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Trivia
Birth name: Rebecca Gayheart
Date of birth: 12 August 1971
Place of birth: Hazard, Kentucky, USA
Nickname: The Noxzema girl
Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Spouse: Eric Dane (29 October 2004 - present)
Gayheart was raised in Pinetop, Kentucky by parents of Irish, Italian, German and Cherokee Indian heritage.
Her father was a coal miner. She moved to New York City at 15 where she completed her education at New York's Professional Children's School and the Lee Strasberg Institute.
Formerly engaged to director Brett Ratner.
She first met former fiancee Brett Ratner when they lived near each other in Manhattan, where both were desperate for their big break. Becoming friends, Ratner cast her in his first movie, a short film entitled Whatever Happened to Mason Reese. The movie put both Brett and Rebecca on the map for success.
She and actor Eric Dane were married on October 29, 2004.
Attended Knott County Central High School, Hindman, Kentucky.
Former model.
In her spare time, she likes to read, paint, rollerblade and collect antiques.
Studied at Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.
She moved to New York when she was 15 and lived with six other models in an apartment in Manhattan.
Gayheart's break into the industry was a series of television commercials for Noxzema in the early 1990s, earning her the moniker "The Noxzema Girl.". The commercials began airing in 1991, and brought her recognition.
She took on the Julia Roberts role in the 2005 Broadway production of Steel Magnolias. She also appeared in a 1998 production of The Last Night of the Ballyhoo as Sunny.
Growing up, she lived in a house built on top of an Indian burial ground.
She smokes.
She left the Showtime series Dead Like Me after only five episodes. Her last apperance is in the episode Reaping Havoc.
On 13 June 2001, Gayheart struck 9-year-old Jorge Cruz Jr. as he
jaywalked across the street. According to the police report, the boy was
walking home from school, and crossed the street about 160 feet from the
nearest crosswalk.
While several cars stopped to let him go, Gayheart allegedly swerved
around the traffic and into a two-way left-turn lane, striking the boy;
he died the next day at Los Angeles Children's Hospital. His parents,
Jorge Cruz and Silvia Martinez, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on 6
August 2001 against her. Gayheart paid for Cruz's hospital and funeral
expenses.
She was originally cast as Inara in Joss Whedon's Firefly but was recast just days before filming began, because "it wasn't working."
She appeared in a short film called Lady Luck in 1990.
In 1992, Gayheart landed her first major role when she joined the cast of the soap opera Loving as Hannah Mayberry.
Pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge. She
was sentenced to three years' probation, a one-year suspension of her
license, a $2,800 fine and 750 hours of community service. She was also
ordered to make a public-service announcement.
In 2001, she was one of the rumored candidates to replace Shannen Doherty on the supernatural drama series Charmed.
In 1993 and 1994, Gayheart had a recurring role in the Vanishing Son action pack series.
Gayheart plead no contest to misdemeanor charges that stemmed from a 2001 incident where the vehicle she was driving killed a 9 year old boy. She was charged with (and plead guilty to) involuntary vehicular manslaughter.
Is of Irish, Italian, German and Cherokee descent.
Auditioned for the roles of Cici, Hallie, and Maureen before landing the
role of Lois in Scream 2 (1997).
In 1995, she had a recurring role in the series Beverly Hills, 90210.
In 2001, she appeared in the short film Doppelganger, alongside Timothy Olyphant. They previously worked together in Scream 2. They're also the only people in the short film.
Measurements: 34B-25-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Crowned Miss Centralian in high school in 1987.
She has also been a regular on the television series Earth 2 (1994), Wasteland (1999), and Dead Like Me as Betty (2003) and has a re-occurring role on Nip/Tuck (2004).
Originally cast in the role of Inara, on the short-lived TV series
"Firefly" (2002), but was replaced (by Morena Baccarin) after
one day's shooting.
Parents are Curtis and Floneva.
She has modelled for Noxzema, Glintz, JC Penney and Oglivie.
Gayheart was initially hired to play the part of Inara Serra on Firefly (2002), but dropped out after only one day of filming. Morena Baccarin took over the role, and none of Rebecca's scenes were ever used.
Gayheart's current role is as Judy Nash in the new series Vanished
(2006).
In 2006, she was cast as the lead in the supernatural drama pilot Scarlett for the Lifetime network. Unfortunately, it was not picked up.
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