Charlotte Newhouse is an actress and writer known for creating, and starring in the

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series '' Idiotsitter,'' which premiered in 2014''.'' She also appeared in ''

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'' (2006), ''

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'' (2009), '' The Man That I Was'' (2010), ''

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'' (The Desperation Emanation)(2010), '' Celebrity Impression'' (2010), ''

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'' (2011), and '' Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos'' (2012). Newhouse was a member of

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, along with

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and Ryan Gaul. A 2011 ''L.A. Times'' review noted their performance as "a cappella singers who enthusiastically perform Toto's "Africa" even though they are missing six members of their group ("Throat Culture") and know only the background and percussion parts". In 2015 she played the lead role of Mackenzie in the comedy short ''Sensitive Guys'', directed by Jason Farrand. In January 2016,

debuted a new series, '' Idiotsitter'', in which Newhouse portrays Harvard graduate Wilhelmina "Billie" Brown, who is hired by wealthy, negligent parents to supervise their incorrigible grown daughter, Gene (

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), who is serving time under house arrest. '' Idiotsitter'' was launched as a web series in early 2014, before being picked up in June 2014 by Comedy Central for network airing. The show renewed for a second season in 2016. She is a creator of the show with ''

'' co-star

, who she met as a member of the

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-based compedy troupe

Personal life

Newhouse graduated from

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in 2001. She is the daughter of Yale-educated Mark Newhouse, an executive at Advance Publications, general manager of ''

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,'' cousin of

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Her grandfather, Norman Newhouse, is a former editor of ''

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,'' the managing editor of '' Staten Island Advance,'' and brother of the late Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. She is a member of the Newhouse family that owns multiple publications and media outlets such as

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, ''Wired'', Discovery Channel, and

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