Tawny Newsome is an American actress, musician, comedian, and writer best known for playing Chelsea Leight-Leigh on Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, co-starring in Space Force and the third season of Brockmire, and co-hosting the podcast Yo, Is This Racist?. She is also a singer in the band Four Lost Souls. She voiced one of the main characters, Beckett Mariner, on Star Trek: Lower Decks and has recently appeared in Starfleet Academy as Professor Illa Dax, a new host of the Dax Symbiont.
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Early life
Tawny Newsome was born in Vacaville, California to a biracial couple and grew up on a ranch that her mother stills lives on. As a teenager she was a Junior Rodeo champion. Newsome attended the DePaul Theatre School in Chicago. After graduating she became a regular performer in Chicago Theatre. Newsome was a member of The Second City from 2013-2014.
Career
Newsome was a backup singer in a touring Talking Heads tribute band. This later led to her being cast in Documentary Now! in a similar role.
Newsome's first major television roles were as Chelsea Leight-Leigh on Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ and Nina on The Comedy Get Down.
