Amber Benson
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She has had roles in movies with actors whom she would later join on the cast of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer": Lindsay Crouse and Eliza Dushku in "Bye Bye Love" (1995) and Seth Green in "Can't Hardly Wait" (1998).
She is most proud of her work in the film 'King Of The Hill', her appearances as "Tara" on 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' and her own movie project 'Chance'.
Lives in Los Angeles with her mother, her dog Pennsylvania (aka Penny) and her cat Benneton (aka Benny).
She traveled to Romania to film the movie 'Taboo'.
In 2001, at the age of just 24, Amber directed, wrote, produced and starred in her own movie called 'Chance'. It was presented at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002.
She was born on Elvis Presley's birthday (January 8th) in 1977 (the year of Elvis' death.)
Is a vegetarian.
Wrote a comic book based on the characters of Willow and Tara as part of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic books series.
Movie Appearances
Latter Days (2003)
Chance (2002) as. Chance
Taboo (2002) as Piper
Hollywood, Pennsylvania (2001) as Mandy Calhoun
The Enforcers (2001) TV Mini-Series as Abby
Don's Plum (2001) as Amy
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special (2000) (TV) as Herself
The Prime Gig (2000) as Batgirl
Deadtime (1999) as. Patty
Take It Easy (1999) as Justy
Can't Hardly Wait (1998) (scenes deleted) as Stoned Girl (Stephanie)
Jack Reed: One of Our Own (1995) (TV) as Nicole Reed
Bye Bye, Love (1995) as Meg Damico
Imaginary Crimes (1994) as Margaret
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (1994) (TV) as Nicole Reed
S.F.W. (1994) as Barbara 'Babs' Wyler
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor (1993) (TV) as Nicole Reed
King of the Hill (1993) as Ella McShane
The Crush (1993) as Cheyenne
TV Appearances
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1999-) as"Tara Maclay"
Promised Land (1998) as "Amy Farnsworth" in the episode: "Out of Bounds"
Cracker (1997) as "Amy" in the episode: "The Club"