Arlene Newman

Arlene Newman

History

Arlene Newman is an American actress and producer. She has performed in many roles in both television and film including the hit television shows Lost, Marker, Fantasy Island and movies such as 10 Minutes, Poison Sky, Alice, and the faith based films Soul Surfer, My First Miracle and Romans Road. She has worked with a number of recognizable faces including academy award winning actor Lou Gossett Jr, Dennis Quaid, Quinton Aaron, Kevin Sorbo, Sean Patrick Flanery, Carrie Underwood, Jimmy Borges, Stephen Baldwin, Helen Hunt, Kent Faulcon, Glenn Plummer, Jeremy Sumpter, John Philbin, Emilie De Ravin, Branscombe Richmond, Kenny Lofton, Chris Carmack, Bethany Hamilton, Matt Rauch, Jason London, Craig T. Nelson and AnnaSophia Robb. She was very close to her mentor Mr. Radio "Joe Franklin" calling him her adopted grandfather. Arlene grew up in New Hampshire, and spent some of her childhood in Alaska and Canada. As an adult, She has lived and worked in Italy and Japan. Her father is from Newfoundland Canada and her mother from New Hampshire. Growing up in a musical Scotch/Irish home, Arlene did her first TV appearance at the age of 5 on a show called "The Uncle Guss Show" filmed in New Hampshire. Her father is a bagpiper/minister and her mother a teacher. She started dance at a very young age and competed in many pageants, including winning the Miss Interline pageant and Mrs. Hawaii America pageant. Arlene found her passion for acting as a child. She started acting with a group of kids that would get together during the summer months. They would write plays, make costumes, then dance, sing and perform on a beach for all summer vacationers. She would also spend a lot of time working with the children's ministry performing in the church. She started taking acting acting classes in grammar school and had the lead in several plays in high school. Her high school drama coach as well as her dance instructor encouraged her to continue acting after high school. She uses many of the personal experiences of working with foster children, prevent child abuse, and crisis pregnancy center to develop her characters. She works with several charities that are dear to her heart. She was the spokes person for "Prevent Child Abuse in 2005. She works with Heart Gallery, St. Charles Home, Cards for Kids in Hospitals, and Aloha Pregnancy Center.

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Arlene Newman

Movies

Angel by Thursday
Mrs. Tobias
Two families struggling with scars of the past, find they are linked by a series of uncanny events, propelling them on a journey in search of forgiveness, healing and hope.
The Wrong Missy
Barbara Winstone
A guy meets the woman of his dreams and invites her to his company's corporate retreat, but realizes he sent the invite to the wrong person.
Go for Broke
Eleanor Roosevelt
During the tumultuous year after the attack on Pearl Harbor, a group of University of Hawaii ROTC students navigate wartime Hawaii and fight discrimination.
The Cleaner and the Deadman
Plamena Gatchevska
Two contract killers are hired by competing cartels to hunt down an elusive drug scientist. The scientist escapes, leading to a globetrotting chase and fight for survival.
Jurassic World
Woman with Baby (uncredited)
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.
Aloha
Spy Mom (uncredited)
A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him.
Battleship
Naval Officer
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of an international naval coalition which becomes the world's last hope for survival as they engage the hostile alien force of unimaginable strength. While taking on the invaders, Hopper must also try to live up to the potential that his brother, and his fiancée's father—an Admiral—expect of him.
A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!
Mom On Beach
The television movie is set in the city of Dimmsdale and centers on the series' main protagonist Timmy Turner with his fairy godparents Cosmo and Wanda and his fairy godbrother Poof. In the movie, Timmy is now 23 years old but is still in fifth grade with his fairy-obsessed fifth grade teacher Mr. Crocker. Despite being grown up, Timmy finds a loophole in the fairy rulebook Da Rules: if he continues to act like a kid, he will still get to keep his fairies. However, the dilemma rises when Tootie, who was once a dorky girl when she was 10 years old, returns to Dimmsdale as an attractive woman. Timmy falls in love with her, a sign that he is growing up to an adult, which means he is closer to losing his fairies. Meanwhile, an oil business tycoon named Hugh J. Magnate, Jr., who teams up with Mr. Crocker, plans to use Timmy's fairies' magic in order to promote his oil business.
Soul Surfer
Cydney Blanchard
The true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith.
Just Go with It
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
While romancing Palmer, a much younger schoolteacher, plastic surgeon Danny Maccabee enlists his loyal assistant Katherine to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, Katherine's kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend in Hawaii that will change all their lives.
Princess Ka'iulani
Woman in New York
Lush scenery and gorgeous photography highlight this bio of Princess Ka'iulani (Q'Orianka Kilcher), a 19th-century Hawaiian princess raised in England but determined to maintain her people's independence from aggressive American businessmen. After being sent to England as a child by her Scottish father, Ka'iulani returns to Hawaii and becomes a political activist who fights to retain her throne, even though she must leave her English paramour.
Deadly Honeymoon
Mrs. Nadene Forrest
Handsome silver spoon Texan Trevor Forrest can't always control his tendencies to flirt and gamble, even on honeymoon cruise to Tahiti with Lindsey Ross Forrest, which may compromise their business ambitions. The ship captain asks FBI agent Gwen Merced, on cruise, to investigate discretely when Trevor goes missing, probably fallen or pushed overboard as blood traces are found. It's unclear whether the Hungarian business trio Luka, Max and Ben are innocent flirtatious gamblers like Trevor or criminals, but others have hidden agendas too.
Flirting with Forty
A divorcee has a passionate affair with a much younger surfing instructor in Hawaii.
Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding
Beach Girl
Mitch Buchannon (David Hasselhoff) was believed to have died in a boating accident at the end of the 10th season of Baywatch. However, it turns out he only had amnesia and has been recovering in a Los Angeles hospital. His new fiancée, Allison Ford (Alexandra Paul), resembles his old lover, Lt. Stephanie Holden (also played by Alexandra Paul), who died during the seventh season of Baywatch. However, she is cooperating with an old nemesis of Mitch's, the still undead Mason Sato (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) from the second season, to get revenge on Mitch.