Early Life
Newman began acting in theater at the age of 5 with the San Antonio Little Theater "Saltines". As a teenager, she began a modeling career in Texas and dabbled in acting. She began to pursue a serious acting career when she was cast in the feature film The Legend of Billie Jean. This was the same time she became a SAG member and began traveling to Los Angeles on a regular basis for auditions.
After completing the filming of Lost Angels directed by Hugh Hudson, Celia moved to Los Angeles and was represented by The David Shapira Agency.
Dismayed with the "Hollywood" scene, Newman returned to her home in Texas, in 1990, and followed her true passion, art.
Newman attended University of The Incarnate Word and received a degree in child psychology. While there she participated in the theater program and was directed in several student productions. These productions included Golden Boy as Lorna, directed by actor Ricardo Chavira.
Newman is of Irish, Swiss, Spanish, Jewish, and Cherokee descent.
As a child Newman was a member of the Texas Children's Bach Choir. She studied opera for several years and was listed as a coloratura soprano.
Newman now goes by the name Cehlia Newman-Menendez.
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