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Julie Benz
Name : Julie Benz
Birth Date : 1 May 1972,
Birth Place : Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth Name : Julie M. Benz
Height : 5' 4" (1.63 m)
Profession : Actress
Spouse: John Kassir (30 May 1998 - present)
Bios
Mini Bio of Julie from IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004748/bio)
Mini Biography
Born in Pennsylvania, Julie Benz's father is a Pittsburgh surgeon and her mother is a figure ice skater. The family settled in nearby Murrysville, when Julie was two, and she started ice skating 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 in 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.
By 1989, with her figure skating career over, Julie turned to acting and got involved in the local theater where she got a role in the play "Street Law". Her first movie role was a small, credited, speaking part in in the Black Cat episode in the Dario Argento/George A. Romero co-direction horror flick, Due occhi diabolici (1990) playing in one scene alongside Harvey Keitel. 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 shows including a guest appearance on "Married with Children" (1987) and in the Aaron Spelling TV pilot Crosstown Traffic (1995) (TV).
In 1996, Julie auditioned for the role of "Buffy" in the series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997), 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 vampire "Darla". With that, Julie Benz's career had finally taken off. She reprised her role as "Darla" in the Buffy spin-off series "Angel" (1999) for two years and has had several small roles in various film productions. She also had a small, but memorable, role playing a receptionist in the movie As Good as It Gets (1997).
Even after her role on "Angel" (1999) wrapped up, Julie continued to find work on television in playing many guest staring roles in numerous popular TV shows from "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000), to "Supernatural" (2005), to playing the lead and supporting roles in various made-for-TV movies. Most recently, she landed another notable role on the TV-cable series "Dexter" (2006) playing "Rita", a troubled divorcée and lover of the title character played by Michael C. Hall.
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Julie Benz Biography, Bio, Profile, pictures, photos from Netglimse.com (http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/julie_benz/index.shtml)
Netglimse Bio
"The Pittsburgh, Pa. native comes from a long line of medical professionals and was determined to be the first female doctor in the family. However, after she watched her first surgery, she decided against a medical career. From ages 3 to 13, Benz competed as a professional ice skater and at one time during her skating career was ranked thirteenth in the country. An audition for a local community theater set her on the path toward an acting career.
In the spring of 2001, Benz co-starred opposite Bill Bellamy and Shemar Moore in The Brothers and will be seen in the upcoming A Fate Totally Worse Than Death. Previously, Benz co-starred opposite Rose McGowan in the film Jawbreaker, as well as appeared in As Good As It Gets opposite Academy Award winner Jack Nicholson, Black Sheep and Inventing the Abbotts with Billy Crudup.
Benz, who is a gourmet chef, makes her home in Los Angeles with her husband and their two dogs, Elvis and Gracie. She is extremely dedicated to fitness and enjoys doing Tae Bo, hiking and playing golf. She is also an avid crafts enthusiast and has recently become a knitting pro, especially baby blankets for the charity Binky Patrol, which distributes blankets to kids in need."
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Link to Bio from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Benz)
Julie Benz Trivia from IMDB.com (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004748/bio)
Trivia
* She competed in the 1988 U.S. Championships in junior ice dancing with David Schilling, placing 13th. Her older sister and brother, Jennifer and Jeffrey, were the 1987 U.S. Junior Champions in ice dancing and competed internationally.
* 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.
* Was once ranked the number 12 ice skater in the United States. Julie has lost two roles to Sarah Michelle Gellar. The first was the role of Kendall Hart on "All My Children" (1970). The second was the role of Buffy on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997).
* She was originally cast to play the character "Ellie Sparks" in the un-aired pilot of the TV show "Glory Days" (2002).
* Attended Franklin Regional Sr. High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania
* Was originally picked to play the part of "Matty Jensen" in the film West of Brooklyn (2008) but was replaced by Natalia Livingston.
* Appeared in both: "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) and "CSI: Miami" (2002).
* Her favorite vacation spot is Tuscany.
* Her favorite charities are Lupus LA and U.S. Campaign for Burma.
* Her favorite drink is Limoncello.
Personal Quotes
- [On her character "Darla" on "Angel" (1999)] "I didn't expect them to write such a beautiful ending. I really think it was one of the most beautiful gifts I've ever received as an actor. The last three episodes of her life are so wonderful. They were such a gift to play. It was really amazing. They sent me the script and I was on lunch. I was in my trailer crying. Everybody was asking me if I was okay, and what was wrong, and I had to say it was nothing, and that I was fine. You don't want to tell anyone anything - and, of course, we're not allowed to tell anybody anything. I think she truly is one of the most amazing characters on television".
