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Cast & Character Biographies
Biographies of the cast & characters from Angel.
------------------- Julie Benz/Darla
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 Julie Benz
Born May 1st 1975 in Pennsylvania, Julie Benz's father is a Pittsburgh surgeon, her mother an ice skater. The family settled in nearby
Murrsyville, PA when Julie was two, and she stared ice stakting at age three. She competed in the 1988 U.S. Championships in junior ice dancing with her partner David Schilling, coming in 13th. Her older brother and sister, Jeffrey and Jennifer, were the 1987 U.S. Junior Champions in ice dancing and competed internationally. When Julie was 14, she had a bad stress fracture and had to take time off. Her ice skating career over, Julie turned to acting and got involved in the local theater where she got a role as an extra in the movie Street Law. Her first speaking movie part was a small role in the Black Cat episode in the Dario
Argento/George Romero co-direction horror flick, Due occhi diabolici (1990) playing alongside 'Harvey
Kietel' . A year later she got a role on a TV show called
Hi Honey, I'm Home (1991). After graduating from high school, Julie entered New York University to study acting there. After graduation, Julie moved to Los Angeles to further pursue her career and landed some small roles in movies and TV including a guest appearance on
Married... with Children (1987) and in the Aaron Spelling TV pilot "Cross Town Traffic".
In early 1997, Julie auditioned for the role of Buffy in the series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but lost out to Sarah Michelle Gellar. However, she was offered a small role as a vampire girl in which she did such a good job that her part was expanded to a few more episodes in playing the vamp Darla. With that, Julie Benz's career had finally taken off. She also had a small, but memorable, role playing a receptionist in the movie As Good As It Gets.
Julie has lost two roles to Sarah Michelle Gellar in the past, one as
Kendall Hart on All My Children and the other being Buffy Summers
on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Also Julie was once ranked the number 12
ice skater in the USA. Auditioned for a role in Eyes Wide Shut (1999). She was called back to audition for the role again, but decided against it when she was going to have to do the scene topless.
She is currently married to John Kassir, the two got married in 1998. |
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 Darla
Before Darla was a vampire she was known to be a working girl
many hundreds of years ago. And in this line of work she contracted syphilis
and was going to die from this disease but the most powerful vampire
known, The Master, saved her by turning her into a vampire. The Master
and her were together for a very long time before Darla wanted a
playmate of her own. She turned her own, a man called Liam into Angelus.
The both of them traveled across Europe leaving a trail of death and
carnage. When Angel's soul was returned to him Darla was stuck with
Drusilla and Spike but soon they also left her to be together on her own
and she returned to The Master. Together they went to Sunnydale in Los
Angeles to once again open the hellmouth and restore The Master to his
former glory. His plans were thwarted along with Darla running into
Angel again. While trying to coax him back to the dark side Angel
decided enough was enough and killed Darla.
