Rebecca Gayheart Add to My Celebs Age 40 Birthday Aug. 12th, 1971 Born in Hazard, Kentucky, USA Height 170 cm

Rebecca Gayheart's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Dead Like Me Betty Rhomer Vanished Judy Nash Earth 2 Bess Martin Wasteland Samantha 'S… Inside Schwartz Nadia

Main Movie Roles 2005 - Santa's Slay 2002 - Pipe Dream 2001 - Harvard Man 2000 - Urban Legends: Final Cut 1999 - Jawbreaker 1998 - Urban Legend 1997 - Nothing to Lose 1997 - Scream 2

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Gayheart was born in Hazard, Kentucky and raised in Pine Top, Kentucky, the daughter of Floneva ,who worked as a Mary Kay independent beauty consultant, and Curtis Gayheart,She moved to New York City at the age of 15 where she completed her education at New York's Professional Children's School and the Lee Strasberg Institute.Rebecca is a former model and can attribute much of her good looks to her parents', Curtis and Floneva, mixed blood, which includes Italian, Irish, German, and Cherokee descent.
in the '90s Rebecca was known as the "Noxzema girl" due to her television ads for the companies product. She also had a recurring role on Beverly Hills, 90210, and made the jump to the big screen with roles in such films as Scream 2, Urban Legend, Jawbreaker, From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter, and Harvard Man. She returned to television in 2003 to star on Dead Like Me and has since appeared on Nip/Tuck, CSI: Miami and Ugly Betty.


TRIVIA:

• Is of Irish, Italian, German and Cherokee descent.
• Attended Knott County Central High School, Hindman, Kentucky.
• Auditioned for the roles of Cici, Hallie, and Maureen before landing the role of Lois in _Scream 2 (1997)_ (qv).
• (13 June 2001) 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.
• Studied at 'Lee Strasberg' (qv) Theatre Institute.
• Originally cast in the role of Inara, on the short-lived TV series _"Firefly" (2002)_ (qv), but was replaced (by 'Morena Baccarin' (qv)) after one day's shooting.
• She and husband 'Eric Dane' (qv) introduced 'Brooke Allen (I)' (qv) to husband 'Charlie Sheen (I)' (qv).
• Former model.

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