Stage-trained performer who garnered wide critical acclaim (including a best actress award from the National Society of Film Critics) for her impassioned portrayal of drug-addicted, punk rock groupie Nancy Spungen in Alex Cox's "Sid and Nancy" (1986). Webb smoothly shifted gears to play Brian Dennehy's adulterous wife in Peter Greenaway's Pythagorean "The Belly of an Architect" (1987) and reached a wide audience as the girlfriend of Danny DeVito in the entertaining piece of Hollywood fluff, "Twins" (1988).
Education
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Boston Conservatory of Music and Drama, Boston, Massachusetts
Milestones
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1982 Was an original cast member of off-Broadway revue, "Forbidden Broadway"; contributes material to the show
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1983 TV debut as cast member of the late night talk-variety show, "Thicke of the Night"
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1986 Feautre film debut, "Sid and Nancy"
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1987 Had featured role on the ABC drama series "China Beach"
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1991 First TV-movie, "Lucky Day"
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1994 TV miniseries debut, featured in "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City" (PBS)
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1996 Co-starred in the off-Broadway production of "The Waiting Room"