| Biography | Nama : Rebecca Gayheart
Birth Date : 08/12/1972
Birth Place : Hazard, Kentucky, USA
Height : 5' 8"
Sex : F
Nationality : American
Occupation : Actress
Father : Curtis Gayheart
Spouse : Eric Dane (an actor, since October 29, 2004)
Relation : Brett Ratner ( a director, broken engagement)
Rebecca Gayheart (born August 12, 1972) is an American actress.
Gayheart was born in Hazard, Kentucky and raised in nearby Pinetop. She is a coal miner's daughter. 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 and began a career acting and modeling.
Gayheart became well known from her appearances in a series of commercials for Noxzema skin cream beginning in 1991. In 1992, she joined the cast of the soap opera Loving. In 1995, she had a recurring role in the series Beverly Hills, 90210. She has also been a regular on the television series Earth 2 (1994), Wasteland (1999), and Dead Like Me (2003) and has a re-occurring role on Nip/Tuck (2004).
Gayheart has appeared in several films, most often horror films or comedies aimed at a teenage audience: Somebody Is Waiting (1996), Nothing to Lose (1997), Scream 2 (1997), Hairshirt (1998), Urban Legend (1998), Jawbreaker (1999), Puppet (1999), From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000), Shadow Hours (2000), Doppelganger (2001), Harvard Man (2001), and Pipe Dream (2002).
Gayheart was engaged to director Brett Ratner but the couple seperated. Gayheart married actor Eric Dane on October 29, 2004.
On June 13, 2001, Gayheart was driving in Los Angeles. Nine-year-old Jorge Cruz, Jr was crossing the street in the middle of the block when Gayheart pulled out of a line of cars to make a left turn. Gayheart struck and mortally injured Cruz. She subsequently pleaded no contest to misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter and was sentenced to a one year suspension of her license, three years probation, a $2800 fine, and 750 hours of community service. Cruz' parents also filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her.
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