Rebecca Herbst originated the role of teenager Elizabeth Webber in August of 1997. While originally misguided and mischievous, Elizabeth learns about friendship and new beginnings with the return of her soul mate, Lucky Spencer. Rebecca brings a refreshing flair to the role of Elizabeth.

In February of 1999 Rebecca won a Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Younger Lead Actress. She also received her first Emmy nomination for Outstanding Younger Actress in May, 1999. Last year she co-starred in the unauthorized biography of Hugh Hefner.

At the age of six Rebecca told her mother that she wanted to be on television so that she could play with the toys. Since then she has appeared in over 60 national commercials. She has guest-starred in many television series, including "Highway to Heaven," "L.A. Law," "Beverly Hills, 90210," "Step By Step," "Boy Meets World," "Sister Sister" and "Days of our Lives," and guest-starred in the recurring role of Kristen on "Brotherly Love." Rebecca also starred with Jaclyn Smith in the television movie "Kaleidoscope." Most recently she played Suzee, a

es regular on cable's "Space Cases." She was also featured with Christopher Lloyd in the feature film "Why Me?," and has starred in various educational videos.

Although acting was a key part of Rebecca's upbringing, she feels that she had a very normal childhood. "I always stayed in school and I went to the dances and the prom, and it was always my decision," explains Rebecca of growing up as an actress.

As a competitive ice-skater, Rebecca had to make a choice between skating and acting at the age of 16. Just five years later, she still loves to ice-skate and rollerblade in her free time, but is very happy with her decision.

Becky is recently married and the happy couple is expecting their first child this year. She and her husband live near Los