Rebekah Graf is an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing

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in the 2018

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''The Dirt''.

Family and early life

Graf was born and raised in

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. From an early age she aspired to be an actress, and began performing in local theater at the age of five or six years old, a goal fostered by her parents. Graf attended Ray High School and the University of Texas at Austin where she majored in theater arts.

Career

Graf relocated from Austin to Los Angeles and began auditioning for TV and film parts. Early roles included small parts in TV series '' 90210'' and the

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series ''

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''. She also acted in the films ''Savage County''; the 2015 continuation film of the series ''

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''; and ''The Amityville Murders'', the true story of the mass murder antecedent to the alleged supernatural events of ''

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''. In 2018, Graf was cast in the

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''The Dirt'', as 80s TV star Heather Locklear, then-wife of

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drummer

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. ''The Dirt'' received mixed reviews from the critics but was one of the top audience-rated films of 2019 on

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. Graf's subsequent roles have included a lead in the film '' Capsized: Blood in the Water'', a survival film based on the true story of a yacht crew stranded in shark-infested waters; and a guest role on the

comedy series ''

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''. In 2021, Graf was cast in

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'' starring

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, a reboot of the 1993–2001 television series ''

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'', as Crystal. She had been cast in a recurring role as Tara Locke, the mother of Kyle Abbott's (Michael Mealor) son on the

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soap opera ''

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'', but had to be replaced due to a resulting scheduling conflict with ''Walkers shooting.

Personal life

In 2019, the tabloid press linked Graf with the actor

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Graf, Rebekah 21st-century American actresses Actors from Corpus Christi, Texas American film actresses American television actresses Living people University of Texas at Austin College of Fine Arts alumni Actresses from Texas American expatriate actresses American expatriates in the United Kingdom Year of birth missing (living people)