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Who is Julie Benz?

Julie Benz was born on the 1st May 1972 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress. After high school she went to New York University and graduated. After that she followed her mother and older siblings, Jeffrey and Jennifer, into the figure skating field, and competed in the 1988 US Junior Ice Skating Championship. She gave up her pursuit of ice skating after an accident. Julie achieved her first acting role in a local play in 1989. She is best known for portraying the vampire Darla in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where she was the first character seen on screen and spoke the first line, and later in the spin-off series, Angel. Julie provided the voice of Miranda Keyes in the video game Halo2, though she did not return to the role in the upcoming sequel Halo3. She has the amazing record of being credited with appearances in fifty-seven different movies and TV shows, none as the lead but supporting roles mostly. Many of her credits are either successful or long running TV shows or big budget Hollywood productions. In the last few years she has become much in demand for voice over work as well. Like most of the people below the top tier in Hollywood she has her own website and MySpace pages.