Rebecca Gayheart (born August 12, 1972) is an American actress.

Gayheart was born in Hazard, Kentucky and raised in nearby Pinetop (also in Kentucky) by parents of Irish, Italian, German and Cherokee Indian heritage. She is a coal miner's daughter. She moved to New York City at 15 where she completed her education at New York's Professional Children's School and the Lee Strasberg Institute and began a career acting and modeling.