Becki Newton
{{short description|American actress (born 1978)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Becki Newton
| image = Becki Newton 4th Annual Norma Jean Gala (cropped).jpg
| caption = Newton in 2015
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|7|4}}{{cite web |last1=Hogan |first1=Kate |title=Born on the 4th of July! All the Stars Celebrating Birthdays Today |url=https://people.com/celebrity/celebrities-born-on-the-4th-of-july/ |publisher=People |access-date=4 July 2023 |date=30 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705022710/https://people.com/celebrity/celebrities-born-on-the-4th-of-july/?slide=7139314#7139314 |archive-date=July 5, 2019}}
| birth_place = New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
| alma_mater = University of Pennsylvania (B.A.){{cite web | url=https://people.com/tv/weird-loners-star-becki-newton-shares-some-surprising-fun-facts/ | title=Weird Loners Star Becki Newton Shares Some Surprising Fun Facts }}
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2001–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Chris Diamantopoulos|2005}}
| children = 4
| relatives =Matt Newton (brother)
Stephanie Chase (maternal aunt)
Bruce Chase (maternal grandfather)
Sienna Miller (first cousin once removed)
Savannah Miller (first cousin once removed)
}}
Becki Newton (born July 4, 1978) is an American actress known for her roles as Amanda Tanen on Ugly Betty, Quinn Garvey on How I Met Your Mother, and Lorna Crane on The Lincoln Lawyer.
Early life
Newton is a first cousin once removed of actress Sienna Miller. She attended the University of Pennsylvania.{{cite news |last1=Gomez |first1=Patrick |title='Weird Loners' Star Becki Newton Shares Some Surprising Fun Facts |url=https://people.com/tv/weird-loners-star-becki-newton-shares-some-surprising-fun-facts/ |access-date=20 July 2023 |work=People |date=April 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720140836/https://people.com/tv/weird-loners-star-becki-newton-shares-some-surprising-fun-facts/ |url-status=live |archive-date=July 20, 2023}}
After graduation, Newton moved to New York City and landed several roles in television commercials for such companies as Olive Garden.{{cite magazine |title=Pretty Becki |first=Emma |last=Rosenblum |url=http://nymag.com/arts/tv/profiles/52147 |magazine=New York Magazine |date=November 16, 2008}} She also appeared in a public service video, "Keg Party", about the dangers of drinking.
Career
Newton portrayed Amanda Tanen in the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty from 2006 to 2010. With her co-star Michael Urie, Newton co-hosted the official Ugly Betty podcast. She also starred in ABC.com's web series Mode After Hours opposite Urie. Ugly Betty was cancelled in 2010 after four seasons.{{cite web|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/01/ugly-betty-canceled-by-abc-/1|title= 'Ugly Betty' canceled by ABC|date=January 27, 2010|last=Oldenburg|first=Ann|work=USA Today |access-date=April 17, 2010}}
In late 2009, Newton performed at a New York City Center Encores! presentation of the Gershwin musical Girl Crazy, which was directed by Jerry Zaks. She portrayed Molly Gray and performed opposite her real-life husband Chris Diamantopoulos.{{cite news |url=http://www.backstage.com/bso/reviews-ny-theatre-off-broadway/ny-review-girl-crazy-in-concert-1004044921.story |title=Girl Crazy (in Concert) |publisher=Backstage.com |date=2009-11-20 |access-date=2011-11-17}}
Newton starred in the television series Love Bites in 2011. The hour-long romantic comedy was created by the executive producer Cindy Chupack, who worked on Sex and the City.