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Julie Benz Julie Benz JulieBenz BoosterBash05.jpg Julie Benz in 2005 Born Julie M. Benz May 1, 1972 (age 41) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Nationality American Alma mater New York University Occupation Actress Television presenter Years active 1990–present Spouse(s) John Kassir (1998–2007) Rich Orosco (2012–present) Julie M. Benz (born May 1, 1972) is an American actress, known for her roles as Darla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel (1997–2004) and Rita Bennett on Dexter (2006–2010), for which she won the 2006 and 2009 Satellite Awards for Best Supporting Actress. Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links Early life[edit] Benz was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her father is a surgeon in Pittsburgh. Her mother was a figure ice skater. The family settled in nearby Murrysville when Benz was two, and she started ice skating when she was three. She competed in the 1988 U.S. Championships in junior ice dancing with her skating partner David Schilling, finishing in 13th place.[1] Her older brother and sister, Jeffrey and Jennifer, were the 1987 U.S. Junior Champions in ice dancing and competed internationally. When Benz was 14, she suffered a stress fracture in her right leg and had to take time off. She grew up in Murrysville, graduating from Franklin Regional High School.[2] Career[edit] At age 15, Benz was told by an acting coach that she would never succeed as an actress. According to Benz, "I remember the teacher telling me I should not even try acting. I still have the report card where she was like, 'You will never be an actor. Your voice is horrible.' That was the best thing that ever happened to me because I was like, 'I'll show you'."[3] By 1989, with her figure skating career over, Benz became involved in local theater, where she was cast in the play Street Law. Her first movie role was a small speaking part in "The Black Cat" segment of the Dario Argento/George A. Romero horror movie Two Evil Eyes (1990). A year later, she was cast in the TV show Hi Honey, I'm Home (1991), which was canceled after two seasons. After graduating from high school, Benz entered New York University to study acting. After graduation from NYU,[4] she moved to Los Angeles. Two weeks after her move, she obtained a bit part in a 1994 episode of Married... with Children, playing a girl who wanted to lose her virginity to Bud Bundy.[3] Her subsequent roles include an unaired Aaron Spelling television pilot Cross Town Traffic. She starred in another unaired TV pilot called Empire in 1995. Her other TV shows included Hang Time, High Tide, Step by Step and Boy Meets World, plus a small role in the TV movie The Barefoot Executive. She had an uncredited role in Black Sheep and appearances in Diagnosis: Murder, Sliders and The Single Guy. She played Christy in the TV movie Hearts Adrift and a lead role as Julie Falcon in Darkdrive. Julie Benz at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International In 1996, Benz auditioned for the role of Buffy Summers in the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), but lost out to Sarah Michelle Gellar. However, she was offered the small role of the vampire Darla in the pilot episode. Her performance was so well-received that her part was expanded to a few more episodes. The role helped launch her career. She appeared in more TV shows such as The Big Easy and Fame L.A. along with a small role as a receptionist in the movie As Good as It Gets (1997). She starred in the short spoof film Eating Las Vegas and the unaired TV pilot Veronica's Video, had a small uncredited role in the TV movie A Walton Easter and a small role in Inventing the Abbotts. In 1998, she had a recurring role as Joplin Russell in the TV show Ask Harriet (though the show was canceled and only two of her appearances