Rebecca Gayheart Net Worth

What Is Rebecca Gayheart's Net Worth?

Rebecca Gayheart is an American actress who has a net worth of $5 million. Rebecca Gayheart first gained attention in the early 1990s as "The Noxzema Girl" after appearing in a series of popular commercials for the skincare brand. She transitioned to television with a recurring role on the soap opera "Loving" before landing a notable part as Toni Marchette on "Beverly Hills, 90210" in 1995.

Her film career includes roles in horror movies like "Scream 2" (1997), "Urban Legend" (1998), and "Urban Legends: Final Cut" (2000). She also appeared in comedies such as "Jawbreaker" (1999) and "Nothing to Lose" (1997).

On television, Gayheart had roles in shows including "Earth 2," "Wasteland," and "Dead Like Me." She also appeared in "Nip/Tuck" and had a recurring role on "Ugly Betty."

In the 2000s, her acting career slowed following personal challenges, including a 2001 car accident resulting in the death of a young boy, for which she faced legal consequences.

More recently, Gayheart has made sporadic appearances in television and film, including roles in "G.B.F." (2013) and "Grey Lady" (2017), while also focusing on her family life and charitable work with organizations supporting children.

Early Life

Rebecca Gayheart was born on August 12, 1971, in Hazard, Kentucky. She was raised in Pine Top, a small Appalachian community, by her mother, Floneva, an independent Mary Kay beauty consultant, and her father, Curtis, a coal miner and truck driver. She grew up alongside her siblings Rachel, Elizabeth, and Curtis and attended Knott County Central High School.

Gayheart's early life was far removed from Hollywood. As a freshman in high school, she portrayed Lizzie Borden in a stage production, an experience that sparked her interest in acting. At 15, she won a regional modeling contest, which led her to move to New York City to pursue modeling and acting professionally. In New York, she studied at the Professional Children's School and trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. During this period, she appeared in national commercials for brands such as Burger King and Campbell's Soup and modeled for J.C. Penney catalogs.

Breakthrough and "The Noxzema Girl"

IGayheart's early on-screen work included a 1990 New York University short film, "Whatever Happened to Mason Reese?," directed by her then-boyfriend, Brett Ratner. In 1992, she landed her first major television role as Hannah Mayberry on the ABC soap opera "Loving," appearing in more than 140 episodes.

Around the same time, she became nationally recognizable through a series of Noxzema commercials. Her fresh-faced image and confident delivery earned her the nickname "The Noxzema Girl," turning her into one of the most recognizable commercial faces of the mid-1990s and opening doors to film and primetime television roles.

Film Career and Late 1990s Stardom

Gayheart transitioned into film in the mid-1990s. She appeared in the television films "Vanishing Son," "Vanishing Son III," and "Vanishing Son IV" in 1994 and starred as Bess Martin on the NBC science-fiction series "Earth 2," which ran for 21 episodes.

In 1995, she had a recurring role as Antonia "Toni" Marchette on "Beverly Hills, 90210." She made her feature film debut in 1996 with "Somebody Is Waiting," and her profile rose significantly in 1997 when she appeared in the comedy "Nothing to Lose" alongside Martin Lawrence and Tim Robbins. That same year, she played Sorority Sister Lois in the hit slasher sequel "Scream 2," which grossed more than $170 million worldwide and became a defining entry in the 1990s horror revival.

She solidified her status as a late-1990s horror staple by starring in "Urban Legend" (1998) and later appeared in the cult teen satire "Jawbreaker" (1999). Additional film credits during this era included "From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter" (2000), "Shadow Hours," and "Harvard Man."

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Television Work and Broadway

Throughout the 2000s, Gayheart balanced film work with steady television appearances. She starred as Judy Nash on the Fox series "Vanished" in 2006 and had recurring roles on Showtime's "Dead Like Me." She also guest-starred on "Nip/Tuck," "Medium," "CSI: Miami," "Ugly Betty," and "The Cleaner."

In 2005, she made her Broadway debut in a revival of "Steel Magnolias," earning strong critical reviews for her performance as Shelby. The role demonstrated her ability to move beyond genre films into more emotionally grounded material.

Later film credits included "Santa's Slay," "Bunny Whipped," and the teen comedy "G.B.F." In 2015, she co-starred with her husband, Eric Dane, in "Grey Lady." In 2019, she had a small but notable role in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," appearing as the deceased wife of Brad Pitt's character. The film went on to earn multiple awards and nominations, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.

Personal Life

At 15, Gayheart began a relationship with Brett Ratner, who would later become a prominent film director. The couple dated for 13 years and became engaged in 1997 before separating in 1999.

On October 29, 2004, she married actor Eric Dane. They married just 10 months after meeting. They welcomed daughters Billie (born March 3, 2010) and Georgia (born December 28, 2011). Rebecca filed for divorce in early 2018. In 2009, the couple sued Gawker Media for copyright infringement after a nude video featuring Gayheart, Dane, and former Miss Teen USA contestant Kari Ann Peniche was posted on Gawker.com. Nearly a year later, Gawker agreed to remove the video.

In March 2025, after seven years of separation, Rebecca filed to dismiss the divorce petition. A month later, Eric revealed to the world that he had been diagnosed with ALS.

In December 2025, Rebecca was romanticly linked to hotel entrepreneur Peter Morton.

Fatal Car Accident

In June 2001, Rebecca struck a 9-year-old boy, Jorge Cruz, Jr., while she was driving a car belonging to her "From Dusk Till Dawn 3" co-star Marco Leonardi. Sadly, Cruz died the following day, and Gayheart gave the family $10,000 to pay for funeral expenses. In November 2001, she pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter, and she received a sentence of three years of probation and 750 hours of community service. Rebecca's license was also suspended for a year, and she was ordered to pay a fine of $2,800. Cruz's parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit, and it was settled out of court in January 2002. Gayheart spoke about the tragic accident during a 2019 appearance on "The Only One in the Room" podcast, revealing, "I just didn't want to live after that accident. That's what it came down to. I couldn't handle it at all. So I spent about a year just trying to kill myself, basically, by doing every self-destructive thing a person can do."

Real Estate

In 2006, Gayheart and Dane paid $1.64 million for a 2,265-square-foot home in Los Angeles. They put the three-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom home on the market for $1.495 million in 2011, a week after they purchased a home in L.A.'s Beverly Hills Post Office area for $2.4 million. The Beverly Hills home remains their primary residence, and today, it is worth around $4 million.

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