Tara Newley
Tara Cynara Newley (born 12 October 1963) is an English writer, broadcaster and producer.
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| Born | Tara Cynara Newley 12 October 1963 New York City, U.S. |
| Years active | 1984–present |
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Early life
Newley is the daughter of actress Dame Joan Collins and actor/composer/singer Anthony Newley, and sister to Sacha Newley. She lived in Paris for two years to study at The American College in Paris, where her poetry and journalism first found local publication. She transferred to Boston University to study English, French and Russian literature and poetry with Helen Vendler at Harvard.
Early career
Newley was a television presenter, and a recording artist in the early 1990s. Signed to Boy George’s More Protein label with Virgin she wrote the lyrics and sang on the E-Zee Possee single "Breathing Is E-Zee", which went to #72 in the UK singles chart in 1991. She was signed to Trevor Horn’s label ZTT, where she released the single "Save Me from Myself". Further recordings include a duet with her father, the late singer/songwriter Anthony Newley, on a version of "Why?".
Television presenting followed with music shows, ‘Juice’ (Season 1 & 2) and ‘Music from the Circus’ for Granada and ITV. Plus ‘Club Vegetarian’ and ‘The Style Guide’ for Granada, and ‘Celebrity’ for ITV.
As a radio presenter, Newley worked as a presenter for Capital Radio with Neil Fox, Talk Radio, Radio 5, LBC, GLR, France Culture Radio, and Viva!.
As a columnist, she wrote for The Daily Mail and Good Health Magazine as well as had on online column titled "Sex in the Country". As a journalist, she has written for OK!, The Daily Express, and The Sunday Times]].
Voice-over work for children's shows like The Cubeez and The Fimbles followed as well as TV shows for Channel 5 and ITV.
Writer/producer
Newley started her own contents company titled Newley Dale Ltd, in 2007 with BAFTA-nominated producer John Dale, creating innovative content for Comedy Box and Momedia and gaining the attention of BBC3 for the anarchic sitcom Sso!
As a writer/producer, she has worked for Channel 4 and Baby Cow. The screenplay Graffiti Boy <3 Guerrilla Girl won first place at the Moondance International Film Festival and second place at the ReelHeART Film and Screenplay Festival in 2018.
Poetry
Under her married name of Arkle, poetry has appeared at The Bristol Poetry Festival in 2014, The Poetry Shed 2018, and she was long listed for The National Poetry Prize in 2019. She is currently poet in residence at Sidcot School, North Somerset.
Personal life
Newley was married to French composer Michael Adam with whom she has a daughter, Miel Celeste, born 1998. The couple divorced. She later had a son, Weston, born in 2003.
She married writer Nicholas Gilador in 2016, and they live in North Somerset where she continues to write poetry and prose.
