{{Short description|American actress (born 1968)}} {{BLP one source|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Celia Newman | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|10|21}} | birth_place = San Miguel de Allende, Mexico | years_active = 1974–present | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = {{marriage|Senator Jose Menéndez|1995}} | children = Dominic(b. 2000)<br />Victoria(b. 2002)<br />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<br/>facebook/Olivia-Adair.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.
==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.<ref name="Texas House of Representatives: Member Michael Villarreal" />
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.<ref name="Texas House of Representatives: Member Michael Villarreal">{{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}}</ref>
== Family == Spouse - Jose Menéndez (9 September 1995–present)<br> 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
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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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