{{cite magazine |url=http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/02/21/becki-newton-love-bites-pilot/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224060412/http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/02/21/becki-newton-love-bites-pilot/ |url-status = dead|archive-date=February 24, 2010 |title=Pilot Intel: Becki Newton finds 'Love' on NBC |date=February 21, 2010 |last=Ausiello |first=Michael |department=Ausiello Files |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=April 17, 2010 }} NBC announced the pick up of the series in May 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/05/07/nbc-picks-up-three-new-series-for-2010-11-season-with-the-event-outsourced-and-love-bites/20100507nbc01/ |title=NBC Picks Up Three New Series for the 2010-11 Season with 'The Event', 'Outsourced', and 'Love Bites'|date=May 7, 2010|work=The Futon Critic|access-date=May 13, 2010}} However, with Newton announcing her pregnancy, her co-star Jordana Spiro contractually obligated to stay with her other show, My Boys (which was later cancelled), and Chupack's desire to leave the show, Love Bites was pushed back to midseason.[https://variety.com/2010/tv/news/breaking-love-bites-replaced-by-the-apprentice-14641/ "BREAKING: 'Love Bites' replaced by 'The Apprentice{{'"}}] from Variety (July 1, 2010)[https://web.archive.org/web/20110625154642/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/07/01/reports-love-bites-replaced-by-the-apprentice/55965/ {{"'}}Love Bites' Replaced By 'The Apprentice{{'"}}]. TV By The Numbers (July 1, 2010) Love Bites was ultimately aired in July 2011 on NBC and was cancelled after its first-season order of episodes was burned off.{{cite web|last=Lee |first=Stephan |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/07/20/love-bites-cancelled/ |title=Love Bites cancelled |publisher=Insidetv.ew.com |date=2011-07-20 |access-date=2011-11-17}} In November 2011, Newton was cast on CBS's How I Met Your Mother as Quinn Garvey, a love interest for Neil Patrick Harris's character Barney Stinson, where she played a stripper.{{cite news |url=http://www.tvline.com/2011/11/how-i-met-your-mother-season-7-becki-newton/ |title=How I Met Your Mother Exclusive: Ugly Betty's Becki Newton to Romance Barney! |work=TVLine |date=2011-11-16 |access-date=2011-11-18}} In 2013, Newton starred in the midseason Fox comedy series The Goodwin Games.{{cite news|url=http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Goodwin-Games-Preview-Fox-Comedy-Starring-Becki-Newton-Scott-Foley-42517.html |title=The Goodwin Games Exclusive: Ugly Betty's Becki Newton to star in Upcoming Fox TV series |work=TVLine |date=2012-05-16 |access-date=2012-05-16}} In 2018 Newton began appearing in a recurring role on the HBO TV series Divorce, playing Jackie Giannopolis, the new girlfriend of Thomas Haden Church's character.
On September 13, 2019, it was announced that Newton would once again team up with Urie on a sitcom project for CBS and Warner Bros. Television called Fun, for which both will co-star and co-executive produce with creator Michael Patrick King and fellow Ugly Betty showrunners Tracy Poust and Jon Kinnally.[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/michael-urie-becki-newton-star-michael-patrick-king-cbs-comedy-1239625 "Michael Urie, Becki Newton to Star in Michael Patrick King CBS Comedy"]. The Hollywood Reporter (September 13, 2019). However, the pilot did not move forward.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/05/cbs-comedy-pilot-fun-becki-newton-michael-urie-not-going-forward-dead-michael-patrick-king-1202925599/|title=CBS Comedy Pilot 'Fun' Starring Becki Newton & Michael Urie Not Going Forward|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=May 4, 2020|access-date=February 23, 2021}}
On February 2, 2021, it was announced that Newton would replace Kiele Sanchez as Lorna Crane, Mickey Haller's second ex-wife and office manager, in the Netflix series The Lincoln Lawyer.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/becki-newton-cast-the-lincoln-lawyer-jazz-raycole-angus-sampson-netflix-series-1234685271/|title=Becki Newton Joins 'The Lincoln Lawyer', Jazz Raycole & Angus Sampson to Continue on Netflix Series – Deadline|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=February 2, 2021|access-date=February 2, 2021}}
Personal life
