Veronica Webb

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Veronica Webb (born February 23, 1965) is an American supermodel, actress, writer, and journalist. She is of African-American, German & Iroquois descent.^{[citation needed]}

Webb was born in Detroit, Michigan and moved to New York City to earn her college degree. In New York, Webb pursued a modeling career and eventually became a spokesmodel for Revlon. She was one of the first Black supermodels to score a cosmetics campaign.^{[citation needed]} In 1985, she appeared briefly in the video for Scritti Politti's "Perfect Way". Using the fame she acquired during her modeling career, Webb was able to get several major roles as a movie actress in films such as Jungle Fever (1991) and Malcolm X (1992), as well as smaller roles in several other films.

Veronica Webb is thought to be the unnamed supermodel who dates the character "Alex di Silva" in British journalist Toby Young's autobiographical book How to Lose Friends and Alienate People.^{[citation needed]} "Alex di Silva" is thought to be Toby's friend Sacha Gervasi.

Webb contributes to several organizations, including the National Breast Cancer Coalition and the LIFEbeat team.

She is married to George Robb and they have 2 daughters together: Leila Rose Robb (born October 12, 2002) and Molly Blue Robb (born May 21, 2004).

[edit] Partial filmography

• Zoolander
• Soul Train
• In Too Deep (1999 film)

[edit] External links

• Veronica Webb at the Internet Movie Database
• Veronica Webb Yahoo Group