Lila Newman (born in New York City, New York) is an American actress, writer, comedian, humorist, singer and musician. She is the daughter of actor Fred Newman.

Lila Newman holds a B.A. from the University of Chicago, where she was a member of Off Off Campus.^[1] She also has an MFA from Drama Centre London.^[2]

Lila Newman is known for her work on Alpha House (2014)^[3] written by Garry Trudeau, playing opposite John Goodman and Julie White. From 2013 - 2017, Lila regularly contributed comedy writing to A Prairie Home Companion—often receiving on-air credits for work—and has appeared on the show twice as part of the Royal Academy of Radio Actors.^[4][5] Lila contributed comedy sketches to Live From Here on American Public Media, hosted by Chris Thile.^[6] Since Summer 2017, Lila has also been collaborating as a writer and voice actor with Radiotopia's The Truth (podcast).^[7][8]

She was recently awarded the Edes Prize from the Edes Foundation for the creation of a new play on the life and work of Radio Sound Effects Pioneer Ora Nichols.^{[9][10][11][12]}