An alumna - and one of the founders - of The Groundlings comedy troupe
in Los Angeles.
Has a twin brother named Paul Newman.
The song "Never Let Her Slip Away", written and recorded by Andrew Gold, was about Newman. The two were a couple during the late 1970s when the ballad hit #5 on the UK charts.
Gave birth to her first child at age 39, a daughter, Lena Einbinder, in August 1991. Child's father is her husband, Chad Einbinder.
Began studying improvisational comedy at age 15.
Gave birth to her second child at age 43, a daughter, Hannah Einbinder, on 21 May 1995. Child's father is her husband, Chad Einbinder.
She is of Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent.
She attended Beverly Hills High School and California Institute of the
Arts.