Lee Newton
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Newton at VidCon 2012
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| Born |
Ashley Rose Newton April 13, 1985 Coarsegold, California, U.S. |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actress, comedian, web personality |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Employer | Phil DeFranco Networks & Merchandise |
| Notable work | SourceFed |
| Internet information | |
| Web alias(es) | Lee Newton |
| Web hosting service(s) | YouTube |
| Signature phrase | Hello, pretty babies!, "Woof" |
Ashley Rose Newton (born April 13, 1985), known professionally as Lee Newton, is an actress, comedian and Web personality. She is a former co-host of the YouTube news channel SourceFed, as well as a regular performer of The Gym Comedy group. Newton studied theatre in college, and is a member of The Groundlings Sunday Company.
Lee Newton was raised in Coarsegold, California. She believes that she is "a blend of her Father's wit and sarcasm and her Mother's absolute absurdity." She also has a brother and a sister. Her brother, Jake, is a musician, and has his own YouTube channel. On March 2, 2012, a video was posted to her brother, Jake Newton's YouTube channel of the two singing a song cover of Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody".
Newton was born with several congenital heart defects, including a ventricular septal defect, an atrial septal defect, transposition of the great vessels, and pulmonic stenosis. She has undergone 4 open heart surgeries at the ages of 14 days old, 13 months old, 7 years old, and 13 years old. Due to this, Newton has often said that she is an advocate of people donating organs.
Newton studied theatre in college after receiving a theatre directed scholarship.
Newton is a comedian who performed short skits and improv at the Gym Comedy Group. Newton is also known for being an alumna of The Groundlings' Sunday Company.
Newton, despite her theatre background, rose to fame as a full-time co-host of SourceFed, a YouTube pop culture & news channel. The channel was one of the first 100 YouTube premium channels. She is also seen on the SourceFedNERD spin-off channel. On the series, Table Talk, Newton revealed that "Lee" was just a nickname and that her real first name is Ashley.
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