Denise Newman ta kasance ‘yar wasan fim din Afirka ta Kudu ce. Newman ta girma ne a unguwar Athlone da ke Cape Town, ofar mai aikin saka tufafi. Ta bayyana kanta a matsayin ɗiyar da ke kaɗaita wacce za ta ƙirƙiri nata nishaɗin. Bayan ta kammala makarantar sakandaren Athlone a 1972, sai ta koma Amurka don yin karatun digiri na biyu. Newman ta dawo Afirka ta Kudu a cikin 1974 don nazarin aikin zamantakewa kuma ta sami aiki a ofishin gidaje a Hanover Park. Ta gano gidan wasan kwaikwayo na sararin samaniya, gidan wasan kwaikwayo kaɗai a cikin ƙasar da ke da ƙungiyoyi masu yawa da masu sauraro ba tare da izini ba, kuma daraktansa Brian Astbury ne ya ƙarfafa ta yin aiki a can. Newman tayi aiki ta share bene da yin wanki na 'yan wasan kafin ya zama manajan wasan a 1979. Babban rawar da ta taka na farko shi ne a wargi na Siyasa, wanda Jean Naidoo ya jagoranta kuma Peter Snyders ya rubuta . A cikin 1982, Newman ta fara fim dinta a matsayin Yvonne Jacobs, ma'aikaciyar babban kanti wacce ta yi soyayya da wani farin fata, a cikin Garin Masoya .