Celia Newman


Celia Maria Newman 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 and has been actively involved in her husband's political career. She gave birth to the couple's third child in 2007.
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.

Family

Spouse - Jose Menéndez
Children - Dominic, Victoria, Austin

Filmography

Television

  • Dallas - “Charlie's friend”/gang leader's girlfriend - VOC