aired), then guest-starred on Conrad Bloom and The King of Queens. She made two movies, the dark comedy Jawbreaker and Dirt Merchant, before landing a lead role in another TV show called Payne. She played undercover FBI Special Unit agent Kathleen Topolsky on Roswell during its first season, starred in the TV movie Satan's School for Girls, the unaired TV pilot Good Guys/Bad Guys and had a lead role in the horror movie parody Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth. Benz at PaleyFest2010's Dexter night at the Saban Theatre on March 4, 2010 She reprised her role as Darla in 2000 for the Buffy spin-off series Angel appearing in every season for at least one episode. She was the only white actor featured in the principal cast of the romantic comedy The Brothers. She was a guest host for the TV show Rendez-View. She was cast as Ellie Sparks in Glory Days and appeared in the unaired pilot; however, she left the show. She guest starred on She Spies and was in the featured cast for the mini-series Taken. She did various voices for the video game Hot Shots Golf Fore!, appeared in the short film The Midget Stays in the Picture and took over the role of Ursula for George of the Jungle 2. Benz appeared in Peacemakers, Coupling, NCIS and Oliver Beene. She landed the lead role of Annie Garrett in the Hallmark TV movie The Long Shot. Benz also provided the voice of Miranda Keyes for the video game Halo 2, though she did not return to the role in the sequel Halo 3 as Bungie wanted to try a new direction with the Miranda Keyes voice by giving the character an accent, replaced by Justis Bolding. She played the lead role of Danielle in Bad Girls From Valley High (a film shot in 2000 under the title A Fate Totally Worse Than Death) which was released on DVD in 2005. She had a small role in the critically acclaimed TV movie Lackawanna Blues. In the Sci-Fi Channel original film Locusts: The 8th Plague, she played the lead female role Vicky. She also appeared in the straight-to-DVD movie 8mm 2 as Lynn. The film was originally called The Velvet Side of Hell and was not supposed to be a sequel to 8MM. Benz appeared in episodes of Supernatural, CSI: Miami, Law & Order and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. She had a supporting role in a Swedish independent movie called Kill Your Darlings, a lead role in the Lifetime movie Circle of Friends and joined the cast of TV show Dexter as Rita Bennett.[5] Benz played a lead role in the fifth film of the popular horror franchise, Saw V, as Brit, a real-estate developer who is one of Jigsaw's five victims. She had a supporting role in Punisher: War Zone as Angela. Benz co-starred with Sylvester Stallone in 2008's Rambo, the fourth film of that series. She plays the title role in the short film Kidnapping Caitlynn, written by her close friend Jenny Mollen, premiered at the Vail Film Festival 2009 and was released online April 6, 2009.[6] She starred in the Lifetime movie Held Hostage as Michelle Estey.[7] in July.[8] She also starred in the Hallmark Channel movie Uncorked[9] as Johnny Prentiss[10] which premiered in the UK in July 2009. She is the lead female character Special Agent Eunice Bloom in The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day which had a limited release on October 30, 2009, and was released on DVD March 9, 2010. She has been cast in another indie film called Bedrooms as Anna.[11] She plays Frankie in the upcoming movie Answers to Nothing which is scheduled for a 2011 release. Benz appeared on The Soup with Joel McHale. Benz next took a recurring role on Desperate Housewives as Robin Gallagher, a stripper with a heart of gold and a Masters degree in education who gets offered the chance to transition into a more legitimate career.[12] The character of Robin is further developed when the audience discovers she is a lesbian and begins an affair with housewife Katherine Mayfair (Dana Delany). After the Season 4 finale of Dexter, she returned for the Season 5 premiere.