Rebecca Staab

Rebecca Staab
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1985–present
Known for	Port Charles

Rebecca Staab is an American actress and beauty pageant titleholder.

Early life

Staab won the Miss Nebraska USA title and competed in the Miss USA 1980 pageant that year, where she placed in the Top 12. ^[1]

Acting career

Staab made her television debut on Guiding Light in 1985 and appeared in several other shows over the years, including Beverly Hills 90210, The Wonder Years, Seinfeld, Dharma & Greg, Columbo, NCIS, The Mentalist , Desperate Housewives , Live Shot , Port Charles , and The Young and the Restless .

Staab has most recently been seen in several Hallmark Channel television films, and currently has a recurring role in their Chronicle Mysteries series.

Personal life

Since 2007, ^[2] Staab has been in a relationship with longtime (2003–2020) soap opera actor William deVry. ^[3]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1991	The Marrying Man	Arlene
1992	Love Potion No. 9	Cheryl
1994	The Fantastic Four	Susan Storm / Invisible Woman	Unreleased
1997	Quiet Days in Hollywood	Amelie
1999	Stray Bullet	Stella Crosby
	The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All	Prof. Nicole Stewart
2001	A House on a Hill	Kate Banks
2009	Love at First Hiccup	Constance
	All Ages Night	Dennie Murphy
2012	A Perfect Ending	Sylvie
2014	Between Doors	Wendy	Short film
2015	Doomed!: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four	Herself	Documentary
2016	Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel	Heart
2018	The Miracle Season	Bethany
2019	Surge of Dawn	Heart
	Breakthrough	Cindy Rieger
	La Buena	Joann	Short film
2021	Love Hard	Barb Lin
2025	The Fantastic Four: First Steps	Channel 9 Newscaster Carolyn Haynes	Cameo appearance

Television

Year	Film / Show	Role	Notes
1985, 1987	Guiding Light	Jessie Matthews	2 episodes [4]
1990	The Young Riders	Jenny	Episode: "The Play's the Thing"
1990	Columbo	Tina	Episode: "Columbo Cries Wolf"
1991	Dark Shadows	Daphne Collins	3 episodes [5]
1991–1992	Beverly Hills, 90210	Deidre	Season 2; 2 episodes
1992	Cheers	Debbie	Episode: "Smotherly Love"
	Likely Suspects	Darcy Lowell	Episode: "Pilot"
	The Wonder Years	Miss Lisa Farmer	Season 6; Episode: "Sex and Economics"
	Bob	Linda	Episode: "Penny for your Thoughts"
	The Hat Squad	Nikki	Episode: "Rest in Peace"
1993	Love & War	Woman	Episode: "I Only Have Eyes for You"
	Renegade	Kat Calhoun	Episode: "Endless Summer"
	Trade Winds	Ellen Sommers	TV Miniseries; 2 episodes
1994	Seinfeld	Kristin	Season 6; Episode: "The Pledge Drive"
	Ellen	Cindy	Episode: "The Toast"
1995	Home Improvement	Debbie Carver	Episode: "Bachelor of the Year"
	Live Shot	Sherry Beck	13 episodes
1994–1996	One West Waikiki	Rebecca Dunn	3 episodes
1996	Chicago Hope	Simone	Episode: "Liar, Liar"
1997	Viper	Dr. Valerie Reed	Episode: "Manhunt"
1998	Night Man	Assistant DA Howarth	Episode: "Bad Moon Rising"
	Players	Corky Wallace	Episode: "Confidence Man"
	Martial Law		(uncredited)
1999	Diagnosis Murder	Betsy	Episode: "The Flame"
2001	Dharma & Greg	Judy	Episode: "Judy & Greg"
	It's Like, You Know...	Audrey	Episode: "The Quick and the Dead"
2002	The Drew Carey Show	Melanie	Episode: "Look Mom, One Hand"
2002–2003	Port Charles	Elizabeth Barrington	40 episodes
2004	Nip/Tuck	Gwen Camden	Season 2; Episode: "Sean McNamara"
	NCIS	Greta Boyen	Season 2; Episode: "Terminal Leave"
2005	CSI: NY	Jessica Freemont	Season 2; Episode: "Zoo York"
2006	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Chelsea	Season 6; Episode: "Daddy's Little Girl"
2007	Las Vegas	Rita Powell	Episode: "Head Games"
2008	The Young and the Restless	April Stevens	2 episodes
	The Cleaner	Judy Astor	Episode: "Pilot"
2009	The Mentalist	Monica Dunninger	Season 2; Episode: "Redemption"
	Desperate Housewives	Stephanie	Season 6; "Everybody Ought to Have a Maid" [6]
2010	Criminal Minds	Lorraine Horton	Season 5; Episode: "Parasite"
	Dicks	Trudy Turnbow	TV movie
2012	Glee	Mrs. Collins	Season 3; "Choke"
	Fairly Legal		Episode: "Finale"
2016	The Irresistible Blueberry Farm	Cynthia Branford	Hallmark Movies & Mysteries TV Movie [7] [8]
2017	Moonlight in Vermont	Delia Grangely	Hallmark Channel TV Movie [9]
	Somewhere Between	Colleen DeKizer	6 episodes [10] [11]
	Coming Home for Christmas	Camille	Hallmark Channel TV Movie [12]
2018	Road to Christmas	Lois Baker	Hallmark Channel TV Movie [13]
	Mingle All the Way	Helen Lange	Hallmark Channel TV Movie [14]
	Christmas Bells are Ringing	Helen	Hallmark Movies & Mysteries TV Movie [15]
2019	A Christmas Miracle	Miss Hennessy	Hallmark Movies & Mysteries TV Movie
2019–2021	Chronicle Mysteries	Eileen Bruce	Hallmark Movies & Mysteries TV Movie Series [16]
2020	Christmas by Starlight	Pat Park	Hallmark Channel TV Movie
2021	The Santa Stakeout	Lois Carmichael	Hallmark Channel TV Movie
2021	Christmas in Tahoe	Dorothy Rhodes	Hallmark Channel TV Movie
2022	Cut, Color, Murder	Mitzi Stewart	Hallmark Channel TV Movie
2023	The Night Agent	Cynthia Hawkins	Episode: "The Marionette"
2023–24	Superman & Lois	Cheryl Kimble / "Gretchen Kelly"	3 episodes

