Dani Minnick

Birthday: January 11, 1960

Model and actress Dani Minnick started off in small roles on TV, including a part in the Emmy-nominated A Rumor of War (1980). A few guest spots on TV shows followed before she became the face of Virginia Slims cigarettes, a modeling gig which offered her worldwide exposure in both magazines and on TV from 1983 until 1987. Afterward, she continued to act until the mid-90s and had her highest profile part as Rebecca Morrison on the daytime soap Days of Our Lives in 1993. She could also be seen in horror films like From the Dead of Night (1989) and The Sleeping Car (1990). In recent years she's stepped behind the camera with the award-winning independent feature Falling Like This (2001) and has just completed work on the documentary The Needs of Kim Stanley.