Amber Benson
Milestones
- Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Birthday: January 8, 1977
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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
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2001 to 0000
Made a regular on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (UPN)
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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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2000
Acted in the black comedy "The Prime Gig"; after festival screenings, released direct-to-video in 2002
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1999 to 2001
Had a recurring role on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (The WB) as Tara, the good witch girlfriend of Willow (Alyson Hannigan)
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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
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1996
Revisited the character of Nicole Reed in "Jack Reed: A Killer Amongst Us"
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1995
Played the daughter of Randy Quaid in "Bye Bye, Love"
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1994
Featured in Anthony Drazan's period drama "Imaginary Crimes" and the modern satire "S.F.W."
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1994
Reprised role of Nicole Reed in the NBC TV-movie "Jack Reed: A Search For Justice"
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1993
Acted in Steven Soderbergh's "King of the Hill"
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1993
Appeared in NBC TV-movie "Jack Reed: Badge of Honor", playing Nicole, daughter of Brian Dennehey's titular Chicago cop
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1993
Featured in the thriller "The Crush"
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1991
Family relocated to Los Angeles when Benson was fourteen
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Lived in Orlando, Florida from ages 12 to 14
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Raised in Birmingham, Alabama
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Wrote, produced, directed and starred in the dark comedy "Chance" (lensed 2001)