[13] In early 2010, ABC announced that Benz had landed a lead role as Stephanie Powell, in the network's drama pilot No Ordinary Family.[14] Production of the series commenced the following May and it premiered on September 28, 2010,[15] as part of the 2010–11 season.[16] On May 13, 2011, No Ordinary Family was canceled after one season with only twenty episodes filmed. In 2011, she was cast in the new CBS TV show A Gifted Man. She was originally a co-star[17] but was downgraded to recurring. A Gifted Man was canceled by CBS in May 2012 after one season of 16 episodes. She will also be starring in TV movie Ricochet as Elise Laird.[18] Benz plays the lead female role, Mayor Amanda Rosewater, in the new science fiction series Defiance[19] and also stars in the upcoming indie movie Supremacy.[20] and the unaired TV pilot Middle Ages.[21] Personal life[edit] Benz was married to actor and voice actor John Kassir.[22] They were married on May 30, 1998 and she filed for divorce in December 2007.[23] In 2011 she became engaged to Rich Orosco, a partner at B360 Studios[24] and they married on May 5, 2012.[25] Filmography[edit] Film Year Title Role Notes 1990 Two Evil Eyes Betty Segment: "The Black Cat" 1996 Black Sheep uncredited 1996 Darkdrive Julie Falcon 1997 Eating Las Vegas Sheila Short film 1997 Inventing the Abbotts Co-ed 1997 As Good as It Gets Receptionist 1999 Jawbreaker Marcie Fox 2000 Satan's School for Girls Alison Kingsley 2000 Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth Barbara 2000 Bad Girls From Valley High Danielle 2001 The Brothers Jesse Caldwell 2003 The Midget Stays in the Picture A-List Actress short film 2002 George of the Jungle 2 Ursula, Queen of the Jungle 2005 8mm 2 Lynn 2005 Locusts: The 8th Plague Vicky 2006 Kill Your Darlings Katherine 2008 Rambo Sarah Miller 2008 Saw V Brit Steddison 2008 Punisher: War Zone Angela Donatelli 2009 The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day Eunice Bloom 2010 Bedrooms Anna 2011 Ricochet Elise Laird 2011 Answers to Nothing Frankie 2013 Supremacy 2013 Sole Custody Zoey 2013 Abducted Television Year Title Role Notes 1991–1992 Hi Honey, I'm Home! Babs Nielson 14 episodes 1994 Married... with Children Sascha Episode: "Field of Screams" 1995 Cross Town Traffic unaired TV series pilot 1995 Empire Christine Lambert unaired TV series pilot 1995 Hang Time Linda Cantrell episode "Earl Makes the Grade" 1995 The Barefoot Executive Sexy Woman 1995 High Tide Joanna Craig Episode: "Sea No Evil" 1995 Step by Step Tawny Episode: "The Wall" 1996 Boy Meets World Bianca episode "City Slackers" 1996 Hearts Adrift Christy TV 1996 Diagnosis: Murder Julie Miller Episode" "Murder on Thin Ice" 1996 Sliders Jenny Michener Episode: "The Electric Twister Acid Test" 1996 The Single Guy Cranberries Girl Episode" "Love Train" 1997 Veronica's Video Heidi unaired TV series pilot 1997 A Walton Easter Jeannie uncredited 1997 The Big Easy Roxanne Episode" "BeGirled" 1997 Fame L.A. Vanessa Episode: "The Beat Goes On" 1997–2000 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Darla recurring; 5 episodes 1998 Ask Harriet Joplin Russell recurring 1998; 7 episodes 1998 Conrad Bloom Julie Episode: "The Rebound Guy" 1999 Dirt Merchant Angie 1999 Payne Breeze O'Rourke 9 episodes 1999 The King of Queens Julie Patterson Episode: "Train Wreck" 1999–2000 Roswell Kathleen Topolsky recurring; 7 episodes 2000–2004 Angel Darla recurring; 20 episodes 2000 Good Guys/Bad Guys unaired NBC TV series pilot 2002 Glory Days Ellie Sparks Unaired Pilot 2002 Taken Kate Keyes 2 episodes 2002 She Spies Elaine Episode: "Spies vs. Spy" 2002 Peacemakers Miranda Blanchard Episode: "The Witness" 2002 Coupling Amanda Episode: "Decatur Guy" 2004 The Long Shot: Believe in Courage Annie Garrett 2004 NCIS Denise Johnson Episode: "A Weak Link" 2004 Oliver