Background
Herbst was born in Encino, California. She grew up with parents Debbie and Wayne, and has an older sister, Jennifer.
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Rebecca Herbst
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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. Herbst was a competitive figure skater as a child, and at age sixteen decided to concentrate on acting. 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.
She has guest-starred in television series including: Highway to Heaven, Los Angeles Law, Beverly Hills, 90210, Step By Step, Boy Meets World, Sister, Sister, Days of Our Lives and Brotherly Love. She starred in films including Kaleidoscope, Why Maine? and Hefner: Unauthorized.
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 1996-1997.
Herbst began as a series regular as Elizabeth Webber on the American Broadcasting Company Daytime soap opera General Hospital on August 1, 1997.
In 2000, Soap Opera Update named Herbst Number. 6 on their list of Woman of 2000. She was nominated in 2003 for the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Younger Actress.
Achievements
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In 1999, Herbst won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Younger Lead Actress, as well as an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Younger Actress. In 2007, Herbst appeared on Tyra Banks" talk show to help Tyra through "soap opera school." Herbst was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2007 and 2012.
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