Charisma Carpenter was born on the 23rd Jul 1970 in Las Vegas and she was named after an Avon perfume. ( Much to her disgust )
After being noticed by Aaron Spelling on an episode of Baywatch he cast her in Malibu Shores.
That series was axed after just a short run but not to be disheartened Charisma auditioned for the lead role of Buffy The Vampire Slayer but lost out to Sarah Michelle Gellar, instead she was cast in the show as Cordelia.
She played the same character in the spin off series Angel which ran for five seasons.
She does not charge a fee for autographs at Buffy fan conventions. ( Other cast members do )
Charisma will next be seen in The Expendables.
You can read some Charisma Carpenter quotes below.
Lots of doors have opened for me because of Buffy and Angel but, although I'm ambitious, I'm not going to just do anything simply because the money is good. If I can't love a project, then I'm not interested.
(On her role as Cordelia) I was a little turned off by the idea of doing another bitch. But my agent put it to me quite frankly, that you have to be known before you can be typecast.
My mom owned a retail store, so I had these hot satin pants. I was like Satan at my all-Christian school.
Well, I can tell you what my goals are. I have a son now, so I want the half-hour sitcom lifestyle, where you can have a family and work. And then, during summer hiatus, I'd like to do a Kill Bill or Wonder Woman or some movie like that
I think essentially the meaning of life is probably the journey and not really any one thing or an outcome or a result. I think it's kinda the process and I think that if you can find happiness in the process then maybe that's it. I just feel really in love with life and the life I've created with my family. So it works for me.
You can take the girl out of Vegas, but you can't take the Vegas out of the girl.
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