Background
Alison Newman was born in Bournemouth, Hampshire (now Dorset) to David and Jenny Newman. Her father died in October 2002, while she was filming the second series of Football players" Wives.
Alison Newman was born in Bournemouth, Hampshire (now Dorset) to David and Jenny Newman. Her father died in October 2002, while she was filming the second series of Football players" Wives.
University of Manchester.
She has one sister called Sarah. Instead she joined the National Youth when she was 16. The producers allowed her to take time off from filming some of her last scenes in the series finale so she could be with her family.
Despite studying drama at the University of Manchester Alison Newman did not work as an actress for almost ten years after graduating.
She says that she hated the experience of being at drama school and lost her confidence. During this time, she worked in a variety of professions, including publishing, catering, barwork and spent a number of years working in the music industry.
She returned to acting when she was almost 30 after being offered a part in a play written by Anthony Neilson, with whom she had previously worked as an assistant director This was followed by a role playing a psychotic serial killer in Touching Evil III (1999) with Robson Green (who she would later appear with in RocketMan), and the film Butterfly Collectors (1999), alongside Pete Postlethwaite.
Football players Wives In 2002, Newman was cast in the role of ruthless lesbian football agent, and later club chair, Hazel Bailey in Football players Wives.
Newman was allegedly awarded the role on the strength of a two-episode guest appearance in the series Bad Girls, in which she played Renee Williams who set out to secure revenge on nemesis Top Dog Yvonne Atkins (Linda Henry). Both programmes were made by Shed Productions. The part of Hazel Bailey required Newman to have her naturally blonde hair dyed red.
Newman left the show at the end of series 4, when her character decided to return to sports representation, after becoming romantically involved with a professional tennis player.