Charisma Carpenter played Cordelia Chase. Charisma moved to Los Angeles from Las Vegas (where she was born) and met her agent whilst working as a waitress. She took acting classes and was then cast in several commercials, including one for Secret deoderant which ran for a long time. Charisma then …

Charisma enjoys horseback riding, rollerblading, hiking and rock climbing.

Charisma Carpenter was born on July 23, 1970. She was named after an Avon perfume, and was called Chrissy as a child.

After the episode New Moon Rising aired in America, some fans where extremely pissed off that Willow chose Tara over Oz. They were unkind towards Tara, and especially towards her weight. Amber Benson was naturally upset about this and bravely went online on May 4th, 2000 with the following message:
“I’ve …

Amber Benson became ‘Amber Benson as Tara’ in the guest credits from the episode Buffy vs Dracula. She was a member of the main cast credit montage for only one episode - Seeing Red, in which her character was killed.

When casting the role of Tara, Joss Whedon was originally looking for someone like ‘old Willow’ - before Willow became as confident as she is now. Visually he wanted someone who was small and thin. Amber Benson read for the role and it was Marti Noxon who saw her vulnerability …

Amber Nicole Benson played shy Wiccan Tara Maclay. Amber was born in Birmingham, Alabama on January 8, 1977. She started acting when she was a teenager. She studied dancing and singing and did amateur community theatre. Her family moved to Los Angeles to help her career, and she has since …

Nicholas Brendon has said that he cried when he first read the script for The Zeppo as he was so delighted with it, and it’s meaning for his character. He says it is one of his favourite episodes.

The character of Jenny Calendar was originally to be called Nicki but was changed to Jenny to avoid confusion on set as Nicholas Brendon is generally called Nicky by his co-stars.

Nicholas Brendon used to have his belly button pierced, but he removed the piercing because both he and Joss Whedon agreed that Xander probably wouldn’t have one. Nicholas has two tattoos: a cross with a jewel in the centre in his right arm and a Latin symbol on the bicep …

Nicholas Brendon married to actress Tressa DiFiglia on 1st September, 2001. The two appeared in the film Demon Island together in 2002, and Tressa was also in Amber Benson’s movie Chance.

Nicholas Brendon’s Prom date (in real life) was Marley Shelton who later appeared in the film Valentine with David Boreanaz. Nicholas bought Marley 100 roses, wore a tux and drove a black convertible Mustang. Marley said that he “totally did it right”.

Nicholas Brendon has an identical twin brother called Kelly, who is often mistaken for Nick by fans. Kelly has done stunt work on Alias and played Jacob in MTV’s Undressed. Kelly doubled for Nick in the episode The Replacement, when Xander was split in two. Nicholas mostly played both characters …

Nicholas had a stutter, which he managed to control by starting to act. He was Honorary Chair for National Stuttering Awareness Week in May 2001, organized by the Stuttering Foundation of America. Nicky is the official spokesman for the Stuttering Foundation.

Nicholas Brendon played Xander Harris. His original goal in life was to play professional baseball, but he had to give up that goal when he broke his arm which would never fully recover enough for him to continue playing. Before getting the role of Xander, Nicholas had 13 jobs, all …