Charisma Carpenter

Charisma Carpenter was born in Las Vegas and lived there until the age of 15. Her family then moved to Mexico and San Diego to take classes at the School of the Creative and Performing Arts.Her hobby's would include: rollerblading, hiking, skydiving,rock climbing, running, horseback riding, traveling and cooking. She is also a dancer and is a former San Diego Charger Girl cheerleader.

After High School, she travelled through Europe and she returned to San Diego and held various jobs to support herself. She worked in a video store, taught aerobics and waited on tables which lead to her acting career. She had no plans to become an actress but a commercial agent found her and she began her acting career. She did many commercials, including one for secret anti- perspirant that ran for two years. Her first break was as a guest star on the popular series "Baywatch" and then a regular cast member role on the series " Malibu Shores" as Ashley. Today, Charisma enjoys the highlights of fame on the hit t.v series " Buffy The Vampire Slayer". ( Interesting fact: Did you know that while Charisma was in the role of Ashley on "Malibu Shores" , her character had a relationship with the same actor as the one who played her college boy date in the episode "Reptile Boy"?)

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