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Tawny Newsome

Tawny Newsome

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 24, 1983 (42)
Birthplace Vacaville, California, USA
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 27, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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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Quiz Lady

Quiz Lady

2023

as Mercedes

How It Ends

How It Ends

2021

as Celine

Vacation Friends

Vacation Friends

2021

as Brooke

Spies in Disguise

Spies in Disguise

2019

as Agency Employee #1 (voice)

It's All Good

It's All Good

2016

as Angela West

Einstein's God Model

Einstein's God Model

2016

as Marcel Gutierrez

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Star Trek: Lower Decks

as Beckett Mariner (voice)

Episodes: 50

First Aired: Aug 06, 2020

Bajillion Dollar Propertie$

as Chelsea Leight-Leigh

Episodes: 34

First Aired: Feb 21, 2016

Space Force

as Captain Angela Ali

Episodes: 17

First Aired: May 29, 2020

Nobodies

as Grace

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Mar 29, 2017

The Comedy Get Down

as Nina

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Oct 12, 2017

Brockmire

as Gabby Taylor

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Apr 05, 2017

True Story

as Billie

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Nov 24, 2021

Physical

as Wanda

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jun 18, 2021

Craig of the Creek

as Jasmine (voice)

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 30, 2018

Perfect Harmony

as Georgia

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 26, 2019

Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun

as The Queen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 11, 2020

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

as Ensign Beckett Mariner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 05, 2022

The Carmichael Show

as Jessica

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 26, 2015

Superstore

as Isabel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 30, 2015

Strange Planet

as Mismatched (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 08, 2023

Sirens

as Jami

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 06, 2014

HarmonQuest

as Donna

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 14, 2016

2 Broke Girls

as Chrissy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 2011

Big Mouth

as (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 2017

Sherman's Showcase

as Laverne

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 31, 2019

The Ready Room

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 25, 2019

Star Trek Day

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 2020

The Ready Room

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 25, 2019

The Twilight Zone

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 2019

After Midnight

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 17, 2024

Dirty Laundry

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 11, 2022

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