In August 2016, she was cast in the recurring role of Wildred Darnell on the fifth season of TNT's procedural drama series "Major Crimes". The following year, Newman began starring in the series regular role of Sarah Lieberman on Netflix's Marvel drama "The Punisher", a spin-off series featuring the character from "Daredevil". She then recurred as Irene McAllistair in the third season of the Syfy drama series "The Magicians". Newman had a recurring role as Linda Langer in the second season of Bravo's dark comedy series "Imposters". In 2018, she produced her first feature film, the biographical racial drama "Skin", directed by her husband Guy Nattiv. For her work, she received the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.