Links
The Complete credits of Julie Benz from IMDB.com (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004748/)
YouTube - Hollywood 411: Rambo's Julie Benz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7lkKG-FE3c)
YouTube - Julie Benz interview on Craig Ferguson 01-17-08 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juSJd-0bJqo)
YouTube - Julie Benz on The View 2008-01-23 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zg87-rM4sM)
YouTube - Darla- The Anything But Ordinary Vampire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgMXAGFRD3E&feature=related)
Julie Benz
Name : Julie Benz
Birth Date : 1 May 1972,
Birth Place : Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth Name : Julie M. Benz
Height : 5' 4" (1.63 m)
Profession : Actress
Spouse: John Kassir (30 May 1998 - present)
Bios
Mini Bio of Julie from IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004748/bio)
Mini Biography
Born in Pennsylvania, Julie Benz's father is a Pittsburgh surgeon and her mother is a figure ice skater. The family settled in nearby Murrysville, when Julie was two, and she started ice skating 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 in 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.
By 1989, with her figure skating career over, Julie turned to acting and got involved in the local theater where she got a role in the play "Street Law". Her first movie role was a small, credited, speaking part in in the Black Cat episode in the Dario Argento/George A. Romero co-direction horror flick, Due occhi diabolici (1990) playing in one scene alongside Harvey Keitel. 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 shows including a guest appearance on "Married with Children" (1987) and in the Aaron Spelling TV pilot Crosstown Traffic (1995) (TV).
In 1996, Julie auditioned for the role of "Buffy" in the series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997), 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 vampire "Darla". With that, Julie Benz's career had finally taken off. She reprised her role as "Darla" in the Buffy spin-off series "Angel" (1999) for two years and has had several small roles in various film productions. She also had a small, but memorable, role playing a receptionist in the movie As Good as It Gets (1997).
Even after her role on "Angel" (1999) wrapped up, Julie continued to find work on television in playing many guest staring roles in numerous popular TV shows from "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000), to "Supernatural" (2005), to playing the lead and supporting roles in various made-for-TV movies. Most recently, she landed another notable role on the TV-cable series "Dexter" (2006) playing "Rita", a troubled divorcée and lover of the title character played by Michael C. Hall.
---------
Julie Benz Biography, Bio, Profile, pictures, photos from Netglimse.com (http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/julie_benz/index.shtml)
Netglimse Bio
"The Pittsburgh, Pa. native comes from a long line of medical professionals and was determined to be the first female doctor in the family. However, after she watched her first surgery, she decided against a medical career. From ages 3 to 13, Benz competed as a professional ice skater and at one time during her skating career was ranked thirteenth in the country. An audition for a local community theater set her on the path toward an acting career.
In the spring of 2001, Benz co-starred opposite Bill Bellamy and Shemar Moore in The Brothers and will be seen in the upcoming A Fate Totally Worse Than Death. Previously, Benz co-starred opposite Rose McGowan in the film Jawbreaker, as well as appeared in As Good As It Gets opposite Academy Award winner Jack Nicholson, Black Sheep and Inventing the Abbotts with Billy Crudup.
Benz, who is a gourmet chef, makes her home in Los Angeles with her husband and their two dogs, Elvis and Gracie. She is extremely dedicated to fitness and enjoys doing Tae Bo, hiking and playing golf. She is also an avid crafts enthusiast and has recently become a knitting pro, especially baby blankets for the charity Binky Patrol, which distributes blankets to kids in need."
----------
Link to Bio from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Benz)
Julie Benz Trivia from IMDB.com (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004748/bio)
Trivia
* She competed in the 1988 U.S. Championships in junior ice dancing with David Schilling, placing 13th. Her older sister and brother, Jennifer and Jeffrey, were the 1987 U.S. Junior Champions in ice dancing and competed internationally.
* 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.
* Was once ranked the number 12 ice skater in the United States. Julie has lost two roles to Sarah Michelle Gellar. The first was the role of Kendall Hart on "All My Children" (1970). The second was the role of Buffy on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997).
* She was originally cast to play the character "Ellie Sparks" in the un-aired pilot of the TV show "Glory Days" (2002).
* Attended Franklin Regional Sr. High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania
* Was originally picked to play the part of "Matty Jensen" in the film West of Brooklyn (2008) but was replaced by Natalia Livingston.
* Appeared in both: "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) and "CSI: Miami" (2002).
* Her favorite vacation spot is Tuscany.
* Her favorite charities are Lupus LA and U.S. Campaign for Burma.
* Her favorite drink is Limoncello.
Personal Quotes
- [On her character "Darla" on "Angel" (1999)] "I didn't expect them to write such a beautiful ending. I really think it was one of the most beautiful gifts I've ever received as an actor. The last three episodes of her life are so wonderful. They were such a gift to play. It was really amazing. They sent me the script and I was on lunch. I was in my trailer crying. Everybody was asking me if I was okay, and what was wrong, and I had to say it was nothing, and that I was fine. You don't want to tell anyone anything - and, of course, we're not allowed to tell anybody anything. I think she truly is one of the most amazing characters on television".
Links
The Complete credits of Julie Benz from IMDB.com (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004748/)
YouTube - Hollywood 411: Rambo's Julie Benz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7lkKG-FE3c)
YouTube - Julie Benz interview on Craig Ferguson 01-17-08 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juSJd-0bJqo)
YouTube - Julie Benz on The View 2008-01-23 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zg87-rM4sM)
YouTube - Darla- The Anything But Ordinary Vampire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgMXAGFRD3E&feature=related)