Julie Benz
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Julie Benz (born May 1, 1972 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actress. Benz grew up in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, (a suburb of Pittsburgh) and graduated from Franklin Regional High School. She later attended, and graduated from, New York University. Initially, Benz followed her mother and older siblings, Jeffrey and Jennifer, into the figure skating world, and competed in the 1988 US Junior Ice Skating Championship. Benz gave up her pursuit of ice skating after an accident.
Benz landed her first acting role in a local play in 1989. She studied acting at New York University.
Benz is best known for playing the vampire Darla in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where she was the first character seen on-screen and spoke the first line, and later in the spin-off series, Angel. She has starred in such films as "Jawbreaker."
Benz also provided the voice of Miranda Keyes in the blockbuster videogame Halo 2, and will return in that role in the upcoming sequel Halo 3.
Trivia
- Benz had to overcome her fear of singing in public for the Angel episode The Trial
Filmography
- Dexter (2006) (upcoming television series airing on Showtime) as Rita
- Circle of Friends (2006)
- Kill Your Darlings (2006) as Katherine
- (2005) as Vicky Snow
- 8MM 2 (2005) as Lynn Kraft
- Lackawanna Blues (2005) as Laura
- A Fate Totally Worse Than Death (2005) as Danielle
- (2004) as Annie Garrett
- George of the Jungle 2 (2003) as Ursula
- The Midget Stays in the Picture (2003) as the A-List Actress
- Taken (2002) (TV series) as Kate Keyes
- The Brothers (2001) as Jesse Caldwell
- Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000) as Barbara
- Satan's School for Girls (2000) as Alison Kingsley
- Angel (1999) as Darla (recurring; 2000-2004)
- Roswell (1999) as Kathleen Topolsky (recurring; 1999-2000)
- Payne (1999) as Breezy O'Rourke
- Jawbreaker (1999) as Marcie Fox
- Dirt Merchant (1999) as Angie
- As Good as It Gets (1997) as the Receptionist
- Inventing the Abbotts (1997) as the Co-ed
- A Walton Easter (1997) as Mae
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series) (1997) as Darla (recurring; 1997)
- Darkdrive (1996) as Julie Falcon
- Hearts Adrift (1996) as Kristy
- The Barefoot Executive (1995) as the sexy woman
- Empire (1995) as Christine Lambert
- Hi Honey, I'm Home (TV series) (1991) as Babs Nielson
- Two Evil Eyes (1990) (segment: The Black Cat) as Betty
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