BRENDA WEBB

 

Brenda Webb is an indigenous Australian singer and actress. At seventeen years of age, she left Grafton and moved to Sydney. Webb was pursuing an acting career before her music become successful. She appeared in some educational videos for Film Australia and a few plays. She also made an appearance in A Country Practice. Webb played teacher Sally Pritchard in television soap opera Neighbours for six weeks in 1994.

Her debut single "Little Black Girl" was nominated for an ARIA Award in 1994 for Best Independent Release."Little Black Girl" was released in 1993 and received radio airplay all over the country. Another song "Melting Pot" (a cover a Blue Mink song) was used by NSW Aboriginal Land Council for an anti-racism campaign. Webb has been a participant in numerous national art exhibitions and in 2002 the Blacktown City Council acquired her work, Hailstorm. She was a finalist in the 2006 Parliament of New South Wales Indigenous Art Prize.

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