---
name: "Tawny Newsome"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tawny-newsome"
fi1m_id: "tawny-newsome"
imdb_id: "nm5634295"
tmdb_id: 1697336
wikidata_id: "Q56760687"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 February 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T04:42:37.086544+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tawny Newsome

## Identity

Tawny Newsome

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tawny-newsome
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tawny-newsome
- **IMDb ID:** nm5634295
- **TMDB ID:** 1697336
- **Wikidata ID:** Q56760687
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawny_Newsome, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56760687, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5634295/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1697336

Writer. Born 24 February 1983 in Vacaville, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 February 1983, Vacaville, California, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawny_Newsome, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56760687, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5634295/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1697336

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Star Trek: Starfleet Academy*](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-starfleet-academy.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Tawny Newsome is an American actress, comedian, musician and writer. Born in Vacaville, California, she studied theatre at DePaul University in Chicago and performed with the Second City improv troupe after graduating.

She is known for playing Chelsea Leight-Leigh in the series *Bajillion Dollar Propertie$* (2016–2019), voicing Beckett Mariner in *Star Trek: Lower Decks* (2020–) and appearing in *Space Force* (2020) and *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* (2022). Newsome is a writer and co-producer on *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* (2026), in which she also appears as Professor Illa Dax. She is a member of the band Four Lost Souls and co-hosts the podcast *Yo, Is This Racist?*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, memory-alpha.fandom.com, blog.trekcore.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* (2026), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-starfleet-academy.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Strip Law* (2026), series, as (voice)
- *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy* (2026), series, as Illa Dax · Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-starfleet-academy.md)
- *The Paper* (2025), series, as Harper Brewster
- *Nuked* (2025), as Mo
- *Quiz Lady* (2023), as Mercedes
- *Strange Planet* (2023), series, as Mismatched (voice)
- *Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery* (2022), as Mayor Palmer
- *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* (2022), series, as Ensign Beckett Mariner — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-strange-new-worlds.md)
- *True Story* (2021), series, as Billie
- *Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins* (2021), series, Actor
- *Vacation Friends* (2021), as Brooke
- *How It Ends* (2021), as Celine
- *Physical* (2021), series, as Wanda
- *Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun* (2020), series, as The Queen
- *Star Trek: Lower Decks* (2020), series, as Beckett Mariner (voice)
- *Space Force* (2020), series, as Captain Angela Ali
- *Spies in Disguise* (2019), as Agency Employee #1 (voice)
- *Perfect Harmony* (2019), series, as Georgia
- *Sherman's Showcase* (2019), series, as Laverne
- *The Twilight Zone* (2019), series, Actor
- *Craig of the Creek* (2018), series, as Jasmine (voice)
- *The Comedy Get Down* (2017), series, as Nina
- *Big Mouth* (2017), series, as (voice)
- *Brockmire* (2017), series, as Gabby Taylor
- *Nobodies* (2017), series, as Grace
- *It's All Good* (2016), as Angela West
- *Einstein's God Model* (2016), as Marcel Gutierrez
- *HarmonQuest* (2016), series, as Donna
- *Bajillion Dollar Propertie$* (2016), series, as Chelsea Leight-Leigh
- *Superstore* (2015), series, as Isabel
- *The Carmichael Show* (2015), series, as Jessica
- *Sirens* (2014), series, as Jami
- *2 Broke Girls* (2011), series, as Chrissy
- *Untitled Star Trek Live-Action Comedy*, series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Bolio: Spirit of the Mustang*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Tawny Newsome](https://film.one/media/person/22922/gallery-ea99cd1a091c.jpg) Tawny Newsome — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Tawny_Newsome_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Tawny_Newsome_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jerry O'Connell, Mike McMahan, Heather Kadin, Alex Kurtzman, Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Star Trek](https://film.one/media/person/22922/gallery-8df83d57442e.jpg) Jerry O'Connell, Mike McMahan, Heather Kadin, Alex Kurtzman, Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Star Trek — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Jerry_O%27Connell%2C_Mike_McMahan%2C_Heather_Kadin%2C_Alex_Kurtzman%2C_Tawny_Newsome_%26_Jack_Quaid_%2848443838191%29.jpg/1280px-Jerry_O%27Connell%2C_Mike_McMahan%2C_Heather_Kadin%2C_Alex_Kurtzman%2C_Tawny_Newsome_%26_Jack_Quaid_%2848443838191%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jerry O'Connell, Mike McMahan, Heather Kadin, Alex Kurtzman, Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Star Trek](https://film.one/media/person/22922/gallery-c03181a84395.jpg) Jerry O'Connell, Mike McMahan, Heather Kadin, Alex Kurtzman, Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Star Trek — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Jerry_O%27Connell%2C_Mike_McMahan%2C_Heather_Kadin%2C_Alex_Kurtzman%2C_Tawny_Newsome_%26_Jack_Quaid_%2848443838191%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Jerry_O%27Connell%2C_Mike_McMahan%2C_Heather_Kadin%2C_Alex_Kurtzman%2C_Tawny_Newsome_%26_Jack_Quaid_%2848443838191%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Star Trek: Lower Decks", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Die](https://film.one/media/person/22922/gallery-bc4aa92f1a2f.jpg) Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Star Trek: Lower Decks", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Die — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Tawny_Newsome_%26_Jack_Quaid_%2848443843726%29.jpg/1280px-Tawny_Newsome_%26_Jack_Quaid_%2848443843726%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tawny Newsome](https://film.one/media/person/22922/gallery-c59b561a989d.jpg) Tawny Newsome — Image via TMDB
- ![Tawny Newsome](https://film.one/media/person/22922/gallery-f12b5aa2334b.jpg) Tawny Newsome — Image via TMDB
- ![Tawn Newsome speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Star Trek: Lower Decks", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. ](https://film.one/media/person/22922/gallery-eea45833e446.jpg) Tawn Newsome speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Star Trek: Lower Decks", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.  — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Tawny_Newsome_%2848443993382%29.jpg/1280px-Tawny_Newsome_%2848443993382%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tawn Newsome speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Star Trek: Lower Decks", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. ](https://film.one/media/person/22922/gallery-540138c528c6.jpg) Tawn Newsome speaking at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Star Trek: Lower Decks", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.  — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Tawny_Newsome_%2848443993717%29.jpg/1280px-Tawny_Newsome_%2848443993717%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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