Julie Benz

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Birth Name: Julie Marie Benz

Age: 51, born 1 May 1972

Country of origin: United States

Currently Residing In: United States

Height: 5' 4"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Rich Orosco

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Description: Julie Benz was born Julie Marie Benz on May 1, 1972 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Benz's father is a Pittsburgh surgeon, and her mother is a figure ice skater. The family settled in nearby Murrysville, when Julie was two, and she started ice skating at age three. She competed in the 1988 U.S. Championships in junior ice dancing with her partner David Schilling, coming in 13th. Her older brother and sister, Jeffrey and Jennifer, were in the 1987 U.S. Junior Champions in ice dancing and competed internationally. When Julie was 14, she had a bad stress fracture and had to take time off. By 1989, with her figure skating career ove Julie Benz was born Julie Marie Benz on May 1, 1972 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Benz's father is a Pittsburgh surgeon, and her mother is a figure ice skater. The family settled in nearby Murrysville, when Julie was two, and she started ice skating at age three. She competed in the 1988 U.S. Championships in junior ice dancing with her partner David Schilling, coming in 13th. Her older brother and sister, Jeffrey and Jennifer, were in the 1987 U.S. Junior Champions in ice dancing and competed internationally. When Julie was 14, she had a bad stress fracture and had to take time off.

By 1989, with her figure skating career over, Julie turned to acting and got involved in the local theater where she got a role in the play "Street Law". Her first movie role was a small, credited, speaking part in in the Black Cat episode in the Dario Argento/George A. Romero co-direction horror flick, Due occhi diabolici (1990) playing in one scene alongside Harvey Keitel. A year later, she got a role on a TV show called "Hi Honey, I'm Home" (1991).

After graduating from high school, Julie entered New York University to study acting there. During this time studying abroad in Moscow, Russia. After graduation, Julie moved to Los Angeles to further pursue her career and landed some small roles in movies and TV shows including a guest appearance on "Married with Children" (1987) and in the Aaron Spelling TV pilot Crosstown Traffic (1995) (TV).

In 1996, Julie auditioned for the role of "Buffy" in the series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997), but lost out to Sarah Michelle Gellar. However, she was offered a small role as “vampire girl #1” in which she did such a good job that her part was expanded to a few more episodes in playing the vampire "Darla". With that, Julie Benz's career had finally taken off. She reprised her role as "Darla" in the Buffy spin-off series "Angel" (1999) for two years and has had several small roles in various film productions. She also had a small, but memorable, role playing a receptionist in the movie As Good as It Gets (1997).

Even after her role on "Angel" (1999) wrapped up, Julie continued to find work on television in playing many guest starring roles in numerous popular TV shows from "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000), to "Supernatural" (2005), to playing the lead and supporting roles in various made-for-TV movies. One of the most recognizable roles being, when she landed another notable role on the TV-cable series "Dexter" (2006) playing "Rita", a troubled divorcée and lover of the title character played by Michael C. Hall.

Most recently, Benz’s most notable roles have been in several shows. She played a lesbian stripper by the name of Robin Gallagher in the hit show Desperate Houses Wives (2004-2012) and playing Inspector Abby Dunn and Chin Ho Kelly’s live interest in Hawaii 5O. She has also starred in a few Hallmark Christmas movies like Christmas Homecoming (2017) and lifetime movies like Arson Mom (2014).

She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband Rich, who is an Executive Vice President of the MLS’ newest soccer team: Los Angeles Football Club (Lafc), she also lives with her two dogs, Sugar and Bamboo. Benz was previously married to actor John Kassir, voice of The Crypt Keeper, on May 30, 1998. She filed for divorce in December 2007. ... (more)