Elizabeth Newcomer graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA with Honors in Theatre; she got her MFA in Theatre from University of California, San Diego.She got her start Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company in the World Premiere of Howard Korder's "Sea of Tranquility" with Dylan Baker.Since returning to her hometown New Orleans in 2015, her career highlights include acting opposite Chadwick Boseman in Black Panther, for which she won a SAG Award for Best Ensemble.As well as starring as onscreen wife to real life husband, Michael A. Newcomer, in Breaking News in Yuba County. They have two sons, Valentine and Romeo, and their own theatre company, Crescent City Stage.Elizabeth teaches acting, directs, and is a Certified Enneagram Teacher and Coach.