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Amber Benson

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Biography

Recent Role:
Stripper Mary Curtis on Ringer
Gender:
Female
Born:
1-8-1977
Birthplace:
Birmingham, Alabama
Birth Name:
Amber Nicole Benson
Sign: Capricorn
Height: 5'4"
Eyes: blue

Amber was born in Birmingham, Alabama on January 8, 1977. Her experience with show business started early, and she had already studied acting, dancing, and singing by the time she was 13. During her teen years she performed in a number of productions at a community theater, and by 1992 she and her family had moved to Los Angeles so that she could pursue her acting career full time.

Amber landed her first movie role in 1993 in “King of the Hill”. The same year she played Alicia Silverstone’s best friend





More Cheyenne in “The Crush”. She then moved to the small screen playing the daughter of Detective Jack Reed in a series of made-for-TV movies called, “Jack Reed: Badge of Honor” , “Jack Reed: A Search for Justice”, and “Jack Reed: One of Our Own.”

Most of Amber’s film career revolves around independent films, with parts in “Take it Easy”, “Deadtime”, “Don’s Plumb” with Leonardo DiCaprio, and “Hollywood, Pennsylvania.” Her parts in larger films include “S.F.W.” with Reese Witherspoon, “Imaginary Crimes” with Harvey Keitel, and “Bye Bye, Love” with Paul Reiser and Eliza Dushku.

Still, she is easily best known for her three seasons on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” as Tara, the shy and awkward witch who becomes involved with Willow in season 4 of the series. The time on the show opened many doors for Amber, both in front of the camera, and behind it.

In the new millennium, Amber has been working in many other areas of show business. She has written a film script (“The Theory of the Leisure Class”) and two shorter animated pieces for BBC television (“Ghosts of Albion: Legacy” and “Ghosts of Albion: Embers”). She also wrote, produced, directed, and starred in her own film in 2002 called “Chance.” She most recently finished writing the script for her movie "Lovers, Liars and Lunatics." She is also on a book tour with Christopher Golden, promoting their book, "Ghosts of Albion: Accursed."

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    10 Perfect
    One of the best actresses on TV hide show

    Amber Benson is one of the best actresses on Tv, one of My favorite Actresses and Tara was my absolute favorite character on Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I was so upset when she was killed off. I haven't seen her in much else though. She was amazing on Supernatural also. which she ironicly played a good vampire on. She can convincingly act shy and weak when she wants and confident and strong when she doesn't, acting skills that she uses all of the time on Buffy The Vampire Slayer, which is one of the many many things that I love about her as an actress.

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    A rising star hide show

    Amber Benson is one of those actresses that I wish I saw in more things. She was amazing as Tara on Buffy and she made Willow turning gay worth it. Her character was so sweet and nice and she really evolved in the sixth season into a stronger character. She also has an amazing singing voice as she showed in once more with feeling. Her duet with Giles is really heart breaking and shows off her skills really well. Lately I have been seeing her in some TV movies which normally have pretty weak plots, but she acts so well in them that they end up being pretty good. She brings a sense of comedy to all of her work even the dramatic roles very well and she has a really subtle type of beauty that I really like, I can't wait to see her in more projects.

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    Amber is great!! hide show

    I really like Amber Benson. They just had to go and kill her off of Buffy. Her character on BUffy seemed so nice and i miss her. She definately deserves way more credit. Amber was recently on an episode of Supernatural which she was amazing in. That really showed off her talent. I think Amber deserves a show or something. THat ia a fact.

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    10 Perfect
    I would love to see Amber Benson on television again. hide show

    Seeing Amber on tv again would only show more people that she can carry a lot of different preformances. Her portrayal and the Wiccan love of Buffy's lifetime sidekick Willow was powerful, to say the least.

    Filling the character perfectly three seasons on the show was certainly not enough and left a hole in the last season of the show which she not featured in.

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    Even today I'm still angry they killed her off on Buffy. hide show

    Amber Benson is a beautiful and talented actress. She needs an award. I loved her as Tara on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She and Willow were great together. I think it was very mean of the people who work on Buffy to put Amber in the credits of the episode where she was killed off. She should have been in the credits way before that, yet she wasn't.

    Amber Benson is very good with music as well. You get to hear her amazing voice in the 'One More With Feeling' episode on Buffy. I think she should have had a bigger part on Buffy but she didn't. Fans can always see her in movies and on other shows.

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