Celia Maria Newman (born October 21, 1968, in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico) is an actress, sometimes credited as Cehlia Barnum. She has been in numerous feature films and appeared in the TV series Dallas in the 1980s. Newman is an artist and jewelry designer since 2000. Newman is married to Texas State Senator Jose Menendez (District 26) and has been actively involved in her husband's political career for the past 11 years. She gave birth to the couple's third child in 2007.A relative on her father's side was actor and political satirist Will Rogers and on her mother's side showman P.T. Barnum.