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Pretty blonde performer Amber Benson racked up numerous film and television credits before rising to fame... (Learn more)

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Amber Benson’s Milestones
Lived in Orlando, Florida from ages 12 to 14
Raised in Birmingham, Alabama
Wrote, produced, directed and starred in the dark comedy "Chance" (lensed 2001)
1991 Family relocated to Los Angeles when Benson was fourteen
1993 Acted in Steven Soderbergh's "King of the Hill"
1993 Appeared in NBC TV-movie "Jack Reed: Badge of Honor", playing Nicole, daughter of Brian Dennehey's titular Chicago cop
1993 Featured in the thriller "The Crush"
1994 Featured in Anthony Drazan's period drama "Imaginary Crimes" and the modern satire "S.F.W."
1994 Reprised role of Nicole Reed in the NBC TV-movie "Jack Reed: A Search For Justice"
1995 Played the daughter of Randy Quaid in "Bye Bye, Love"
1996 Revisited the character of Nicole Reed in "Jack Reed: A Killer Amongst Us"
1998 Her role as 'Stoned Girl' drastically cut when "Can't Hardly Wait" was re-edited, removing most drug-related content for a PG-13 rating
1999 - 2001 Had a recurring role on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (The WB) as Tara, the good witch girlfriend of Willow (Alyson Hannigan)
2000 Acted in the black comedy "The Prime Gig"; after festival screenings, released direct-to-video in 2002
2001 "Don's Plum", a feature filmed in 1995-1996, screened at film festivals after a long legal battle between producers and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire
2001 - 0 Made a regular on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (UPN)
2001 Released the comic book WannaBlessedBe, co-written with novelist Christopher Golden and based upon her character on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"

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Also known as

AKA : Amber Nicole Benson

Born

January, 08 1977 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA

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