Rebecca Herbst Biography

Rebecca Herbst (born Rebecca Ann Liberty Herbst; May 12, 1977) is an American actress, known for playing 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

Herbst was born in Encino, California. She grew up with parents Debbie and Wayne, and has an older sister, Jennifer. She is not related to former General Hospital co-star Rick Hearst (who portrayed 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.

Career

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, L.A. 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 Me? 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"97.

Herbst began as a series regular as Elizabeth Webber on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital on August 1, 1997. 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 2000, Soap Opera Update named Herbst No. 6 on their list of Woman of 2000. She was nominated in 2003 for the Soap Opera Digest Award 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.

Personal life

Herbst dated photographer Johnny Lindesmith in the late 1990s and they were engaged on December 30, 1999. On June 1, 2001, Herbst married former General Hospital co-star Michael Saucedo (who portrayed Juan Santiago). They have three children, Ethan Riley (b. October 31, 2001), Ella Bailey (b. April 12, 2004) and Emerson Truett (b. August 9, 2010).

Herbst also has a passion for designing clothes. She 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.

Herbst became a spokeswoman for Purpose Skincare in 2007. She also participates in the Smile Train charity.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1986	L.A. Law	Jennifer Simmons	(1 episode)
1987	Highway to Heaven	Young Girl	(1 episode)
1990	Why Me?	Little Girl
	Kaleidoscope	Emily
1993	Beverly Hills, 90210	Brower Daughter	(1 episode)
1994	Shrunken Heads	Sally	as Becky Herbst
1995	Step by Step	Shelley	(1 episode)
	Boy Meets World	Jill Hollinger	(1 episode)
	Donor Unknown	Danielle Stillman	aka Dangerous Heart
	Sister, Sister	Muffy	(1 episode)
1996	Days of our Lives	Dana Winthrop	(unknown episodes)
	The Lazarus Man	unknown	(1 episode)
	Space Cases	Suzee	(1996"1997, 15 episodes)
1997"present	Brotherly Love	Kristen	(7 episodes)
	General Hospital General Hospital: Night Shift	Elizabeth Webber	Role since: August 1, 1997 3 episodes, 2007
1999	Hefner: Unauthorized	Barbi Benton
2011	Dirty Soap	Herself	Uncredited

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards

Year	Award	Work	Result
1999	Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series	General Hospital
2007	Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
2012

Soap Opera Digest Awards

Year	Award	Work	Result
1999	Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Younger Leading Actress	General Hospital
2003