Tawny Newsome
Actor · Born February 24, 1983 (43) · Vacaville, California, USA
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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Biography from TMDB.
- February 24, 1983 (43)
- Vacaville, California, USA
- Actor
- 30 on MovieCove · 35 credits in all
What are Tawny Newsome's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 5
Light 5 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 4
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Tricksteras Chelsea Leight-Leigh in Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ (2016)
- Heroas Ensign Beckett Mariner in Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020)
- Threshold guardianas Captain Angela Ali in Space Force (2020)
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Tawny Newsome's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 23 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Tawny Newsome's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
35 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Strip Law(2026)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows
The Paper(2025)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Nuked(2024)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Quiz Lady(2023)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Strange Planet(2023)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
True Story(2021)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all showsVarietopia with Paul F. Tompkins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Vacation Friends(2021)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
How It Ends(2021)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Physical(2021)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Star Trek: Lower Decks(2020)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Space Force(2020)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Spies in Disguise(2019)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Perfect Harmony(2019)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows
Sherman's Showcase(2019)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
The Twilight Zone(2019)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
Craig of the Creek(2017)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
The Comedy Get Down(2017)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
Big Mouth(2017)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Brockmire(2017)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Nobodies(2017)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
It's All Good (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Einstein's God Model(2016)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
HarmonQuest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Superstore(2015)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
The Carmichael Show(2015)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Sirens(2014)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
2 Broke Girls(2011)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all showsBolio: Spirit of the Mustang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled Star Trek Live-Action Comedy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 35 titles, 33 of them dated from 2011 to 2026; peak year 2022.
Film career
Peak 2022 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2016Screen debut· Einstein's God Model
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Tawny Newsome's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 37th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th11
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th7
Shape of the crowd
14 of their 30 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Divisive4
- Crowd Pleaser14
- Mixed12
Reviewers score the acting 62/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Tawny Newsome's work okay for kids?
Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films and violence & gore and frightening / intense lighter.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Tawny Newsome work with?
People who share at least 2 of Tawny Newsome's MovieCove titles; Eugene Cordero shares the most, 2.
- Eugene CorderoShared titles: Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020), Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Eugene Cordero