Newton met her husband, actor Chris Diamantopoulos, in a subway station in New York and they married on May 12, 2005. She gave birth to a son in early November 2010{{cite magazine|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/momsbabies/news/actress-becki-newton-welcomes-baby-boy-2010912|title=Actress Becki Newton Welcomes Son!|date=December 9, 2010|magazine=US Magazine|access-date=December 22, 2010}} and a daughter in early 2014.{{cite news|title=Becki Newton: What's In My Bag?|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/becki-newton-whats-in-my-bag-2015214|work=Us Weekly}} Newton gave birth to her second daughter in 2020 and her third in 2022.{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CAdE1ouA9zc/?igshid=1r1nz9hmhaz0n | title=Instagram }}
Her older brother, Matt Newton, is also an actor.{{Citation needed |date=January 2025}} He played the recurring role of Marc St. James' boyfriend Troy in the fourth and final season of Ugly Betty. Her mother, Jennifer, is an artist,{{cite web|title=Chris Diamantopoulos Self-Medicates With Tostitos |url=http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/12/chris_diamantopoulos_self-medi.html |date=December 12, 2008|last=Salibury|first=Vanita|work=New York Magazine|publisher=The New York Times|access-date=April 17, 2010}} and her aunt, Stephanie Chase, is a classical violinist.{{cite web |url=http://www.stephaniechase.com/trivia.htm |title=Trivia about Stephanie Chase, violinist |publisher=stephaniechase.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902094918/http://www.stephaniechase.com/trivia.htm |archive-date=September 2, 2013 |access-date=July 5, 2014}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2004
| P.S. | Rebecca | |
| 2007
| Jennifer | |
| 2019
| Andrea | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 2001
| Burly TV | Herself | Host |
| 2003
| Melanie Whitley (1976) | Episode: "Look Again" |
| 2003–2004
| Fantasy daughter | Unknown episodes |
| 2004
| Mindy | 3 episodes |
| 2004
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Colleen Heaton | Episode: "Weak" |
| 2005
| Charmed | Episode: "Something Wicca This Way Goes...?" |
| 2006–2010
| Amanda Tanen {{efn|name=fn1}} | Main cast; 85 episodes |
| 2007
| Blonde Hoe (voice) | Episode: "When a Stan Loves a Woman" |
| 2007
| American Dad! | Mrs. Hannigan (voice) | Episode: "I Can't Stan You" |
| a
| 2008–2009 | Main cast; 19 episodes (Ugly Betty spin-off) |
| 2011
| Annie Matopoulos | Main cast; 6 episodes |
| 2012–2013
| 10 episodes |
| 2013
| {{sortname|The|Goodwin Games}} | Chloe Goodwin | Main cast; 7 episodes |
| 2014
| Cruise ship waitress (voice) | Episode: "Flipperboobootosis" |
| 2014
| American Dad! | Margie (voice) | Episode: "Introducing the Naughty Stewardesses" |
| 2015
| Caryn Goldfarb | Main cast; 6 episodes |
| 2018–2019
| Divorce | Jackie Giannopolis | Recurring role (season 2), main role (season 3) |
| 2018–2019
| Katrina Thorn | Recurring (season 1) |
| 2022–present
| Lorna Taylor | Main cast; 30 episodes |
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{{efn|name=fn1|Also makes appearances as Young Fey Sommers in two episodes and Ruthie in the episode "Sofia's Choice."}}
}}
=Web=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2008–2009
| Amanda Tanen | 19 episodes |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Awards !Category !Nominated work !Result |
|---|
| 2007
| rowspan="2"|Screen Actors Guild Award | rowspan="2"| Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | rowspan="5"| Ugly Betty | {{Nom}} |
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| {{Nom}} |
| Ewwy Awards
| Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | {{Nom}} |
| rowspan="2"| 2009
|Glamour Award for Comedy Actress |
| Ewwy Awards
| Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | {{Nom}} |
| 2013
| OFTA Awards |Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | {{Nom}} |
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Becki Newton}}
- {{IMDb name|1182048}}
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Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from New Haven, Connecticut
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni
Category:American people of Czech descent
Category:American people of English descent
Category:American people of French descent