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Julie Benz |
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Julie is best known as Darla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Fans will also recognize her as Agent Kathleen Topolsky from Roswell. Current / Recent Work Julie recently played Kate Keyes in the Sci-Fi Channel original miniseries from Steven Spielberg, Taken. Bio Born 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, and was 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 was cast in 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 roles in movies and TV including a guest appearance on Married... with Children 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. She was, however, offered a guest appearance. Since then, she's reprised her role as Darla in several episodes of both Buffy and Angel, while doing the same as Agent Kathleen Topolsky on Roswell. Other notable credits include appearances on The Single Guy, Sliders, Diagnosis: Murder, Boy Meets World, Married...With Children, and in the Jack Nicholson - Helen Hunt movie, As Good As It Gets. |
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