Natalie West

Since the early 1980s, West has acted in numerous Chicago playhouses, including the Goodman, Northlight, and Steppenwolf; she is an active ensemble member of A Red Orchid Theater, regularly appearing in the theater's productions, and winning multiple awards for her work. On-screen, she is best known to audiences as Crystal Anderson-Conner on the television series Roseanne (1988). Although a primary member of the Conner family, as Roseanne's friend, and later, Dan's stepmother; at the start of the sitcom, the character would appear in only three more episodes after season four, making her last appearance in the season eight premiere in 1995.