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11 Facts About Rebecca Herbst

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Rebecca Ann Herbst was born on May 12,1977 and 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.

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Rebecca Herbst grew up with parents Debbie and Wayne, and has an older sister, Jennifer.

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Rebecca Herbst is not related to General Hospital co-star Rick Hearst, whose surname was Herbst before he changed it professionally.

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At age six, Rebecca 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.

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Rebecca Herbst was featured in the Goo Goo Dolls 1995 music video "Naked".

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Rebecca Herbst was a series regular as Suzee on the second season of the Nickelodeon show, Space Cases from 1996 to 1997.

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Rebecca Herbst began as a series regular as Elizabeth Webber on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital on August 1,1997.

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In 1999, Rebecca Herbst won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Younger Lead Actress, and received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Younger Actress.

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Rebecca Herbst was nominated in 2003 for the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Younger Actress.

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Rebecca Herbst dated former General Hospital co-star Ingo Rademacher and photographer Johnny Lindesmith in the late 1990s; Lindesmith and Rebecca Herbst were engaged on December 30,1999.

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Rebecca Herbst has designed most of her Daytime Emmy dresses, and dresses for co-stars Natalia Livingston and Kimberly McCullough for the 33rd Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony.