episodes
2017 Nobodies Grace3 episodes
The Carmichael Show JessicaEpisode: "Three Year Anniversary"
Do You Want to See a Dead Body? MarionEpisode: "A Body and a High School Reunion (with Joe Lo Truglio)"
The Comedy Get Down Nina10 episodes
2019 Brockmire Gabby Taylor6 episodes
The New Negroes with Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle PerformerEpisode: "Money"
HarmonQuest Donna (voice) / HerselfEpisode: "Ivory Quay"
Big Mouth (voice)Episode: "Duke"
Perfect Harmony Georgia3 episodes
2019–2020 Craig of the Creek Jasmine Williams (voice)3 episodes
2019–2022 Sherman's Showcase Various5 episodes
2020 Superstore IsabelEpisode: "Zephra Cares"
The Twilight Zone Zara DelanceyEpisode: "Ovation"
Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun The QueenEpisode: "Dinner Party"
2020–2022 Space Force Angela AliMain role
2020–present Star Trek: Lower Decks Ensign/LtJG Beckett Mariner (voice)Main role, 5 seasons
Nominated—Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Voice Actress in an Animated Series (2021)
2021 True Story Billie6 episodes
2022 Physical Wanda5 episodes
Tuca & Bertie (voice)Episode: "Leveling Up"
Murderville Mayor PalmerEpisode: "Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery"
2023 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Ensign Beckett MarinerEpisode: "Those Old Scientists" [13]

As writer

Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
TBA Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Writer [14]
Untitled Star Trek comedy seriesCo-creatorWith Alex Kurtzman and Justin Simien [15]

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