Early life

Gareis was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Franklin and Marshall College there with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting, then earned a Master's of Business Administration degree from Pepperdine University. She is of part Italian descent. Her great-grandmother Sebastiana Tringali came from Militello in Val di Catania, and the city gave her the honorary citizenship.

Career

Gareis competed in her first beauty pageant in 1992 when she placed second runner-up at Miss Pennsylvania USA. She later competed in New York, winning the Miss New York USA 1994 title, and representing New York in the Miss USA 1994 pageant held in South Padre Island, Texas on February 11, 1994. Gareis placed in the top six of the nationally televised pageant, which was won by Lu Parker of South Carolina.

Gareis later began an acting career and landed the role of Grace Turner on CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, which she played from 1997 to 2000 and again in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2014. She is best known for her current role as Donna Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful, a role she has held since July 2006. She was taken off contract in late 2014 and her last appareance in the show was on February 18, 2015. She was ranked #90 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2002.

Personal life

Gareis married Bobby Ghassemieh on March 7, 2010. On June 11, 2010, Gareis gave birth to a son, Gavin Blaze Gareis Ghassemieh. Daughter Sophia Rose Gareis Ghassemieh was born June 29, 2012.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	The Mirror Has Two Faces	Unknown	uncredited
1997-2004, 2014	The Young and the Restless	Grace Turner	Contract role: 1997-1999, Recurring role: 2000-2002, 2004, 2014
1997	Private Parts	Coed
1997	Lifebreath	Elevator Woman
1998	Enough Already	Unknown
2000	Gangland	Sarah
2000	Luckytown	Sugar
2000	The 6th Day	Virtual Girlfriend
2000	Miss Congeniality	Tina
2001	College Try	Christine
2001	Diagnosis: Murder	Thalia Roselawn	Episode: "Less Than Zero"
2001	Downward Angel	Woman
2001	Feather Pimento	Woman in Green	Short
2001	What Boys Like	Brooke
2002	Air Strike	Charlie
2002	Boat Trip	Sheri
2005	Veronica Mars	Cheyenne	Episodes: "Leave It to Beaver" and "A Trip to the Dentist"
2005	Venus on the Halfshell	Honey O'Hara
2006-2015	The Bold and the Beautiful	Donna Logan	Contract role: July 20, 2006-February 18, 2015
2006	Escape	Ecstatic Blonde	Short
2007	Panic Button	Susan
2014	Infernal	Sarah

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