Virginia Newcomb

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Virginia Newcomb is a performer and independent filmmaker known for her acclaimed performance in A24's The Death of Dick Long (2019) by Daniel Scheinert (of Oscar winning, The Daniels). "Best of all might be Lydia, whom Newcomb invests with a terrific energy - fiercely protective, vulnerable and angry all at once - as she reels from the particulars of a situation as imbecilic as it is impossible. You share in her disbelief, and you believe her entirely." LA Times, Justin Chang This film and others returned her to her home state of Alabama, including producing on Lynn Shelton's Sword of Trust (2019) and numerous award winning short films. Virginia can also be seen in Peacock (2010) with Cillian Murphy, Reparation (2015) with Marc Menchaca, and opposite Jim Cummings in Vanishing Angle's, The Beta Test (2021), which premiered at Berlinale and Tribeca '21 and released by IFC. She performed in Julian Rosefeldt's epic video installation project, Euphoria with Cate Blanchett & Giancarlo Esposito for Park Ave Armory in NYC and toured internationally. Newcomb's influences hail from a vast theatre background and it's the boundary breaking, media mashup kind that inspire much of her own creative work. Her Broadway debut came in Jay Scheib's live-cinema production of Chekhov's Platonov, which live streamed to Time Square and BAM Rose Cinemas. Virginia took a similar, and more immersive, approach as creator of Cucalorus Film Festival's annual commissioned Blue Velvet installation, Bus To Lumberton. Whether adding dynamic movement to the screen or intimate nuance to theatre, Virginia thrives in commingling these worlds. A true indie film and alt theater kid, Virginia can also be seen in popular shows, Law & Order SVU, The Walking Dead, The Office, Halt & Catch Fire, and Netflix series From Scratch opposite Zoe Saldana. Catch Virginia as an injured coal minor in the Appalachian Eco-body horror, Occupational Hazard, on Hulu. She was selected to participate in the inaugural Constellation Incubator beginning summer of '21, formed to apply design thinking to re-imagine and scale a more sustainable, equitable filmmaking ecosystem and continues to search for new innovative ways to enrich support for artists. Regardless of role or medium, Virginia desires to share bold, evocative stories in deeply collaborative projects that portray women honestly, particularly in nontraditional southern narrative.


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as Alex's Wife (uncredited)
Released: 2017-12-09

Four teenagers in detention discover an old video game console with a game they’ve never heard...

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Rumble Through the Dark

as Jenny
Released: 2023-11-03

Set in the dark landscape of the Mississippi Delta, where a former bare-knuckle fighter must win...

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Peacock

as Doris
Released: 2010-04-20

A man with a split personality fools his small town into believing his two alter egos are a man...

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Moonlight Mile

as Cheryl's Friend #2
Released: 2002-09-09

As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out...

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The Beta Test

as Caroline
Released: 2021-10-15

An engaged Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter for an anonymous sexual encounter and...

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The Death of Dick Long

as Lydia Olsen
Released: 2019-09-27

Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don’t want anybody finding out how. That’s too bad...

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Euphoria

as uncredited
Released: 2022-11-29

Artist and filmmaker Julian Rosefeldt creates elaborately staged films that investigate the...

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The Atoning

as Vera
Released: 2017-02-18

Vera, Ray, and Sam, a seemingly normal family, are haunted by more than mere ghosts. The...

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The Theatre Bizarre

as Enola Penny
Released: 2011-07-15

Down a seedy city street in her neighborhood, young Enola Penny is obsessed with what appears to...

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Earth to America

as Self
Released: 2005-11-20

Tom Hanks is the host of this show with a comic approach to raise awareness concerning the...

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Wasteland

as uncredited
Released: 2024-04-13

An algorithmologist begins to question his beliefs when a woman shows up to his office...

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Don't Die

as Julia
Released: 2024-04-07

Jenks has been pushed to the brink by a system that does not care about him. Desperate for...

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Reparation

as Lucy
Released: 2016-09-09

REPARATION is a powerful psychological thriller that swirls like a funnel cloud around Bob...

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Washed Away

as uncredited
Released: 2019-03-09

A teenage girl in an evangelical church youth group must deal with the fallout when her trust is...

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Abductee

as Laurie Freeman
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Abductee is a chilling "found footage" film set in the outskirts of Portland, Oregon. Terrifying...

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Union

as Virginia Klaising
Released: 2019-08-02

A woman disguises herself in the Confederate Army as her dead brother to get revenge on the...

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The Recycling Man

as Valerie
Released: 2020-03-30

In an overpopulated and underprivileged suburban neighbourhood, Jacob, a boy immobilised on a...

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Skim

as Hanna
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Set in South Florida, a young woman in the pool cleaning industry, desperate to alter her lot in...

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Come Back Haunted

as uncredited
Released: 2023-10-12

A recluse woman assumes a motherly role when a teen seeks refuge on her doorstep, but sinister...

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Likeness

as Fiona
Released: 2024-02-26

A young woman works with a digital copy of her mom to investigate the sudden disappearance of...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Amber Hayes
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Heather Curtis
First aired: 2000-10-06

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the...

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The Office

as Assistant
First aired: 2005-03-24

The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional...

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Bite Size Halloween

as Diana
First aired: 2020-10-01

A series of stand-alone horror shorts ranging from the terrifying to the ridiculous.

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