Background
Webb was born in New York City and grew up in various cities on the East Coast – depending on where her father was working at the time – he was a bridge and road designer.
Webb was born in New York City and grew up in various cities on the East Coast – depending on where her father was working at the time – he was a bridge and road designer.
She attended an all-girls Catholic high school before enrolling at The Boston Conservatory and later, Berklee College of Music.
She also was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for her role as Laurette Barber in the American Broadcasting Company drama series China Beach, and has a recurring role as Monica Gallagher on the Showtime comedy-drama Shameless. Originally, Webb pursued her passion in singing by singing in bars she was too young to drink in. She realized that even though she was passionate in singing, she was better at acting.
1980s
In April 1982, Webb joined Forbidden Broadway, an Office-Broadway revue parodying musical theatre, particularly Broadway musicals.
Four years later, she made her film debut in Alex Cox"s Sid & Nancy (1986). She portrayed the infamous, heroin-addicted Nancy Spungen, girlfriend of punk rock singer Sid Vicious.
Followed were the roles of Brian Dennehy"s estranged socialite girlfriend in Peter Greenaway"s 1987 drama film The Belly of an Architect. A young woman from Paoli, Pennsylvania with dreams to become a successful singer in American Broadcasting Company"s drama television series China Beach.
Webb appeared in only seven episodes.
Other roles include: Danny DeVito"s character"s kooky girlfriend in Ivan Reitman"s comedy film Twins (1988), and a cameo as a woman convinced that she had been abducted by aliens in Ghostbusters II (1989). 1990s
At the start of a new decade, Webb co-starred alongside Denzel Washington and Bob Hoskins in Heart Condition (1990). In 1991, she had assumed the role of a hairdresser in the comedy film Queens Logic.
2000s
The turn of a new century found Webb assuming guest spots in several television series: Columbia Broadcasting System"s Judging Amy (2003), FOX"s House (2005), Columbia Broadcasting System"s Two and a Half Men (2005), National Broadcasting Company"s Medium (2005), and Columbia Broadcasting System"s Computer Society of India: Crime Scene Investigation (2008).