Tawny Newsome | |
Birth Date: | 24 February 1983 |
Birth Place: | Vacaville, California, U.S. |
Education: | DePaul University (BFA) |
Occupation: | Musician, actress, comedian, podcaster |
Years Active: | 2008–present |
Tawny Newsome (born February 24, 1983) is an American musician, comedian, and actress best known for playing Chelsea Leight-Leigh on Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, co-starring in Space Force and the third season of Brockmire, and co-hosting the podcast Yo, Is This Racist?. She is also a singer in the band Four Lost Souls. She voices one of the main characters, Beckett Mariner, on .
Originally from Vacaville, California, where she grew up on a ranch. Newsome attended DePaul Theatre School in Chicago, then started her comedy career with Second City.[1]
Newsome was a backup singer in a touring Talking Heads tribute band. This later led to her being cast in Documentary Now! in a similar role.[2]
Newsome's first major television roles were as Chelsea Leight-Leigh on Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ and Nina on The Comedy Get Down.[1]
Newsome has been a co-host of the podcast Yo, Is This Racist? alongside Andrew Ti since 2018.[3] 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 .[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]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2015 | Uncle John | Cute Hipster Girl | ||
2016 | Einstein's God Model | Marcel Gutierrez | ||
2018 | Canal Street | Kai | ||
2019 | Spies in Disguise | Agency Employee #1 | Voice | |
2021 | How It Ends | Celine | ||
Vacation Friends | Brooke | |||
2023 | Quiz Lady | Mercedes |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2013 | Chicago Fire | Jen | Episode: "A Problem House" | |
2014 | Crisis | EMT | Episode: "Best Laid Plans" | |
2015 | Sirens | Jami | Episode: "Balls" | |
2016 | 2 Broke Girls | Chrissy | Episode: "And the Basketball Jones" | |
Comedy Bang! Bang! | Worried Mom | Episode: "Zach Galifianakis Wears Rolled Khakis and Shoes with Brown Laces" | ||
Take My Wife | Pam | Episode: "Punchline" | ||
Documentary Now! | Backup Singer | Episode: "Final Transmission" | ||
2016–2019 | Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ | Chelsea Leight-Leigh | 34 episodes | |
2017 | Nobodies | Grace | 3 episodes | |
The Carmichael Show | Jessica | Episode: "Three Year Anniversary" | ||
Do You Want to See a Dead Body? | Marion | Episode: "A Body and a High School Reunion (with Joe Lo Truglio)" | ||
The Comedy Get Down | Nina | 10 episodes | ||
2019 | Brockmire | Gabby Taylor | 6 episodes | |
The New Negroes with Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle | Performer | Episode: "Money" | ||
HarmonQuest | Donna (voice) / Herself | Episode: "Ivory Quay" | ||
Big Mouth | (voice) | Episode: "Duke" | ||
Perfect Harmony | Georgia | 3 episodes | ||
2019–2020 | Craig of the Creek | Jasmine Williams (voice) | 3 episodes | |
2019–2022 | Sherman's Showcase | Various | 5 episodes | |
2020 | Superstore | Isabel | Episode: "Zephra Cares" | |
The Twilight Zone | Zara Delancey | Episode: "Ovation" | ||
Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun | The Queen | Episode: "Dinner Party" | ||
2020–2022 | Space Force | Angela Ali | Main role | |
2020–present | Ensign/LtJG Beckett Mariner (voice) | Main role, 4 seasons Nominated—Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Voice Actress in an Animated Series (2021) | ||
2021 | True Story | Billie | 6 episodes | |
2022 | Physical | Wanda | 5 episodes | |
Tuca & Bertie | (voice) | Episode: "Leveling Up" | ||
Murderville | Mayor Palmer | Episode: "Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery" | ||
2023 | Ensign Beckett Mariner | Episode: "Those Old Scientists"[13] |