Television Newbould was 16 years old when she played Karen in the 1974 ABC telemovie
Lindsay’s Boy set during the
Second World War. Late in the same year she appeared in the six-part comedy series
The Rise and Fall of Wellington Boots, also on the ABC. She then worked in several television series for the
Grundy Organisation, and in 1977 played a guest role in the soap opera,
The Young Doctors. She then became a popular original cast member of
The Restless Years as Alison Clark. The series started in late 1977 and Newbould left in early 1979. Soon afterwards she took a role as reporter Kate Ashton in
Daily at Dawn. She later played two roles in another Grundy series,
Prisoner. She appeared first in 1982 as Hannah Simpson and then 1986 as Wendy Glover. In 1982, she also played Craig's girlfriend Wendy in Kingswood Country, Episode - 'Licence to Thrill.' She was also a regular in the soap opera
E Street, first appearing in 1989 as a court lawyer, then in 1991 as Virginia Travis, the first victim of 'Mr Bad' in the infamous serial-killer storyline. ==Theatre ==