Julie Benz
Julie Benz was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on May 1, 1972. Julie's father is a Pittsburgh surgeon and her mother is a figure 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 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 the Black Cat segment of the Dario Argento/George A. Romero co-direction horror flick, Two Evil Eyes (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. 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).
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 a vampire girl 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 staring 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. 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. Benz played a leading role in the TV series No Ordinary Family (2010) playing Stephanie Powell along with actors Michael Chiklis, Kay Panabaker, Jimmy Bennett, Autumn Reeser, Romany Malco, and Stephen Collins.
In 2013, she had the starring role in the sci-fi / fantasy breakout hit show Defiance (2013).
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Movies (47)
The Midway Point
2024 · Ms. Devaney
Secrets of a Gold Digger Killer
2021 · Celeste Beard
Nocturno
2020 · Cassie Lowe
Abuso de Poder
2019 · Pamela Dupree
Los sueños de Heaven
2019 · Kitty Dennison
Christmas Homecoming
2017 · Amanda
Viviendo en la linea
2016 · Carline
La resurrección del mal
2016 · Jackie
Charming Christmas
2015 · Meredith Rossman
Círculo
2015 · Wife
Sole Custody
2014 · Zoey
Supremacy
2014 · Kristen
Taken: The Search for Sophie Parker
2013 · Stevie Parker
Una bala en la oscuridad
2011 · Elise Laird
Answers to Nothing
2011 · Frankie
Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary
2010 · Self
Bedrooms
2010 · Anna
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
2009 · Eunice
Uncorked
2009 · Johnny Prentiss
Held Hostage
2009 · Michelle Estey
Tattoos: A Scarred History
2009 · Self
Kidnapping Caitlynn
2009 · Caitlynn
El Castigador: Zona de guerra
2008 · Angela Donatelli
El juego del miedo 5
2008 · Brit
Rambo IV: Regreso al infierno
2008 · Sarah
Circle of Friends
2007 · Maggie
Kill Your Darlings
2006 · Katherine
8mm 2: Perversiones fatales
2005 · Lynn
Locusts: The 8th Plague
2005 · Vicky
Bad Girls from Valley High
2005 · Danielle
Lackawanna Blues
2005 · Laura
The Long Shot
2004 · Annie Garrett
George de la Selva 2
2003 · Ursula
The Brothers
2001 · Jesse Caldwell
No es otra tonta película de miedo
2000 · Barbara
Satan's School for Girls
2000 · Alison Kingsley
Dirt Merchant
1999 · Angie
Bromas que matan
1999 · Marcie Fox
Mejor... Imposible
1997 · Receptionist
Darkdrive
1997 · Julie Falcon
Círculo de Pasiones
1997 · Co-ed
A Walton Easter
1997 · Jeannie
Hearts Adrift
1996 · Christy
La Oveja Negra de la Familia
1996 · Dancing Blonde Woman
The Barefoot Executive
1995 · Sexy Woman
Two Evil Eyes
1990 · Betty
Horrified
· Executive Producer
TV shows (46)
Love, Victor
2020 · Shelby
9-1-1: Lone Star
2020 · Sadie Becker
Llegar a ser Dios en Florida
2019 · Carole Wilkes
V.C. Andrew's Casteel Family
2019 · Kitty
Dark/Web
2019 · I Am Rideshare (voice)
Ligera como una pluma
2018 · Skye
Training Day
2017 · Holly Butler
Dinner at Tiffani's
2015 · Self
Defiance
2013 · Amanda Rosewater
A Gifted Man
2011 · Christina Holt
Los increíbles Powell
2010 · Stephanie Powell
Hawaii Five-0
2010 · Abby Dunn
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Royal Pains
2009 · Elyse
Dexter
2006 · Rita Bennett
Supernatural
2005 · Layla Rourke
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Self
Esposas Desesperadas
2004 · Robin Gallagher
Coupling U.S.
2003 · Amanda
NCIS
2003 · Denise Johnson
Peacemakers
2003 · Miranda Blanchard
Oliver Beene
2003 · Cigarette Girl
Abducidos
2002 · Kate Keys
CSI: Miami
2002 · Hayley Gordon
She Spies
2002 · Elaine
Rank
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Heidi Wolff
Roswell
1999 · Kathleen Topolsky
Angel
1999 · Darla
Payne
1999 · Breeze O'Rourke
El Rey de Queens
1998 · Julie Patterson
Conrad Bloom
1998 · Julie
Ask Harriet
1998 · Joplin Russell
Fame L.A.
1997 · Vanessa
Buffy, la cazavampiros
1997 · Darla
The Big Easy
1996 · Roxanne
The Single Guy
1995 · Cranberries Girl
Hang Time
1995 · Linda Cantrell
Deslizadores
1995 · Jenny Michener
High Tide
1994 · Joanna Craig
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · Julie Miller
Aprendiendo a Vivir
1993 · Bianca
Paso a paso
1991 · Tawny
Hi Honey, I'm Home!
1991 · Babs Nielsen
Law & Order
1990 · Dawn Sterling
Married... with Children
1987 · Sascha