
Amber Benson (full name Amber Nicole Benson) was born on January 8, 1977 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. She is a writer, actress, film director and producer.
Biography and Career :
Ed and Diane Benson are her parents and besides her they also have Danielle, who is an artist. When she was just six years old she was dancing in the Alabama Ballet Company's production of "The Nutcracker", was member of the Birmingham Children's Theater. At 23 years old she admitted being a virgin and because she didn't have a driving license her mother took her to the studio.
Her career started and she became an important name in the movie industry. She has played in many movies along the years and besides being an actress she is a writer and also a film producer and director. She writes novels a
nd comics and was one of the persons who created Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow and Tara comic book. In 2003 at Hollywood she and director James Kerwin produced her play, "Albert Hall". She became a popular actress after her role in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".
Penny and Benny are her dog and cat. She loves animals very much. She wrote the screenplay of "Chance" in 2002 and of "Lovers, Liars and Lunatics" in 2006. Now (2007) she lives with her mother in Los Angeles and is working on her projects. She has proved the entire world that besides being beautiful and sexy is also intelligent and is capable of doing great things in the film industry.
Trivia :
- Height: 163 cm
- She is a vegetarian person.
- She has exactly the same birthday as Elvis Presley.
- She filmed a movie in Romania.
Quotes :
- "If I wasn't an actress I'd want to be a writer or else find a job where I got to read books and watch movies all day, everyday, for the rest of my life."
- "I would love to develop my career on both sides of the camera in the way Woody Allen has done down the years."
- "I've never purposely gone out to take somebody out. Well, maybe in elementary school I once did try to trip somebody."
- "I think when I cease to go to the bathroom, then I can call myself famous."
- "I would say if you think you could survive without being an actor - don't do it. It's a horrible, painful, wonderful but miserable business."
- "I started as a dancer when I was a little kid. I realized I didn't like dancing as much as being onstage and having people clap for me. That's how I segued into acting, the shortened version."
- "Books are what I escaped to when I was a kid, and books...unless they're just really piss poor, I get swept up in them and I'm gone."
- "I'm not a very serious person at all."
Filmography :
- Shifter (2008)
- One-Eyed Monster (2008)
- Strictly Sexual (2007)
- Kiss the Bride (2007)
- Girltrash! (2007) (V)
- Gryphon (2007) (TV)
- Holiday Wishes (2006) (TV)
- Supernatural (1 episode, 2006)
- Tripping Forward (2006)
- Simple Things (2006)
- Lovers, Liars and Lunatics (2006)
- Angst (2006/I)
- Race You to the Bottom (2005)
- The Inside (1 episode, 2005)
- Intermedio (2005)
- Cold Case (1 episode, 2004)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (2003) (VG)
- Latter Days (2003)
- Chance (2002)
-Buffy the Vampire Slayer (46 episodes, 1999-2002)
- Taboo (2002)
- The Enforcers (2001) (mini) TV Series
- Don's Plum (2001)
- Hollywood, Pennsylvania (2001)
- The Prime Gig (2000)
- Cracker (1 episode, 1999)
- Take It Easy (1999)
- Deadtime (1999)
- Promised Land (1 episode, 1998)
- Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
- Jack Reed: One of Our Own (1995) (TV)
- Bye Bye Love (1995)
- Imaginary Crimes (1994)
- Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (1994) (TV)
- S.F.W. (1994)
- Jack Reed: Badge of Honor (1993) (TV)
- King of the Hill (1993)
- The Crush (1993).
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