Tawny Newsome (born February 24, 1983) is an American musician, comedian, and actress best known for playing Chelsea Leight-Leigh on ''

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'', co-starring in ''

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'' and the third season of ''

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'', 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 '' Star Trek: Lower Decks''.

Early life

Originally from

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, where she grew up on a

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, Newsome attended DePaul Theatre School in

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, where she started her comedy career with Second City.

Career

Newsome was a backup singer in a touring

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tribute band. This later led to her being cast in ''

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'' in a similar role. Newsome's first major television roles were as Chelsea Leight-Leigh on ''

'' and Nina on '' The Comedy Get Down''. Newsome has been a co-host of the podcast '' Yo, Is This Racist?'' alongside Andrew Ti since 2018. She also appears as a frequent guest on podcasts such as ''

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'' and '' Spontaneanation with Paul F. Tompkins''. Newsome is also a musician and is a member of the band Four Lost Souls alongside

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, Bethany Thomas, and John Szymanski. The group released a debut self-titled album in 2017. Newsome was in the main cast of ''

'' in its third season. She was also cast in the 2019

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pilot ''Woman Up''. She was cast as a lead voice in the

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series '' Star Trek: Lower Decks''. She appears in a lead role as Maj. Angela Ali in the

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series ''

'' starting in 2020. Since 2020, Newsome has co-hosted ''Star Trek: The Pod Directive'', the official '' Star Trek'' podcast, along with comedian Paul F. Tompkins.

Filmography

References

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