Charisma Carpenter

 Charisma Carpenter (born July 23, 1970) is an American actor from America. She played Cordelia Chase in the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-1999) and its spin-off series Angel (1999-2004). She also appeared in Charmed (2004), Kendall Casablancas and Veronica Mars (2005-2006), Rebecca Sewell and Lacy in The Lying Game (2012–2013 strong>).

 

  Carpenter was the daughter of Christine Carpenter, a bird sanctuary worker and Don Carpenter (a salesman) Born in Las Vegas. Carpenter is from Spanish, French, and German heritage (from her maternal grandfather). Carpenter was a student at the Bishop Gorman high school in Las Vegas.[6] She was also part of a song and dance group that was a part of Las Vegas Valley at nine years old.

 

 Carpenter She moved her family from Rosarito Beach, Baja California to Mexico when she was just 15 years old. After that, they relocated to San Diego to California. She went to Bonita Vista High School and Chula Vista School of the Creative and Performing Arts. Carpenter has traveled throughout Europe following her graduation. She returned to San Diego and worked in the video store as an aerobics instructor, as well as property management. In 1991, she served as a cheerleader with the San Diego Chargers football team In 1992, she relocated to Los Angeles.

 

  Henry Hubbard Jr. was an ex- San Diego officer and serial rapist who tried to subdue her and two of her male friends when they were swimming in San Diego in 1991. The two of them, Henry Hubbard Jr. and her co-conspirators were shot during the battle. Both survived. Hubbard was arrested, later convicted, and sentenced to 56 years of prison for a string of rapes and robberies. Carpenter used Hubbard's flashlight from the beach which he had left at the scene, and the flashlight ended up being one of the key pieces of evidence againstCarpenter was named No. 31 on the AskMen's Top 99 Most Wanted Women 2002 and No. 44 on their 2005 list. In spite of this, Carpenter has stated she is not a sex symbol. Carpenter was included on the cover of the magazine as well as in a ten-page naked image in the June issue of 2004. People magazine asked her 2005 whether she would pose again for Playboy. I did Playboy because of a specific reason. Not only was it a good financial move but also because of my current situation in my life. My son was only born and I had gained 50 pounds through the course of my pregnancy. I wanted to return the person I was before. I wanted to look beautiful and attractive. I was thinking: "What if you went to the max?"