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Rebecca 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.Rebecca
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