Darla was given a new life when LA law firm, Wolfram & Hart brought
her back to get to Angel. Unfortunately it didn't work but while she was
back Angel used Darla, one night, a night of passion Angel and Darla
slept together. From this Angel had an epiphany and told Darla to leave
and never come back. A few months down the line Darla returned, a little
different to normal, she was pregnant. The pregnancy was in a bit
of trouble and Darla had to sacrifice her own life to save her child. |
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------------------- Julie Benz's Filmography -------------------
- 8MM2 (2005) - Lynn
- Kill Your Darlings (2005) - Katherine
- Lackawanna Blues (2005) - Laura Ford
- Halo 2 (2004) - Miranda Keye
- The Long Shot: Believe in Courage (2004) - Annie Garrett
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George of the Jungle II (2003) - Ursula Stanhope
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The Midget Stays in the Picture - A - List Actress
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Taken (2002) - Kate Keys/Walker
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Brothers, The (2001/I) - Jesse Caldwell
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Fate Totally Worse Than Death, A (2000) - Danielle
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Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000) - Barbara Primesuspect
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Satan's School for Girls (2000) - Alison Kingsley
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Roswell (1999) - Kathleen Topolski (1999)
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Dirt Merchant (1999) - Angie
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Payne (1999) TV Series - Breeze O'Rourke
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Jawbreaker (1999) - Marcie 'Foxy' Fox
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As Good As It Gets (1997) - Receptionist
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Inventing the Abbotts (1997) - Co-ed
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Darkdrive (1996) - Julie Falson, Steven's Wife
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Hearts Adrift (1996) (TV) - Kristy
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Empire (1995/I) TV Series - Christie Lambert
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Barefoot Executive, The (1995) - Sexy woman
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Hi Honey, I'm Home (1991) - Babs Nielson
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Due occhi diabolici (1990) - Betty (segment "The Black Cat")
------------------- Julie Benz's TV Appearances -------------------
- Oliver Beene in episode: Idol Chatter (episode - 2.7) 6 June 2004
- Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service playing Mrs. Johnson
in episode: A Weak Link (episode - 1.22) 18 May 2004
- The Sharon Osbourne Show playing Herself 13 April 2004
- Total Request Live playing Herself 17 October 2003
- Peacemakers playing Miranda Blanchard in episode: The Witness (episode
- 1.7) 24 September 2003
- The Saturday Show playing Herself 10 May 2003
- Coupling playing Amanda in episode: Decatur Guy (episode - 1.7)
- She Spies playing Elaine in episode: Spies vs. Spy (episode - 1.9) 18
November 2002
- Rank playing Herself in episode: 25 Toughest Stars 24 April 2002
- Glory Days playing Ellie Sparks in episode: Unaired Pilot
- The Big Breakfast playing Herself 12 November 2001
- Rendez-View playing Guest Host in episode: The Naked Truth (episode -
1.2) 18 September 2001
- Roswell playing Kathleen Topolski in episode: Crazy (episode - 1.17)
10 April 2000
- Roswell playing Kathleen Topolski in episode: Blood Brother (episode -
1.8) 24 November 1999
- Roswell playing Kathleen Topolski in episode: River Dog (episode -
1.7) 17 November 1999
- Roswell playing Kathleen Topolski in episode: 285 South (episode -
1.6) 10 November 1999
- Roswell playing Kathleen Topolski in episode: Missing (episode - 1.5)
3 November 1999
- Roswell playing Kathleen Topolski in episode: Monsters (episode - 1.3)
20 October 1999
- Roswell playing Kathleen Topolski in episode: The Morning After
(episode - 1.2) 13 October 1999
- Happy Hour playing Herself 17 April 1999
- The King of Queens playing Julie in episode: Train Wreck (episode -
1.20) 15 March 1999
- Ask Harriet playing Joplin Russell in episode: Help Me Rwanda (episode
- 1.3) 15 January 1998
- Fame L.A. playing Vanessa in episode: The Beat Goes On (episode - 1.6)
8 November 1997
- The Single Guy playing Cranberries Girl in episode: Love Train
(episode - 2.6) 31 October 1996
- Sliders playing Jenny Michener in episode: The Electric Twister Acid
Test (episode - 3.3) 4 October 1996
- Diagnosis Murder playing Julie Miller in episode: Murder on Thin Ice
(episode - 4.3) 3 October 1996
- Boy Meets World playing Bianca Sabatini in episode: City Slackers
(episode - 3.11) 5 January 1996
- Step by Step playing Tawny in episode: The Wall (episode - 5.9) 24
November 1995
- High Tide playing Joanna Craig in episode: Sea No Evil (episode - 2.8)
12 November 1995
- Hang Time playing Linda Cantrell in episode: Earl Makes the Grade
(episode - 1.6) 14 October 1995
- Married... with Children playing Sascha in episode: Field of Screams
(episode - 8.19) 27 February 199 |
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