Becki Newton

Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Becki Newton grew up within Guilford, Connecticut. She's English as well as Czech descent and began performing productions, plays and musicals in local theaters. She also was a student at the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated with the degree of a B.A. of European History. In the University of Penn, Newton was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. After graduation, Newton then moved to New York City and landed many roles in television commercials with companies such as and the Olive Garden. Newton was the character Amanda Tanen on the comedy-drama Ugly Betty series from 2006 to 2010. Newton as well as her co-star Michael Urie co-hosted The Official Ugly Betty Blog. She also appeared on ABC.com ?Ts Mode After Hours Webisode The Series. Ugly Betty ended in 2010 following several seasons of success which allowed it to be the option of ending it with a. Newton was the first to make the New York City Center encores debut in the year 2009. production of the Gershwin musical Girl Crazy, which was directed by Jerry Zaks. Newton played Molly Gray and performed opposite her husband, real life Chris Diamantopoulos. Newton appeared in Love Bites. This romantic comedy lasted for an hour and was co-created by the executive producer Cindy Chupack, who worked for Sex and the City. NBC has picked the series up in the month of May, 2010; However, because of Newton's pregnancy announcement, Jordana Spiro's contractual commitment to continue on the show with My Boys The show was pulled later on, as well as Chupack having a desire to quit Love Bites, the premiere was pushed to midseason.