Biografía

Studied mime with Marcel Marceau in Paris at age 18.

The song "Never Let Her Slip Away", written and recorded by Andrew Gold, was about Newman. The two were a couple during the late 1970s when the ballad hit #5 on the UK charts.

Began studying improvisational comedy at age 15.

Gave birth to her first child at age 39, a son, Spike Einbinder, in August 1991. Child's father is her husband, Chad Einbinder.

An alumna - and one of the founders - of The Groundlings comedy troupe in Los Angeles.