Short Biography

Gayheart was born in Hazard, Kentucky but raised in Pinetop, Kentucky, by parents of Irish, Mexican, Italian, German and Cherokee Indian heritage. Her father, Curtis, was a coal miner. 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.

Gayheart was for a time engaged to director Brett Ratner. She and actor Eric Dane were married on October 29, 2004.

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