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She stars as Caitlynn in the 2009 short film Kidnapping Caitlynn which was written by her close friend Jenny Mollen.
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She appeared in the unaired NBC TV pilot Good Guys/Bad Guys in 2000.
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She appeared in the unaired TV pilot Veronica's Video as Heidi in 1997.
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She is engaged to Rich Orosco.
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She was nominated in the 2008 Scream Awards in the category Best Actress in a Horror Movie or TV Show for Dexter.
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She was honored with an Eyegore Award at the 2008 ceremony.
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Julie Benz and her Dexter co-star Valerie Cruz have become good friends in real life. To show off their new friendship they bought matching unicorn necklaces and then both got rashes from the metal.
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In 2008, Julie appeared in two service campaigns. She appeared in a Burma: It Can't Wait Campaign and in Violence Link PETA PSA.
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She collects antique things from every country she visits. Her favorite is a emerald ring she found in Knoxville.
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Julie has lost at least two roles to long time friend
Sarah Michelle Gellar. The first was the role which got Sarah a Daytime Emmy - Kendall Hart on
All My Children and the second was the role of our favorite Slayer, Buffy.
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She has a dog called Bamboo.
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She dyed her natural blonde hair to brunette for the film Punisher: War Zone.
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When working with Sylvester Stallone on Rambo she started calling him Mr. Stallone, which he didn't like and told her to call him 'Sly'. She couldn't say Sly without giggling so she went through a phase of not saying his name.
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Julie's favorite charities are Lupus LA and U.S. Campaign for Burma.
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Julie has stated that her favorite vacation spot is Tuscany.
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On August 16th, Julie appeared in the 2007, 7th annual Instyle Magazine Summer Soiree in Beverly Hills, California.
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Julie Benz is good friends with Shannon Doherty and Sarah Michelle Gellar for many years and also speaks to Juliet Landau on a weekly basis.
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Julie won the Satellite Award (2006) for Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for her role as Rita Bennett on
Dexter.
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She got married to her ex-husband, John Kassir, on May 30th, 1998. They got divorced around December 2007.
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Julie auditioned for a role in the film Eyes Wide Shut, but when the call back audition required her to be topless, she decided against it.
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She appeared in Lifetime movie Circle of Friends which is also the name of an episode from the TV show Dexter in which she stars in.
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In 2001, Julie was featured in a Promo on The WB for her work on
Angel.
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Julie appeared in the Aaron Spelling pilot Cross Town Traffic, which was never picked up.
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She will be starring in the Lifetime TV movie "Circle of Friends" which wrapped up filming on May 10th 2006.
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Julie Benz wasn't the voice of character Miranda Keyes in the game "Halo 3". They changed the character's accent and didn't ask her to return.
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Julie Benz is the voice of character Miranda Keyes in the game Halo 2.
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Julie can be seen along side husband John Kassir in the direct to video release George of the Jungle 2.
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Julie appeared in the movie Jawbreaker as Marcie "Foxy" Fox.
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Julie was originally picked to play the part of Matty Jensen in the film West of Brooklyn but was replaced by Natalia Livingston before filming began.
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Julie grew up in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.
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Julie competed in the 1988 US Junior Ice Skating Championship.
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Julie attended and graduated from New York University.
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Julie just wrapped up a movie entitled Kill Your Darlings.
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Julie originally turned down the offer to have figures made of her character Darla, but was talked into it by
Angel star,
David Boreanaz.
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Sideshow toys came out with two Sideshow 12" figures of Julie's
Buffy the Vampire Slayer character Darla which quickly sold out. The Sideshows are varients of the 6" figures
Schoolgirl Darla and
Welcome to the Hellmouth Darla.
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Julie has stated that she is most inspired acting wise by
Cate Blanchett.
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Julie admits that she did not see the movie
Buffy the Vampire Slayer before she auditioned for the show with the same title.
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Julie originally auditioned for the role of Buffy on
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The shows creator,
Joss Whedon, told her that he thought that she was not right for the role, but offered her the part of the vampire Darla.
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Julie graduated from Franklin Regional Sr. High School.
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Julie is 5' 4" tall.
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Julie's character, Darla, from
Angel has two action figures out. There are
Reunion Darla and
Season 2 Darla.
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Julie's character, Darla, from
Buffy the Vampire Slayer has two action figures out.
Welcome to the Hellmouth Darla and a vampire varient of
Welcome to the Hellmouth Darla AKA
Vampire Schoolgirl Darla.
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Her character, Darla, from
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and
Angel was voted #8 in the
Top 10 sexiest Women in Buffy and Angel, by fans of
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and
Angel magazines.
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Julie is the only actress to make at least one appearance in every season of
Angel without ever being credited in the opening credits.