#Becki newton series

On September 13, 2019, it was announced that Newton will once again team up with Urie on a sitcom project for CBS and Warner Bros.

#Becki newton series

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. In 2013, Newton starred in the midseason Fox comedy series The Goodwin Games. 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. Love Bites was ultimately aired in July 2011 on NBC and was cancelled after its first-season order of episodes was burned off. However, with Newton announcing her pregnancy, 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. NBC announced the pick up of the series in May 2010. The hour-long romantic comedy was created by executive producer Cindy Chupack, who worked on Sex and the City. Newton starred in the television series Love Bites in 2011. She portrayed Molly Gray and performed opposite real-life husband Chris Diamantopoulos.

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. Ugly Betty was cancelled in 2010 after four seasons. She also starred in ABC.com's web series Mode After Hours opposite Urie. With co-star Michael Urie, Newton co-hosted the official Ugly Betty podcast. Newton portrayed the character Amanda Tanen in the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty from 2006 to 2010. Newton also appeared in a PSA video about the dangers of drinking for Human Relations Media, called 'Keg Party.' Īfter graduation, Newton then moved to New York City and landed several roles in television commercials for such companies as the Olive Garden. She began performing musicals and plays at local theaters and studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated with a B.A. Newton is a first cousin once removed of actress Sienna Miller. She is of English, Czech, Norwegian, French, and Scottish descent. Newton was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the daughter of Thomas Newton and Jennifer Newton (née Chase), daughter of composer and arranger Bruce Chase and violinist Fannie (née Paschell) Chase.