Rebecca Gayheart - Biography

Last Editor: graham				Rebecca Gayheart Biography -   Name : Rebecca Gayheart Birth Date : August 12, 1972 Birth Place : Hazard, Kentucky Height : 5' 7'' Education : Lee Strasberg Institute; Knott County Central High School, Hindman, Kentucky, New York's Professional Children's School Nationality : American Profession : Actress

Rebecca Gayheart Trivia -

Formerly engaged to director Brett Ratner [1997]. Attended Knott County Central High School, Hindman, Kentucky. Former model. Studied at Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. 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. [13 June 2001] Pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge. 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. [27 November 2001] Is of Irish, Italian, German and Cherokee descent. Auditioned for the roles of Cici, Hallie, and Maureen before landing the role of Lois in Scream 2 (1997). Measurements: 34B-25-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Crowned Miss Centralian in high school in 1987. Originally cast in the role of Inara, on the short-lived TV series "Firefly" (2002), but was replaced (by Morena Baccarin) after one day's shooting. Parents are Curtis and Floneva. She and husband Eric Dane introduced Brooke Allen to husband Charlie Sheen. Best friends with Brooke Allen.

Rebecca Gayheart Detailed Biography -

Born on 12th August 1972 in Hazard, Kentucky, & raised in Pinetop, Kentucky Rebecca Gayheart moved to New York at the age of fifteen to finish high school, following a summer modeling job in the city. Rebecca studied at the renown Lee Strasburg in New York. It was after spending a summer modeling in New York that she decided to move there. While studying at the Institute, she landed a role on the now-canceled daytime soap, Loving . Her stint on the show lasted from 1992 to 1993 and led to further television work, most notably on Beverly Hills 90210. During this time, she also acted in a number of forgettable television shows, and it wasn't until her part as a sorority girl in 1997's Scream 2 that she started to find film work. Her first project after Scream 2 was in Nothing to Lose, but her following film, 1998's Urban Legend, was successful enough to earn her a place among Hollywood's latest batch of up-and-coming starlets. After Legend, Gayheart co-starred with fellow Scream-er Neve Campbell in the obscure Canadian film Hair Shirt (1998). Her next project, the Heathers take-off Jawbreaker, faltered both at the box office and with critics, but did Gayheart the service of casting her in another leading role, helping to increase her fresh-scrubbed profile.