The Daily Deep Dive with Paula Newsome

Color Of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization.

They help people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. As a national online force driven by 7 million members, we move decision-makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America.

Their campaigns and initiatives win changes that matter. By designing strategies powerful enough to fight racism and injustice—in politics and culture, in the work place and the economy, in criminal justice and community life, and wherever they exist—we are changing both the written and unwritten rules of society. We mobilize our members to end practices and systems that unfairly hold Black people back, and champion solutions that move us all forward. Until justice is real.

Children of Uganda – Mission is to confront poverty and social injustice in Uganda, through the education and empowerment of its most vulnerable children and their families. To realize a future for Uganda where all orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC) have access to quality education and livelihood support. To invest in families, who have experienced acute or chronic trauma, so that they may develop the necessary skills to become responsible and self-sustaining. 

BIO
Veteran film, television and stage actress Paula Newsome is best known for her standout performance opposite Henry Winkler and Bill Hader as the fierce, funny and fragile ‘Detective Janice Moss’ in HBO’s Emmy-winning series Barry. In October 2021, she made her debut as “Maxine Roby” in CSI: Vegas, the sequel to the mothership CSI series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, alongside returning stars William Petersen, Jorja Fox, and Wallace Langham.

In December 2021, Newsome will co-star in the eagerly anticipated Spider-Man: No Way Homefeature film with Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Marisa Tomei.

Newsome was born and raised in Chicago. Four months after moving to New York, she was cast in Lincoln Center’s Tony Award-winning Carousel.  She then performed in several Off-Broadway and regional productions, before making her big screen debut opposite Dolly Parton in the romantic comedy Straight Talk.

Newsome co-starred alongside Angie Harmon in the police drama Women’s Murder Club. She has made numerous guest star appearances on notable television series, most recently via an emotional arc on the popular Dick Wolf franchise Chicago Med and Steven Bochco’s City of Angels with Viola Davis and Gabrielle Union. Other television credits include Suits, Transparent, Pretty Little Liars, NCIS, Suburgatory, and How to Get Away with Murder opposite Viola Davis.

On the big screen, Newsome previously appeared in Guess Who opposite Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher; Little Miss Sunshine; Things We Lost in the Fire; Black or White; and Reign Over Mealongside Don Cheadle, Adam Sandler and Jada Pinkett Smith.

Newsome attended Webster University in St. Louis and earned her degree in Musical Theatre.  She is trilingual, speaking English, French, and Italian, and enjoys riding horses. She currently resides in Los Angeles.