Celia Newman

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Celia Newman(aka:Cehlia Newman-Menendez)
Born Celia Maria Newman
(1968-10-21) October 21, 1968
San Miguel De Allende, Mexico
Residence San Antonio/Austin, Texas
Other names Cehlia Barnum,
Cehlia Newman-Menendez
Spouse(s) Rep. Jose Menendez (1995 - present)
Website
www.newmanartista.com
www.chouchoujewelry.com

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.

Newman is an artist and jewelry designer since 2000.

Newman is married to Texas State Representative Jose Menendez(District 124) and has been actively involved in her husband's political career for the past 11 years. She gave birth to the couple's third child in 2007.[1]

A relative on her father's side was actor and political satirist Will Rogers and on her mother's side showman P.T. Barnum.[2]

Early life

Newman began acting in theater at the age of 5 with the San Antonio Little Theater "Saltines". As a teenager, she began a modeling career in Texas and dabbled in acting. She began to pursue a serious acting career when she was cast in the feature film The Legend of Billie Jean. This was the same time she became a SAG member and began traveling to Los Angeles on a regular basis for auditions.[5]

After completing the filming of Lost Angels directed by Hugh Hudson, Celia moved to Los Angeles and was represented by The David Shapira Agency.

Dismayed with the "Hollywood" scene, Newman returned to her home in Texas, in 1990, and followed her true passion, art.

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. [4]

Newman is of Irish, Swiss, Spanish, Jewish, and Cherokee descent. [2]

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. [3]

Newman now goes by the name Cehlia Newman-Menendez.[1]

References

1.^ http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist124/bio/menendez.htm 2.^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628033/bio 3.^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628033/bio 4.^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628033/bio 5.^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628033/bio

Family

Spouse - Jose Menendez
(9 September 1995–present)

Children - Dominic, Victoria, Austin

Filmography

Television

  • Dallas (1985) - Charlie's friend/gang leader's girlfriend

External links

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