Becki Newton

Becki was raised and born in Guilford (Connecticut) however, she was born in New Haven. Her parents are English and Czech heritage. She began her career in theaters around the area. for European History. Newton in European History, who was an Penn pupil, was also was a member of Alpha Chi Omega. Newton made the move from Penn to New York City after graduation and started work on television commercials, including Olive Garden. Newton played the character Amanda Tanen in the comedy-drama show Ugly Betty from 2006 to 2010. Newton along with 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, which had several successful seasons at the time and was later cancelled in. It was able to get a proper finale. In late 2009, Newton appeared at an New York City Center Encores! Jerry Zaks was the director of the Gershwin production, Girl Crazy. Newton portrayed Molly Gray opposite her real-life husband Chris Diamantopoulos. Newton appeared on the tv show Love Bites. Cindy Chupack was the executive producer for this romantic comedy. Cindy Chupack worked with Sex and the City. NBC has announced the return of the show in the month of May 2010.However, with Newton announcing her pregnancy, co-star Jordana Spiro was bound by a contract to remain on her previous program My Boys (which later was then cancelled) and Chupack's decision to exit the show Love Bites was pushed back to mid-season.