About Rebecca Gayheart
Rebecca Gayheart (born August 12, 1971) is an American actress and model. Gayheart began her career as a teen model in the 1980s before becoming an advertising spokeswoman. She has been active as an actress since 1990. == Early life == Gayheart was born on August 12, 1971, in Hazard, Kentucky, the third of four children born to Floneva "Flo" Gayheart (née Slone), who worked as a Mary Kay independent beauty consultant, and Curtis Gayheart, a miner and coal-truck driver. She has two sisters and a brother. She is of German, English, Scottish and Scots-Irish descent. Gayheart spent her early life in Pine Top, Kentucky, and has said she "grew up dirt poor". In her first year of high school, Gayheart portrayed Lizzie Borden in a stage play. At age 15, she won a local modeling contest, after which she moved to New York City. There, she completed her high school education at the Professional Children's School and attended the actors' conservatory of the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
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