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.