Biography
Who is Amber Benson?
Early life and family
Amber Benson was born on January 8, 1977, in the city of Birmingham, Alabama. Her father works as a psychiatrist and is Jewish. Her mother was raised as a Southern Baptist. Amber grew up attending a Reform synagogue in Alabama. She has one younger sister who works as an artist.
Acting roles
Amber started her film career at age 14 in King of the Hill. She is most famous for playing Tara Maclay in the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Her character was the girlfriend of Willow Rosenberg. She sang songs like Under Your Spell in the musical episode Once More, with Feeling. She performed on Anthony Stewart Head's album Music for Elevators in 2002. Later, she played the vampire Lenore on the show Supernatural. She appeared as Traci Levine in the film Latter Days. She also played a waitress in The Killing Jar.
Directing and producing
Amber Benson wrote and directed the film Chance in 2002. She produced and starred in Lovers, Liars & Lunatics in 2006. This movie was funded by selling Tara action figures. She co-directed the comedy Drones in 2010 with Adam Busch. She co-wrote The Theory of the Leisure Class in 2001. She also produced the play Albert Hall in Hollywood in 2003. She starred in the movie Kiss the Bride in 2007.
Writing and voice work
Amber Benson has written many books with Christopher Golden. They created the Ghosts of Albion series for the BBC. She wrote novels including Death's Daughter and Cat's Claw. Other books in that series are Serpent's Storm and How to Be Death. She published The Witches of Echo Park in 2014. She narrated the audiobook Lock In by John Scalzi. In 2024, she narrated Blood Ex Libris and Blood Demands. She also voiced characters in Slayers: A Buffyverse Story. She wrote comics like WannaBlessedBe and Wilderness. She collaborated with Jamie McKelvie on Four Letter Worlds.
Personal life and activism
Amber Benson lived in Los Angeles as of 2007. She has described herself as a lapsed vegetarian. In 2008, she appeared in a campaign ad for Barack Obama. In 2021, she supported Charisma Carpenter. She agreed that the Buffy set was a toxic environment. This happened after Carpenter accused Joss Whedon of abusive behavior.
Birthday and age
Amber Benson was born on January 8, 1977, which makes Amber 49 years old today. That birthday falls under the Capricorn sign. Amber shares the date with 30 other famous people.
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