Tawny Newsome

Tawny Newsome (born February 24, 1983) is an American musician, comedian, and actress 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 voices one of the main characters, Beckett Mariner, on Star Trek: Lower Decks.

Originally from Vacaville, California, where she grew up on a ranch.

Newsome attended DePaul Theatre School in Chicago, then started her comedy career with Second City.

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.

The group released a debut self-titled album in 2017.

Newsome was in the main cast of Brockmire in its third season.

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 Comedy Bang! Bang! and Spontaneanation with Paul F. Tompkins.

Newsome is also a musician and is a member of the band Four Lost Souls alongside Jon Langford, Bethany Thomas, and John Szymanski.

She was also cast in the 2019 ABC pilot Woman Up.

She was cast as a lead voice in the CBS All Access series Star Trek: Lower Decks.

She appears in a lead role as Maj. Angela Ali in the Netflix series Space Force 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.