Lee Newton


Ashley Rose Newton, known professionally as Lee Newton, is an American 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 an alumna of The Groundlings Sunday Company. Newton was a founding member of the production company and web-series known as The Valleyfolk, in which she was a co-host alongside fellow former SourceFed hosts Joe Bereta, Elliott Morgan, and Steve Zaragoza.

Early life

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 between the ages of 14 days 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.

Online career

''The Valleyfolk'' (2018−2019)

In 2018, Newton along with founding SourceFed hosts Joe Bereta, Elliott Morgan, and Steve Zaragoza, launched a production company and YouTube channel entitled The Valleyfolk. The Valleyfolk features various series. Among them are The Valleycast, a podcast series, and Your Show, a variety series. The Valleyfolk competed on the NBC comedy competition show Bring the Funny, winning the show's first season in 2019. On September 23, 2019, the other members of The Valleyfolk voted to terminate Newton's employment with the group.

Television appearances

Aside from online works, Newton appeared in the 2014 April Fools episode of Tosh.0. That July, Newton was announced to be included in the cast of Comedy Central's series, CC: Social Scene.
Newton hosted the Lip Sync Battle Preshow with Elliott Morgan for Spike.

Awards and nominations