Paula Newsome

From the early '90s onward, African-American actress Paula Newsome built a fairly substantial career for herself via many small supporting roles in films and television series. She debuted on the big screen in 1992, as Ellen in Barnet Kellman's Dolly Parton comedy Straight Talk, then spent years making single-episode appearances in such programs as ER, Ally McBeal, and Law & Order, as well as multiple-episode runs on Chicago Hope, NYPD Blue, and The Lyon's Den. Newsome's career escalated most dramatically, however, between 2006 and 2007, with her contributions to the comedy Little Miss Sunshine (2006), the Adam Sandler drama Reign Over Me, the drama Things We Lost in the Fire, and the ABC detective series Women's Murder Club (as Claire Washburn, a member of an all-female team of investigators).

Highest Rated Movies

Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
No Score Yet	Revival!	Mother Mary	—	2018
39%	Black or White	Judge Cummins	$15.6M	2015
No Score Yet	Thinspiration (Starving in Suburbia)	Ms. Christie	—	2014
65%	Things We Lost in the Fire	Diane	$3.3M	2007
64%	Reign Over Me	Melanie	$19.7M	2007
91%	Little Miss Sunshine	Linda	$59.9M	2006
42%	Guess Who	Darlene	$68M	2005
36%	Straight Talk	Ellen	—	1992

Rating	Title	Credit	Year
100%	Boomerang 2018	Victoria Johnson	2019
57%	Magnum P.I. 2018	Brianna Healy	2019
99%	Barry 2018	Detective Moss Moss	2018
53%	Doubt 2017	Talia Mendez	2017
80%	Castle 2009-2016	Debbie Parker	2015
92%	Suburgatory 2011-2014	Tracy	2014 2013 2012
No Score Yet	NCIS 2003	Jackie Vance	2013 2012 2009
90%	Bones 2005-2017	Kelly Bessette	2009
89%	The New Adventures of Old Christine 2006-2010	Principal Slater	2009 2007
55%	The Women's Murder Club 2007-2008	Claire Washburn	2008 2007
No Score Yet	Night Stalker 2005	Dr. Lawrence	2005
No Score Yet	Yes, Dear 2000-2006	Donna	2005
84%	NYPD Blue 1993-2005	Tammy	2004
No Score Yet	Crime Scene Investigation [DELETED] 2003-2010	Evelyn Thacker	2003
No Score Yet	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000-2015	Evelyn Thacker	2003
67%	The Lyon's Den 2003	Kathy Wolfe Kathy Wolf	2003
No Score Yet	Judging Amy 1999-2005	Diane Pitt	2002
20%	City of Angels 2000	Dr. Helen Chanley	2000
No Score Yet	Dharma & Greg 1997-2002	Charlene	2000
No Score Yet	ER 1994-2009	Receptionist	2000
61%	Ally McBeal 1997-2002	Phyllis Butters	1999
8%	Conrad Bloom 1998	Faye Reynolds	1998
No Score Yet	Law & Order 1990-2010	Carol Mallon	1998

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