Rebecca Gayheart

At 52 years old, Rebecca Gayheart has this physical status:

Rebecca Gayheart (born August 12, 1971) is an American fashion model and actress.

Gayheart began her modelling career in the 1980s and appeared in Brett Ratner's student short film, with whom she had a long friendship.

Gayheart began a Noxzema career in the early 1990s and became a spokesperson for the firm.

She appeared on television on Earth 2 (1994–1995) and was a regular guest star on Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1995.

She made her feature film debut in the comedy Nothing to Lose (1997) and appeared in the slasher film Urban Legend (1998).

She appeared in the black comedy film Jawbreaker (1999), followed by supporting roles in the film Shadow Hours (2000) and the independent comedy Harvard Man (2001). Gayheart fatally struck a young child with her vehicle in Los Angeles in June 2001, an event that was widely reported, and was later sentenced to probation and community service.

She returned to acting many years later, appearing on the television series Dead Like Me (2003), Nip/Tuck (2004–2006), and Vanished (2006).

Gayheart made her Broadway debut in a production of Steel Magnolias in 2005.

She appeared in a Boeing-Boeing production in 2008, opposite Mark Rylance and Christine Baranski.

Gayheart played a small supporting role in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in 2019. From 2004 to 2018, Gayheart was married to actor Eric Dane.

The couple have two children, who were born in 2010 and 2011.

Early life

Gayheart was born in Hazard, Kentucky, third of four children born to Floneva "Flo" Gayheart (née Slone), a Mary Kay independent beauty consultant, and Curtis Gayheart, a miner and coal truck driver. Elizabeth and Rachel have two sisters, as well as Curtis Wayne Gayheart, who has one brother. She is of German, English, Scottish, and Scotish descent. Gayheart lived in Pine Top, Kentucky, from the start of her life. She appeared in a stage play chronicling Lizzie Borden's life in which she played the titular Borden in her first year of high school.

Gayheart gained a local modeling competition at the age of 15, then she migrated to New York City. She completed her high school training at the Professional Children's School and then moved on to attend the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute's actors' conservatory. In the meantime, Gayheart made a living off being in Campbell's soup and Burger King commercials, as well as modeled for J. C. Penney catalogues.

Personal life

On the day she left New York City in 1986, Gayheart met Brett Ratner at age 15, and the two began a 13-year romantic relationship together. In 1997, She and Ratner were engaged, but the couple were divorced in 1999.

Gayheart, an Italian actor, hit nine-year-old Jorge Cruz, Jr. while walking across a Los Angeles street on June 13, 2001. Cruz died the following day as a result of his injury. Gayheart paid the family $10,000 for Cruz's funeral expenses and was granted permission by the family to attend the funeral but ultimately did not attend. Gayheart delivered her only public statement on the incident on August 7, 2001, in which she wrote, "The agony of this tragedy will live with me forever." Despite the lawsuit's allegations, the facts would show that this was not the most unfortunate occurrence. Gayheart pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter on November 27, 2001. She was sentenced to three years of probation, a one-year ban of her license, a $2,800 fine, and 750 hours of community service. The boy's parents filed a wrongful death case, but the case was ultimately dismissed out of court.

Eric Dane, a gayheart married actor, married in Las Vegas on October 29, 2004. "It's certainly one of the most interesting stories in the world," Dane told Flaunt magazine how they met. It was kind of like this: 'You want to go out?' 'Yes, sure.' We were married ten months later."

On August 17, 2009, a nude video was posted on the website gawker.com starring former Miss Teen USA contestant Kari Ann Peniche with Gayheart and husband Eric Dane.

Gayheart gave birth to her first child with Dane, a Los Angeles daughter. Dane gave birth to her second daughter in 2011 on December 28, 2011.

Gayheart requested divorce from Dane after 14 years of marriage in February 2018, citing "irreconcilable differences" as the reason.

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Career

Gayheart appeared in Brett Ratner's New York University short film What Happened to Mason Reese? Mason Reese, a 1990 film. She appeared in the Ratner-directed music video Nuttin' But Love, performed by Heavy D and the Boyz.

Gayheart's first foray into television in the early 1990s was a string of television commercials for Noxzema, earning her the nickname "The Noxzema Girl" in honor. The commercials debuted in 1991 and attracted national attention. Hannah Mayberry appeared in her first major role on the soap opera Loving in 1992. She appeared in Vanishing Son's action series as cellist Clair Rutledge, Russell Wong's main protagonist, Jian-Wa Chang, in 1993 and 1994. Gayheart appeared in the science-fiction film Earth 2 in 1994 and 1995. Antonia Marchette, a recurring character in Beverly Hills, 90210, and Luke Perry's love interest, was killed off after a 10-episode storyline. She was then cast in her first film appearance in Nothing to Lose (1997) starring Tim Robbins and Martin Lawrence, portraying a flower shop employee who barely woos an advertising executive (Robbins). In Wes Craven's horror film Scream 2 (1997), she appeared in a minor role as a sorority sister.

According to urban legends, Gayheart was in a leading role in the slasher film Urban Legend (1998), in which she played the best friend of a college student (Alicia Witt), who suspects their relatives are being murdered. She appeared onstage at Toronto's Canon Theatre in a performance of The Last Night of Ballyhoo opposite Rhea Perlman and Perpetu. Gayheart appeared in the black comedy film Jawbreaker, with Rose McGowan, Julie Benz, and Judy Greer as students in an exclusive clique in their high school who inadvertently kill their friend. Despite the fact that the film was a box-office failure, it went on to have a following in subsequent decades.

In the 1999 movie "Meet Virginia," Gayheart appeared as the waitress.

Gayheart appeared in The Hangman's Daughter, as well as a leading role in the film From Dusk to Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter, opposite Balthazar Getty; she also appeared in Urban Legends: Final Cut, the sequel to Urban Legend.

Gayheart was recruited for the role of Inara Serra on the television series Firefly in 2002, but only after one day of filming was complete. Joss Whedon, the show's producer, said there was a lack of chemistry between the cast members and her. Morena Baccarin, a comedian who reportedly shot her first scene the day she was accepted for the role, was recast in this role. No one of Gayheart's creations was ever used.

Gayheart appeared in a Broadway production of Steel Magnolias from March to July 2005. "Exuding all the breezy confidence of a girl who has always been popular and beautiful, Gayheart's Shelby provides a solid center, allowing only a few glimpses of the cracks in her cheerful, optimistic appearance and refusal to be handled as fragile by the clucking women around her." She appeared in a small part in Santa's Slay, a Christmas horror-comedy film (2004). Jordan, Alexis Meade's ex-girlfriend, appeared on Ugly Betty in 2007. Missi Pyle, Mark Baranski, Mark Rylance, Greg Germann, Paige Davis, and others appeared on Broadway the following year in a revival of the comedy, Boeing-Boeing. In 2009, she appeared on The Cleaner as a guest star.

Gayheart appeared in films again in 2013, reuniting with Jawbreaker director Darren Stein for his comedy G.B.F., portraying the mother of a gay teenage boy. In the 2017-released thriller film Grey Lady, she also starred opposite her husband, Dane.

Gayheart appeared in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in 2019, playing Billie Booth, Brad Pitt's wife.

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