Tawny Newsome

Born: 1983-02-24

Tawny Newsome (born February 24, 1983) - (Height 5 feet 10 inches (1.77 meters) in height) is an American musician, comedian, and actress. She is known for her roles as Chelsea Leight-Leigh on the Comedy Central series Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, Nina on The Comedy Get Down, and Beckett Mariner on the animated Star Trek series Star Trek: Lower Decks. She is also a co-host of the podcast Yo, Is This Racist? Newsome was born in Vacaville, California, and grew up on a ranch. She attended DePaul University in Chicago, where she studied theater. After graduating, she began her comedy career with the Second City improv troupe. Newsome's first major television role was as Chelsea Leight-Leigh on Bajillion Dollar Propertie$. She also had a recurring role as Nina on The Comedy Get Down. In 2020, she began voicing the character of Beckett Mariner on Star Trek: Lower Decks. Newsome is also a musician and is a member of the band Four Lost Souls. She is also a co-host of the podcast Yo, Is This Racist? alongside Andrew Ti.


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Spies in Disguise

as Agency Employee #1 (voice)
Released: 2019-12-04

Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is...

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Vacation Friends

as Brooke
Released: 2021-08-27

When a straight-laced couple that has fun with a rowdy couple on vacation in Mexico return to...

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How It Ends

as Celine
Released: 2021-07-20

Liza scores an invite to one last wild party before the world ends. But making it there won't be...

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as Mercedes
Released: 2023-09-09

A brilliant but tightly wound, gameshow-obsessed young woman, Anne, and her estranged,...

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Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery

as Mayor Palmer
Released: 2022-12-15

A holiday-hating detective is forced to solve a murder — and save Christmas — with help from...

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Einstein's God Model

as Marcel Gutierrez
Released: 2016-08-19

For thousands of years, evidence of life after death has eluded mankind. Science is about to...

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Nuked

as uncredited
Released: 2024-06-13

It’s Jack and Gill’s 40th birthdays, so the long time sweethearts invite their college friends...

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The Naboo Movie

as Padme Amidala
Released: 2024-05-19

25 years ago visionary filmmaker George Lucas showed us an astonishing world of podracing,...

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Live Read: Back to the Future

as Jennifer Parker
Released: 2023-06-24

Beloved improvisor and actor Ben Schwartz directs and stars as Marty McFly in this wild ride...

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It's All Good

as Angela West
Released: 2016-10-21

Aaron, Vinny and Cooper are dead broke and ready to give up on their pursuit of becoming big...

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2 Broke Girls

as Chrissy
First aired: 2011-09-19

Comedy about the unlikely friendship that develops between two very different young women who...

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Craig of the Creek

as Jasmine (voice)
First aired: 2018-03-30

Craig and his friends, Kelsey and JP, venture out into a kid-controlled wilderness in the creek.

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Superstore

as Isabel
First aired: 2015-11-30

A hilarious workplace comedy about a unique family of employees at a super-sized mega store....

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Star Trek: Lower Decks

as Beckett Mariner (voice)
First aired: 2020-08-06

The lives of the support crew serving on one of Starfleet's least important ships, the U.S.S....

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Big Mouth

as (voice)
First aired: 2017-09-29

Teenage friends find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty in this edgy...

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The Ready Room

as Self
First aired: 2019-01-25

Welcome to The Ready Room. Every Thursday Wil Wheaton will sit down with members of the Star...

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The Ready Room

as uncredited
First aired: 2019-01-25

Welcome to The Ready Room. Every Thursday Wil Wheaton will sit down with members of the Star...

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Space Force

as Captain Angela Ali
First aired: 2020-05-29

A four-star general begrudgingly teams up with an eccentric scientist to get the U.S. military's...

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

as Ensign Beckett Mariner
First aired: 2022-05-05

Follow Captain Christopher Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before...

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The Twilight Zone

as uncredited
First aired: 2019-04-01

Tales of science fiction, fantasy and the occult, exploring humanity's hopes, despairs, prides...

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Physical

as Wanda
First aired: 2021-06-18

Sheila Rubin is a quietly tormented housewife in ’80s San Diego. Behind closed doors, she...

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After Midnight

as Self
First aired: 2024-01-17

Celebrated comedian Taylor Tomlinson hosts the smartest show on television about the dumbest...

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Sirens

as Jami
First aired: 2014-03-06

A comedy that follows three Chicago EMTs who despite their narcissistic and self-destructive...

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Brockmire

as Gabby Taylor
First aired: 2017-04-05

A famed major league baseball announcer who suffers an embarrassing and very public meltdown...

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Bajillion Dollar Propertie$

as Chelsea Leight-Leigh
First aired: 2016-02-21

Follow Platinum Realty, Los Angeles' premiere realty group as a group of realtors compete for a...

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Strange Planet

as Mismatched (voice)
First aired: 2023-08-08

Welcome to a distant planet not unlike our own, with hilarious yet poignant observations on...

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The Carmichael Show

as Jessica
First aired: 2015-08-26

From the comedy of Jerrod Carmichael and Nick Stoller ("Neighbors") comes an irreverent sitcom...

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HarmonQuest

as Donna
First aired: 2016-07-14

A fantasy comedy adventure series that melds live action comedians riffing on a stage in front...

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True Story

as Billie
First aired: 2021-11-24

A world-famous comedian desperately searches for a way out after a night in Philadelphia with...

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Perfect Harmony

as Georgia
First aired: 2019-09-26

When former Princeton music professor Arthur Cochran unexpectedly stumbles into choir practice...

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Star Trek Day

as Self
First aired: 2020-09-08

September 8th has long been informally observed as Star Trek Day, but beginning in 2020, CBS —...

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Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun

as The Queen
First aired: 2020-11-11

Comedy trio Aunty Donna showcase their uniquely absurd and offbeat style through an array of...

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The Comedy Get Down

as Nina
First aired: 2017-10-12

A comedy series about what really happens behind the scenes of a massive stand-up comedy tour.

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Sherman's Showcase

as Laverne
First aired: 2019-07-31

Travel through time via music and comedy drawn from the forty-year library of the legendary, but...

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Nobodies

as Grace
First aired: 2017-03-29

Hugh, Larry and Rachel are three actor/comedians still waiting for their big break, struggling...

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