Rebecca Gayheart

Biography: Raised in Pinetop, Kentucky, not far from Hazard, Kentucky, where she was born, Gayheart is of Italian, Irish, German and Cherokee heritage. She moved to New York at age 15 to finish her high school education after spending a summer there modeling. She completed high school at New York's Professional Children's School, then studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute. Midway through her second term, she became a cast regular on the daytime drama "Loving."

Her career started in commercials, where Rebecca gained national recognition as the 'Noxzema Girl.', but for the next few years she worked steadily in television. Her credits include "Beverly Hills 90210," the NBC miniseries "Invasion," and the Amblin series "Earth 2."

Then, in quick succession, she appeared alongside Gabriel Byrne and Nastassja Kinski in Somebody is Waiting, directed by Martin Donovan, the adventure comedy Nothing To Lose with Tim Robbins and Martin Lawrence and the cult hit Scream 2 with Neve Campbell. Rebecca also appeared in the prequel to From Dusk Till Dawn, entitled Hangman's Daughter, directed by P.J. Pesce and produced by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. Rebecca's other films include Hairshirt starring Neve Campbell and directed by Dean Paris, Darren Stein's Jawbreaker, starring Rose McGowan and Julie Benz, Isaac Eaton's film Shadow Hours, and the upcoming Harvard Man from James Tobak. Gayheart was cast in FireFly, the upcoming show from Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy, but after the August 2001 and the trial that followed she 'bowed out'


Vital Statistics:

Born: August 12, 1972 | Height: 5'7" | Measurements: 34B-24-34
Dress Size: 4 | Shoe Size: 7 | Hair: Dark Blonde | Eyes: Blue
Relations: 2 Sisters and 1 Brother | Sign: Leo… Expand