Veronica Webb is an American model, writer, and television personality. Born in Detroit, she rose to prominence in the late 1980s and 1990s. She has appeared on the covers of Vogue, Essence, and Elle, and walked runways for designers including Gianni Versace, Azzedine Alaïa, Isaac Mizrahi, and Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel. In 1992, Webb became the first Black model to sign an exclusive cosmetics contract, with Revlon. She has contributed essays to The New York Times, Elle, and Interview.

Career

Webb appeared on the covers of major magazines and walked for designers including Alaïa, Isaac Mizrahi, Karl Lagerfeld, and Todd Oldham. In 1992, she signed an exclusive cosmetics contract with Revlon, the first Black model to do so with a major cosmetics company.

She appeared in the music video for New Order's " Round and Round" from their 1989 album Technique.

In 1991, Webb made her feature film debut in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever. She has had television roles on Becker and Just Shoot Me!, and was the co-host of the first season of Bravo's Tim Gunn's Guide to Style.

Webb has written essays and columns for Interview, Paper Magazine, Details, Elle, The Sunday Times, The New York Times Syndicate, Condé Nast's Cookie magazine, and Esquire. The couple divorced in 2009. She later married Chris Del Gatto.

Filmography

Film

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! Year !! Title !! Role

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| 1991 || Jungle Fever || Vera

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| 1992 || Malcolm X || Sister Lucille Rosary

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| 1993 || For Love or Money || Model

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| 1998 || 54 || VIP Patron

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| 1998 || Holy Man || Diandre

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| 1999 || In Too Deep || Pam

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| 1999 || The Big Tease || Herself

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| 2001 || Zoolander || Herself

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| 2001 || Someone Like You || Herself

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| 2006 || Dirty Laundry || Susan

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Television

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Year !! Title !! Role !! Episodes

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| 1996 || The Sunday Show || || Episode 3.1

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| 1996–1997 || Clueless || Supermodel || 2 episodes

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| 1997 || Just Shoot Me! || Herself || "The Devil and Maya Gallo"

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| 1998 || Damon || Tracy Warren || 2 episodes

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| 2000 || The West Wing || Herself || "20 Hours in L.A."

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| 2001 || Becker || Heidi || "The Princess Cruise"

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| 2001 || It's Like, You Know... || Herself || "Hoop Dreams"

|}

Music videos

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Year !! Artist !! Title

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| 1989 || New Order || "Round & Round"

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| 1989 || Queen Latifah || "Dance for Me"

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| 1989 || Shirlee || "Unity 2"

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| 1995 || Jodeci || "Freek'n You"

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See also

  • List of black fashion models

References

  • Veronica Webb Yahoo Group
  • Veronica Webb's Bio at Bravotv.com