Chloe Webb


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 a Primetime Emmy Award for her role as Laurette Barber in the ABC drama series China Beach, and had 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, a bridge and road designer, was working. She spent much time with her grandmother, who resided in New York City. Webb attended Bishop Grimes High School before enrolling at The Boston Conservatory and later, Berklee College of Music. Originally, she pursued her passion for singing by singing in bars despite being underaged; she realized that even though she greatly enjoyed singing, she was better at acting.

Career

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 San Francisco Film Critics.
She also appeared as Brian Dennehy's estranged socialite girlfriend in Peter Greenaway's 1987 drama film The Belly of an Architect and as Laurette, a young woman from Paoli, Pennsylvania with dreams to become a successful singer in ABC's drama television series China Beach. Other roles include Danny DeVito's character's eccentric 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. 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.
Webb co-starred alongside Denzel Washington and Bob Hoskins in Heart Condition. In 1991, she played a hairdresser in Queens Logic and a woman with a developmental disability who wins the lottery in ABC's made-for-TV film Lucky Day.
Other roles included the eccentric Mona Ramsey in the first season of Armistead Maupin miniseries Tales of the City.
Webb has appeared on several television series: CBS's Judging Amy, FOX's House, CBS's Two and a Half Men, NBC's Medium, and CBS's . Webb reunited with Cox in 2009 for his film Repo Chick; she played Sister Duncan.
Her most recent role was as Monica Gallagher, William H. Macy's character's estranged and unstable 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