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Rebecca Herbst

Rebecca Herbst
Born	Rebecca Ann Herbst (1977-05-12) May 12, 1977 (age 47) Encino, California, U.S.
Other names	Becky Herbst
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Michael Saucedo ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	3

Rebecca Ann Herbst (born May 12, 1977) is an American actress, known for playing Head Nurse Elizabeth Webber on the ABC Daytime drama General Hospital, a role she originated on August 1, 1997, and Suzee, an alien, on the Nickelodeon show, Space Cases.

Early life[edit]

Herbst was born in Encino, California. She grew up with parents Debbie and Wayne,^[1] and has an older sister, Jennifer.^[2] She is not related to General Hospital co-star Rick Hearst (who portrays Ric Lansing, Elizabeth Webber's ex-husband), whose surname was Herbst before he changed it professionally.^[3] Herbst was a competitive figure skater as a child, and at age sixteen decided to concentrate on acting.^[4]

Career[edit]

At age six, Herbst stated she wanted to be on television so that she could play with the toys; she began filming commercials and has since appeared in over 60 nationally.^[4] She has guest-starred in television series including: Highway to Heaven, L.A. Law, Beverly Hills, 90210, Step By Step, Boy Meets World, Sister, Sister, Days of Our Lives and Brotherly Love.^[4] She starred in films including Kaleidoscope, Why Me? and Hefner: Unauthorized.^[4] She was also featured in the Goo Goo Dolls 1995 music video "Naked". She was a series regular as Suzee on the second season of the Nickelodeon show, Space Cases from 1996 to 1997.

Herbst began as a series regular as Elizabeth Webber on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital on August 1, 1997.^[5] In 1999, Herbst won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Younger Lead Actress,^[6] and also received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Younger Actress.^[7] In 2000, Soap Opera Update named Herbst No. 6 on their list of Woman of 2000.^[8] She was nominated in 2003 for the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Younger Actress.^[9] In 2007, Herbst appeared on Tyra Banks' talk show to help Tyra through "soap opera school."^[10] Herbst was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2007^[11] and 2012.^[12]

Personal life[edit]

Herbst dated former General Hospital co-star Ingo Rademacher and photographer Johnny Lindesmith in the late 1990s; Lindesmith and Herbst were engaged on December 30, 1999.^[13][14] On June 1, 2001, she married former General Hospital co-star Michael Saucedo (who portrayed Juan Santiago).^[15] They have three children, two sons (Ethan and Emerson) and a daughter (Ella).^[16]

Herbst also designs clothes. She has designed most of her Daytime Emmy dresses,^[17] and dresses for co-stars Natalia Livingston and Kimberly McCullough for the 33rd Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony.^[18]

Herbst became a spokeswoman for Purpose Skincare in 2007.^[19] She participates in the Smile Train charity.^[20]

Filmography[edit]

Awards and nominations[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website
• Rebecca HerbstatIMDb