Background
Newton was born in New Haven, Connecticut.
Newton was born in New Haven, Connecticut.
She began performing musicals and plays at local theaters, and studied at the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in European History.
Early life and education
She is of English and Czechoslovakian descent. Her maternal grandfather was composer and arranger Bruce Chase. After graduation, Newton then moved to New York City and landed several roles in television commercials for such companies as the Olive Garden.
Newton portrayed the character Amanda Tanen in the American Broadcasting Company comedy-drama series Ugly Betty from 2006 to 2010.
With co-star Michael Urie, Newton co-hosted the official Ugly Betty podcast. She also starred in American Broadcasting Company.com"s web series Mode After Hours opposite Urie.
Her performance attracted extremely positive reviews from critics and Amanda was arguably one of, if not the most popular character on the show, mainly due to her comical personality. Ugly Betty was canceled in 2010 after four seasons, allowing the show to receive a proper series finale.
In late 2009, Newton performed at a New York City Center Encores! presentation of the Gershwin musical Girl Crazy, which was directed by Jerry Zaks.
She portrayed Molly Gray and performed opposite real-life husband Chris Diamantopoulos. Newton starred in the television series Love Bites in 2011. The hour-long romantic comedy was created by executive producer Cindy Chupack, who worked on Sex and the City.
National Broadcasting Company announced the pick up of the series in May 2010.
However, with Newton announcing her pregnancy, co-star Jordana Spiro contractually obligated to stay with her other show, My Boys (which was later cancelled), and Chupack"s desire to leave the show, Love Bites was pushed back to midseason. Love Bites aired in July 2011 on National Broadcasting Company and was cancelled after eight episodes.
In 2013, Newton starred in the midseason Fox comedy series The Goodwin Games. Personal life
Her older brother, Matt Newton, is also an actor.
He played the recurring role of Marc Saint James" boyfriend Troy in the fourth and final season of Ugly Betty.