Tawny Newsome

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(written from a Production point of view)

Tawny Newsome
Birth name:	Tawny Ellain Newsome
Date of birth:	24 February 1983
Place of birth:	Vacaville, California, USA
Character(s):	Ensign Beckett Mariner Other characters

Tawny Newsome (born 24 February 1983; age 39) is an American actress, comedienne, and musician who voices Beckett Mariner, the lead character of Star Trek: Lower Decks. [1]

She is also a host of Star Trek: The Pod Directive, which began in 2020, alongside her long-time friend and collaborator (and Lower Decks guest star) Paul F. Tompkins. [2] [3]

Newsome commented: "I was a big fan of the '90s trifecta of shows, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is my number one. I also love The Next Generation and Voyager. Then my mom’s a huge Trek fan. Her favorite series is Enterprise. She’ll go on and on about Enterprise. When I got the audition, first of all its [sic] code named, so I didn't know it was Star Trek". [4]

She starred in Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ (premiering in 2016) alongside Paul F. Tompkins and Star Trek: Lower Decks co-star Eugene Cordero, and was a frequent guest on Tompkins' podcast, Spontaneanation.

Star Trek appearances

Appearances as Beckett Mariner

• LD:
  • "Second Contact" (Season 1)
  • "Envoys"
  • "Temporal Edict"
  • "Moist Vessel"
  • "Cupid's Errant Arrow"
  • "Terminal Provocations"
  • "Much Ado About Boimler"
  • "Veritas"
  • "Crisis Point"
  • "No Small Parts"
  • "Strange Energies" (Season 2)
  • "Kayshon, His Eyes Open"
  • "We'll Always Have Tom Paris"
  • "Mugato, Gumato"
  • "An Embarrassment Of Dooplers"
  • "The Spy Humongous"
  • "Where Pleasant Fountains Lie"
  • "I, Excretus"
  • "wej Duj"
  • "First First Contact"

Additional roles

Beckett Mariner (hologram)
(LD: "Crisis Point")

Vindicta (hologram)
(LD: "Crisis Point")

USS Archimedes ensign
(LD: "First First Contact")

External links

• Tawny Newsome at the Internet Movie Database
• Tawny Newsome at Wikipedia
• Tawny Newsome at Facebook
• Tawny Newsome at Instagram
• Tawny Newsome at Twitter