Charisma Carpenter

 Charisma Carpenter, who was born July 23 1970 is an American actress. The first time she appeared on screen was in Cordelia Chase, a supernatural drama show Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-1999) as well as the spin-off series Angel (1999–2004). She was also in Charmed (2004), Kendall Casablancas and Veronica Mars (2005-2006), Rebecca Sewell and Lacy in The Lying Game (2012–2013 strong>).

 

 

  Carpenter was born in Las Vegas, Nevada the daughter of Christine, a bird sanctuary worker and Don Carpenter, a salesman. She is of Spanish (from her maternal grandfather), French, and German descent. Carpenter was a student at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Las Vegas. she also was a part of a song-and-dance troupe which performed in the Las Vegas Valley when she was nine years old.

 

 

  When Carpenter was 15, her family relocated to Rosarito Beach, Baja California in Mexico, and later to San Diego, California. She attended Bonita Vista High School and Chula Vista School of the Creative and Performing Arts. [2][failed verify] After graduating, Carpenter traveled throughout Europe. She returned to San Diego and worked in the video store as an aerobics instructor, and property management. She played cheerleader for San Diego Chargers football in 1991. In 1992 she moved to Los Angeles.

 

 

  In the water in San Diego in 1991, she and her male companions were slain by Henry Hubbard Jr., who was a former San Diego police officer and serial rapist who tried to subdue them with a gun. During the struggle that ensued, her two friends and Hubbard were shot, forcing Hubbard to flee the scene and both of them survived the assault. Hubbard was detained, convicted, sentenced to 56 years in prison for a string of rapes. Carpenter removed Hubbard's flashlight one of the police's flashlights, from the beach. The flashlight was left at the scene. The flashlight was an important piece of evidence against Hubbard.

 

 

  Carpenter was ranked No. Carpenter was ranked 31 in AskMen's Top 99 Most Wanted Females of 2002[3031. 44 on their 2005 list. Carpenter stated that she doesn't consider herself a sexual symbol in spite of this. Carpenter was in the cover story and in a ten-page nude photo shoot in the June 2004 issue. People magazine asked her 2005 whether she'd pose for Playboy. Playboy was something I took on for a very specific purpose. Not only was it an effective financial choice but also because of the stage I was in within my life. After having my son, I had gained 50 pounds during my pregnancy. I wanted to return to my former self. I wanted to look beautiful and sexy. I was thinking: "What if you went all out?"