CHARISMA CARPENTER
Born: July 23, 1970 Height: 5' 7˝"
Charisma Lee Carpenter is an American actress. She is best known for playing the character Cordelia Chase in the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and its spin-off "Angel".
Carpenter was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. At 15, the family moved to Rosarito B.C., Mexico, and then to Chula Vista. After graduation, she became a San Diego Chargers cheerleader in 1991, before beginning her Hollywood career. She had also dabbled in sky-diving. She married her French fiancé Damien Hardy and gave birth to a son.
Carpenter was discovered by a commercial agent while working as a waitress which led to several roles on TV advertisements. She made guest appearances in "Baywatch", "Miss Match", and "Malibu Shores". Her best known role was Cordelia on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (3 years) and "Angel" (4 years).
Carpenter appeared on the cover and posed for a nude pictorial in the June 2004 issue of Playboy magazine. Carpenter has played three characters with the ability to tell the future. In "Angel", her character, Cordelia, received visions from The Powers That Be. On "Charmed", she played Kira, the Seer, who counted premonitions among her powers. In Voodoo Moon, she could tell the future through her drawings.
Charisma Carpenter - "You can take the girl out of Vegas, but you can't take the Vegas out of the girl."
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