Name: Rebecca Gayheart
Sometimes Credited As: Becky Gayheart
Nickname: The Noxzema girl
Birthday: 12 August 1972
Birth Place: Hazard, Kentucky, USA
Height: 173cm (5' 8")
Weight: 51-55kg (110-120lbs)
Measurements: 90-62-90 (34-24-34)
Hair: Kind of a dark blonde
Eyes: Blue
Shoe Size: 7 (US)
Dress Size: 4 (US)
Claim to fame: the ultimate Noxzema model
Nationality: American
Education: Lee Strasberg Institute;Knott County Central
High School Hindman Kentucky; New York's Professional
Children's
Occupation: Actress, Model
Rebecca Gayheart 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.