Tawny Newsome (born 24 February 1983; age 41) is an American actress, comedienne, and musician who voices Beckett Mariner on Star Trek: Lower Decks. She also portrayed Mariner in live-action in the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode "Those Old Scientists".
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. [1] [2]
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". [3]
She starred in Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ (premiering in 2016) alongside Paul F. Tompkins and her 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"
- "Envoys"
- "Temporal Edict"
- "Moist Vessel"
- "Cupid's Errant Arrow"
- "Terminal Provocations"
- "Much Ado About Boimler"
- "Veritas"
- "Crisis Point"
- "No Small Parts"
- "Strange Energies"
- "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"
- "Grounded"
- "The Least Dangerous Game"
- "Mining The Mind's Mines"
- "Room for Growth"
- "Reflections"
- "Hear All, Trust Nothing"
- "A Mathematically Perfect Redemption"
- "Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus"
- "Trusted Sources"
- "The Stars At Night"
- "Twovix"
- "I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee"
- "In the Cradle of Vexilon"
- "Something Borrowed, Something Green"
- "Empathological Fallacies"
- "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place"
- "A Few Badgeys More"
- "Caves"
- "The Inner Fight"
- "Old Friends, New Planets"
- "Dos Cerritos"
- "Shades of Green"
- "The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel"
- SNW: "Those Old Scientists"
Other roles[]
Star Trek: Lower Decks regular cast |
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Eugene Cordero • Dawnn Lewis • Tawny Newsome • Jerry O'Connell • Jack Quaid • Fred Tatasciore • Gillian Vigman • Noël Wells |