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| Birth Name(s) : Rebecca Gayheart |
Date of Birth: August 12, 1972 |
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Dating
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Brett Ratner |
| Profession:
Actor |
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Rebecca was born in Hazard, Kentucky, on August 12, 1972 although she was raised in Pinetop, Kentucky where the population is just over 800 people. Rebecca comes from a long line of diverse nationalities including those of Italian, Irish, German, and Cherokee descent.
Rebecca moved to New York at age 15 to pursue a career in modeling and acting and finished her high school education after having initially spent a summer there modeling.
She completed the rest of her high school years at New York's Professional Children's School, and then moved on to study at the Lee Strasberg Institute.
Midway through her second term at the school, Rebecca became a cast regular on the daytime soap opera Loving in which she played a student who was obsessed with her professor.
Her career started in advertisements in which Rebecca began modeling underwear in Sears and JCPenneys catalogs, but it was her turn as the Noxema girl that merited her national recognition.
For the next few years after that, Rebecca worked steadily in television. Her credits include Beverly Hills 90210, the NBC miniseries Invasion, and the alien-esque series Earth 2. The latter show placed Rebecca in the hearts of many fans in Germany where the show was a huge hit.
Suddenly, in quick succession, the 5'8" beauty appeared with renowned stars Gabriel Byrne and Nastassja Kinski in Somebody is Waiting, directed by Martin Donovan.
Soon after that followed Rebecca landed another big movie role -- this time an adventure comedy entitled Nothing To Lose starring Tim Robbins and the emotionally unstable Martin Lawrence.
Rebecca gained international fame after she appeared in the cult film and soon to be classic hit Scream 2 alongside Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox and David Arquette in which she played a sorority sister named Lois. Although her part in the film was short-lived, Rebecca has moved on to bigger and better things.
She recently wrapped up filming for the prequel to From Dusk Till Dawn, which starred Quentin Tarantino (who by the way produced it) and George Clooney, entitled Hangman's Daughter, directed by P.J. Pesce and produced by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino.
In 1999, Rebecca starred in the short-lived television drama entitled Wasteland, but unfortunately the show was cancelled soon after it aired.
Rebecca's most recent film include Hairshirt, co-produced by and starring Neve Campbell, and Darren Stein's horrendous Jawbreaker, starring Rose McGowan and Pam Grier. Rebecca will also be seen in Shadow Hours, set for screening at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival.
Rebecca's favorite things include rollerblading, listening to rap music and spending time with long time beau Brett Ratner. The happy couple have been together for nine years and have plans to marry in the works. |
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Gayheart was born in Hazard, Kentucky and raised in Pinetop, Pinetop, Kentucky, the daughter of Floneva (née Slone), who worked in cosmetic sales for Mary Kay, and Curtis Gayheart, a miner and coal truck driver. She has Irish, Italian, German and Cherokee Indian ancestry. 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.
In 1992, Gayheart landed her first major role when she joined the cast of the soap opera Loving as Hannah Mayberry. In 1993 and 1994, she had a recurring role in the Vanishing Son action pack series. In 1994 and 1995, Gayheart played Bess Martin in the science fiction series Earth 2. In 1995, she had a recurring role as Antonia Marchette in the series Beverly Hills, 90210 as Luke Perry's love interest.
Gayheart has also been a regular on the 1999 television series Wasteland, Dead Like Me, Vanished, and had a recurring role on Nip/Tuck. Gayheart was initially hired to play the part of Inara Serra in the 2002 series Firefly, but was dropped after only one day of filming. Morena Baccarin took over the role, and none of Rebecca's scenes were ever used.
On June 13, 2001, Gayheart struck and fatally injured nine-year-old Jorge Cruz Jr. as he crossed a Los Angeles-area street. According to the police report, the child was walking home from school and crossed the street. While several cars stopped to let him go, Gayheart swerved around them and into a two-way left-turn lane, striking the boy. Her attorney, Steven Lerman, subsequently admitted Gayheart had been using a cell phone during impact.
Cruz died the next day at Los Angeles Children's Hospital. His parents, Jorge Cruz and Silvia Martinez, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on August 6, 2001, against her, seeking coverage of medical and funeral expenses, and compensation for loss of future earnings. The lawsuit was settled out of court, and settlement terms were not disclosed. On November 27, 2001, she pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter. 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. Gayheart was represented in the criminal proceeding by Harland Braun.
Later that year, she flipped a rental car into two parked cars with her father commenting that, "I've told my wife not to let her drive any more".
For a time, Gayheart was engaged to director Brett Ratner. She and actor Eric Dane were married on October 29, 2004. |
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