Beene Cigarette Girl Episode: "Idol Chatter" 2005 Lackawanna Blues Laura 2006 Supernatural Layla Rourke Episode: "Faith" 2006 CSI: Miami Hayley Gordon Episode: "Deviant" 2006 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Heidi Wolff Episode: "Time of Your Death" 2006 Circle of Friends Maggie 2006–2010 Dexter Rita Bennett 49 episodes Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 2007 Law & Order Dawn Sterling Episode: "Church" 2009 Kidnapping Caitlynn Caitlynn 2009 Held Hostage Michelle Estey 2009 Uncorked Johnny Prentiss 2010 Desperate Housewives Robin Gallagher Recurring 2010; 5 episodes 2010–2011 No Ordinary Family Stephanie Powell Main cast; 20 episodes 2011 Royal Pains Elyse Episode: "An Apple a Day" 2011–2012 A Gifted Man Christina Holt recurring 2012 Middle Ages Unknown Unaired TV Plot 2013–present Defiance Mayor Amanda Rosewater Main cast Video Games Year Title Role Notes 2003 Everybody's Golf 4 (aka Hot Shots Golf Fore!) Various voices 2004 Halo 2 Miranda Keyes (voice) References[edit] ^ "SMGFAN.com's Exclusive Interview with Julie Benz". smgfan.com. 2003-11-11. Archived from the original on 2008-01-03. Retrieved 2008-02-03. ^ "Murrysville Native Stars In New 'Rambo' Movie". The Pittsburgh Channel. 2008-01-25. Retrieved 2009-01-04. ^ a b Rizzo, Carita. "Before They Were Stars", TV Guide, January 3, 2011, page 24 ^ "Gaining Recognition". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1999-02-20. Retrieved 2010-03-09. ^ "SCREAM '09: Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter on ‘Dexter’, More!". Bloody-disgusting.com. 2009-10-18. Retrieved 2010-10-20. ^ [1][dead link] ^ "Michelle Renee: Breaking The Chains of Domestic Violence". Huffingtonpost.com. 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2010-10-20. ^ "Julie Benz (juliebenz) on Twitter". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2010-10-20. ^ "Julie Benz | Your source for Julie @". Julie-benz.info. 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2010-10-20. ^ Bierly, Mandi (2009-03-26). "Hallmark Channel to produce 35 original movies with stars like Andrew McCarthy, Lori Loughlin, and Julie Benz. Pinch. Me.". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 14 January 2010. ^ "Benz Happy for 'Dexter' Castmates Marriage — Netscape Celebrity". Channels.isp.netscape.com. Retrieved 2010-10-20. ^ Gina DiNunno. "Dexter's Julie Benz to Pay a Visit to Wisteria Lane". TVGuide.com. ^ Abrams, Natalie (2010-05-25). "Julie Benz Returning to Dexter". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2011-05-31. ^ Eng, Joyce (2010-03-02). "Julie Benz Joins ABC's New Super Family". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2011-05-31. ^ Ram, Archana (2010-09-28). "EW.com, September 28, 2010". Popwatch.ew.com. Retrieved 2010-10-20. ^ Rice, Lynette (May 12, 2010). "Breaking: ABC picks up 'No Ordinary Family' starring Michael Chikilis". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 12, 2010. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2011-05-16). "CBS Picks Up Susannah Grant Medical Drama To Series, Neal Baer To Run It". deadline.com. Retrieved 2011-05-31. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2011-07-28). "John Corbett And Julie Benz To Star In TNT Film; Benz Changes Status On ‘Gifted Man’ –". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2011-11-04. ^ "Julie Benz To Star in New Syfy Series Defiance". SFX. Retrieved 2012-10-09. ^ ONE Entertainment. "Supremacy becomes more Supreme.". PRLog. Retrieved 2012-10-09. ^ Middle Ages at the Internet Movie Database ^ "Angel – Interviews – Julie Benz and John Kassir". BBC Online. ^ "IMDB bio". ^ Kim Kardashian (2011-06-27). "Julie Benz Is Getting Married! (Congrats, Lady!)". E! Online. Retrieved 2011-11-04. ^ Corneau, Allison (2012-05-05). "Dexter's Julie Benz Gets Married!". UsMagazine.com. Retrieved 2012-10-09. 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