References

1. "Miss Nebraska USA Hall of Fame". Vanbros & Associates. Archived from the original on 2007-03-14. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
2. Young, Candace (2020-07-01). "Rebecca Staab Shares Loved up Photos That Say It All to Celebrate 13-Year Anniversary With General Hospital's William DeVry". Soaps . Archived from the original on 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
3. Mazewski, Joanna (2017-07-16). "General Hospital William DeVry and Rebecca Staab Welcome A New Dog To Their Home". soapoperaspy.com. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
4. "Who's Who in Springfield - Jessica Matthews" . Retrieved 23 March 2018.
5. Brown, Kathleen (1991-12-11). "Nebraska Native Lands Role on Fox Series". The Omaha World -Herald.
6. ABC Plots Groundbreaking "Housewives" Spin-off Archived 2010-01-05 at the Wayback Machine , Entertainment Weekly, September 7, 2009
7. "The Irresistible Blueberry Farm". Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
8. Eades, Chris (2016-07-13). "GENERAL HOSPITAL's William deVry Announces Rebecca Staab is Starring With Alison Sweeney in the New Hallmark Channel Movie, 'The Irresistible Blueberry Farm'!". ABC Soaps In Depth. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
9. "Moonlight in Vermont". Hallmark Channel. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
10. "Port Charles alum Rebecca Staab joins ABC thriller Somewhere Between". Soap Central. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
11. Mitchell, Molli (2018-10-03). "Somewhere Between on Netflix cast: Who is in the cast of Somewhere Between?". Express. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
12. "Coming Home for Christmas". Hallmark Channel. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
13. "Road to Christmas". Hallmark Channel. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
14. "Mingle All the Way". Hallmark Channel. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
15. "Christmas Bells are Ringing". Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
16. Ellenbogen, Rachael (2019-03-03). "'Chronicle Mysteries: Vines That Bind' Hallmark Movie Premiere: Cast, Trailer, Synopsis, Date". International Business Times. Retrieved 2019-08-29.

External links

• Rebecca Staab at IMDb