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
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 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. 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. In 1999, Herbst won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Younger Lead Actress, and also received a Daytime 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 a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2007 and 2012.
Personal life
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. On June 1, 2001, she married former General Hospital co-star Michael Saucedo (who portrayed Juan Santiago). They have three children, two sons (Ethan and Emerson) and a daughter (Ella).
Herbst also designs 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 participates in the Smile Train charity.
Filmography
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|+Film and television roles
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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|1986
|L.A. Law
|Jennifer Simmons
|Episode: "The Princess and the Wiener King"
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|1987
|Highway to Heaven
|Young Gail
|Episode: "A Mother and a Daughter"
|-
|1989
|McGee and Me!
|Renee's Friend
|Episode: "The Big Lie"
|-
|1990
|Why Me?
|Little Girl
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|-
|1990
|Kaleidoscope
|Emily
|TV film
|-
|1993
|Beverly Hills, 90210
|Brower Daughter
|Episode: "Perfectly Perfect"
|-
|1994
|Shrunken Heads
|Sally
| Billed as Becky Herbst
|-
|1995
|Step by Step
|Shelley
|Episode: "Can't Buy Me Love"
|-
|1995
|Boy Meets World
|Jill Hollinger
|Episode: "Wrong Side of the Tracks"
|-
|1995
|Donor Unknown
|Danielle Stillman
|TV film
|-
|1995
|Sister, Sister
|Cynthia
|Episode: "Private School"
|-
|1996
|'
|
|Episode: "The Wallpaper Prison"
|-
|1996
|Days of Our Lives
|Dana Winthrop
|Episode #7810
|-
|1996–1997
|Space Cases
|Suzee
|Regular role (14 episodes)
|-
|1997
|Brotherly Love
|Kristen
|7 episodes
|-
|1997–present
|General Hospital
|Elizabeth Webber <br>/ Jessie Brewer
|Regular role <br>/ April 1, 2015 episode
|-
|1999
|Hefner: Unauthorized
|Barbi Benton
|TV film
|-
|2007
|General Hospital: Night Shift
|Elizabeth Webber
|3 episodes
|}
Awards and nominations
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! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Work
! scope="col" | Result
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! scope="row" align="center"|1999
| Soap Opera Digest Award
|Outstanding Younger Lead Actress
|General Hospital
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! scope="row" align="center"| 1999
|Daytime Emmy Award
|Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series
|General Hospital
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! scope="row" align="center"|2003
| Soap Opera Digest Award
|Outstanding Younger Lead Actress
|General Hospital
|
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! scope="row" align="center"| 2012
| Daytime Emmy Award
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
|General Hospital
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! scope="row" align="center"| 2020
| Soap Hub Awards
| Favorite General Hospital Actress
| General Hospital
|
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! scope="row" align="center"| 2021
| Soap Hub Awards
| Favorite General Hospital Actress
| General Hospital
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