Celia Newman
{{Short description|American actress (born 1968)}}
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| name = Celia Newman
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|10|21}}
| birth_place = San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
| years_active = 1974–present
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| spouse = {{marriage|Senator Jose Menéndez|1995}}
| children = Dominic(b. 2000)
Victoria(b. 2002)
Austin(b. 2007)
| parents = Buhl Thompson Newman (deceased) 11/20/1933 - 08/23/2013 & Winifred Lee Barnum-Newman (10/31/1940)
| website = facebook/newmanartista.com
facebook/Olivia-Adair.com
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Celia Maria Newman (born October 21, 1968, in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico) is an actress, sometimes credited as Cehlia Barnum. She has been in numerous feature films and appeared in the TV series Dallas in the 1980s.
Life and career
Newman is married to Texas State Senator Jose Menendez (District 26) and has been actively involved in her husband's political career. She gave birth to the couple's third child in 2007.
A relative on her father's side was actor and political satirist Will Rogers and on her mother's side showman P.T. Barnum.
Early life
Newman attended University of The Incarnate Word and received a degree in child psychology. While there she participated in the theater program and was directed in several student productions. These productions included Golden Boy as Lorna, directed by actor Ricardo Chavira.
Newman is of Scotch-Irish, Spanish, Cherokee and Prussian Jewish descent.
As a child, Newman was a member, of the Texas Children's Bach Choir; she studied opera for several years and was listed as a coloratura soprano.
Newman now goes by the name Cehlia Nicole Newman-Menendez.{{Cite web|url=http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist124/bio/menendez.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107012819/http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist124/bio/menendez.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 7, 2009|title=Texas House of Representatives: Member Michael Villarreal|date=Jan 7, 2009|accessdate=Sep 21, 2020}}
Family
Spouse - Jose Menéndez (9 September 1995–present)
Children - Dominic, Victoria, Austin
Filmography
- My Two Loves (1986) - Mean Cheerleader - VOC
- The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) - Interview Girl - VOC
- Lost Angels (1989) - Paco's Girl "Maria" - VOC
Television
- Dallas (1985) - “Charlie's friend”/gang leader's girlfriend - VOC
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0628033}}
- [http://www.imagekind.com/MemberProfile.aspx?MID=d0d1b903-c1b3-4bb6-8b01-5ac35dc61468 Artwork by Cehlia Newman]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090116020021/http://www.newmanartista.com/ Newman Artista]
- [http://www.the-artists.org/ArtistView.cfm?id=FD45051F-1372-5329-667880CACEA9B6DE Texas Artist Cehlia Newman-Menendez]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081120192153/http://www.documentakassel.com/2008/07/07/ Artist's Review]
- [http://cehlianewman.imagekind.com/MemberProfile.aspx?MID=d0d1b903-c1b3-4bb6-8b01-5ac35dc61468 Imagekind Artists]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110520150852/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/147803/Celia-Newman Ny times article] BLP_IMDb-only_refimprove
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Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:American jewelry designers
Category:Mexican emigrants to the United States
Category:University of the Incarnate Word alumni
Category:People from San Miguel de Allende
Category:Actresses from Guanajuato