Chloe Webb is an American actress, best known for her roles in films Sid and
Nancy, The Belly of an Architect, Twins, and Heart Condition. She also was
nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for her role as Laurette Barber in the
ABC drama series China Beach, and has a recurring role as Monica Gallagher on
the Showtime comedy-drama Shameless. Life and career
= Early life= 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 spent a lot of
time with her grandmother who resided in New York City. She attended an all-girls
Catholic high school before enrolling at The Boston Conservatory and later,
Berklee College of Music. 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 Off-Broadway revue parodying musical theatre, particularly
Broadway musicals. Four years later, she made her film debut in Alex Cox's Sid &
Nancy; she portrayed the infamous, heroin-addicted Nancy Spungen,
girlfriend of punk rock singer Sid Vicious. Her performance garnered best
actress awards from The National Society of Film Critics, The Boston Film Critics
and the The San Francisco Film Critics. 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 ABC'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, and a cameo
as a woman convinced that she had been abducted by aliens in Ghostbusters II.
In-between roles in motion pictures and television series, Webb frequently
appeared in several Los Angeles based stage productions: The House of Blue
Leaves, for which she won a Drama-Logue Award, and The Model Apartment; her
performance earned her a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and another
Drama-Logue Award. = 1990s=
At the start of a new decade, Webb co-starred alongside Denzel Washington
and Bob Hoskins in Heart Condition. In 1991, she had assumed the role of a
hairdresser in the comedy film Queens Logic. The same year, Webb played a
woman with a developmental disability who wins the lottery but her fortune
leads to tension between her mother and sister in ABC’s made-for-TV film Lucky
Day; followed were the roles of an Australian Red Cross worker in the drama
film Silent Cries, Debra Winger's character's colleague in Stephen
Gyllenhaal's A Dangerous Woman, and the eccentric Mona Ramsey in Armistead
Maupin miniseries Tales of the City. Other roles in this decade include:
Annette Bening's friend in Love Affair the 1994 remake of the 1939 film of the
same name; Robin Wright's character's friend in She's So Lovely and Sandra
Bullock's friend Carla in Practical Magic.
= 2000s= The turn of a new century found Webb
assuming guest spots in several television series: CBS's Judging Amy,
FOX's House, CBS's Two and a Half Men, NBC's Medium, and CBS's CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation. Webb reunited with Cox in 2009 for his film Repo Chick; she played
Sister Duncan. = 2010s=
Webb's most recent role was as Monica Gallagher, William H. Macy's character's
estranged wife in Showtime's comedy-drama TV series Shameless; her
performance earned her a nomination for Critics' Choice Television Award for
Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series. Filmography
References External links
Chloe Webb at the Internet Movie Database