Place of Birth:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
 

Biography: 

          Born in Pennsylvania, Julie Benz's father is a Pittsburgh surgeon, her mother an ice skater.  The family settled in nearby Murrsyville, PA when Julie was two, and she started ice skating at age three.  Julie was even once ranked the number 12 ice skater in the United States.  She competed and came in 13th in the 1988 U.S. Championships in junior ice dancing with her partner David Schilling.  Her older brother and sister, Jeffrey and Jennifer, were 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.
          With her ice skating career over, Julie turned to acting and got involved in the local theater where she got a role as an extra in the movie Street Law.  Her first speaking movie part was a small role in the Black Cat episode in the Dario Argento/George Romero co-direction horror flick, Two Evil Eyes (1990) playing alongside Harvey Kietel.
          After graduating from high school, Julie entered New York University to study acting before she moved to Los Angeles to further persue her career.  She landed some small roles in movies and TV before auditioning for the role of Buffy in the series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," but lost out to Sarah Michelle Gellar.  She had also previously lost the role of Kendall Hart on "All My Children" to Sarah.  However, she was offered a small role as a vampire which she did such a good job that her part was expanded to a few more episodes.
          With that, Julie Benz's career had finally taken off. She also had a small, but memorable, role playing a receptionist in the movie As Good As It Gets.  In 1998, she married Jon Kassir.  She also auditioned for a role in Eyes Wide Shut.  She was called back to audition for the role again, but decided against it when she was going to have to do the scene topless. 
 
 

Filmography:
 

George of the Jungle II (2003) (V) ..as Ursula Stanhope

"Angel" (2003) TV Series ..as "Darla" in episode: "Inside Out" (episode # 4.17) 

"She Spies" (2002) TV Series ..as "Elaine" in episode: "Spies vs. Spy" (episode # 1.9) 

"Glory Days" (2002) TV Series ..as "Ellie Sparks" in episode: "Unaired Pilot"

"Taken" (2002) (mini) TV Series ..as Kate Keys 

"Rendez-View" (2001) TV Series ..as "Guest Host" in episode: "The Naked Truth" (episode # 1.2)

The Brothers (2001) ..as Jesse Caldwell 

A Fate Totally Worse Than Death (2000)  ..as Danielle 

Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th (2000) (V) ..as Barbara 

Satan's School for Girls (2000) (TV) ..as Allison 

"Angel" (2000-2001) TV Series ..as Darla 

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (2000) TV Series ..as "Darla" in episode: "Fool For Love" (episode # 5.7) 

Dirt Merchant (1999) ..as Angie 
... aka Dirt Merchant: Alternative Investigator (1999) (USA) 

"Roswell" (1999-2000) TV Series ..as Kathleen Topolski in episode: "Crazy" (episode # 1.17) "Blood Brother" (episode # 1.8) "River Dog" (episode # 1.7) "285 South" (episode # 1.6) "Missing" (episode # 1.5) "Monsters" (episode # 1.3) "The Morning After" (episode # 1.2)

"The King of Queens" (1999) TV Series ..as "Julie" in episode: "Train Wreck" (episode # 1.20) 

"Payne" (1999) TV Series ..as Breeze O'Rourke 

Jawbreaker (1999) ..as Marcie Fox 

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997-1998) TV Series ..as "Darla" in episode: "Becoming (Part 1)" (episode # 2.21) "Angel" (episode # 1.7)  "The Harvest" (episode # 1.2) "Welcome to the Hellmouth" (episode # 1.1) 

"Ask Harriet" (1998) TV Series ..as "Joplin Russell" in episode: "Help Me Rwanda" (episode # 1.3) 

"Fame L.A." (1997) TV Series ..as "Vanessa" in episode: "The Beat Goes On" (episode # 1.6) 

As Good As It Gets (1997) ..as Receptionist 

Inventing the Abbotts (1997) ..as Co-ed 

A Walton Easter (1997) (TV) 

Darkdrive (1996) ...as Julie Falcon 

"The Single Guy" (1996) TV Series ..as "Cranberries Girl" in episode: "Love Train" (episode # 2.6) 

"Sliders" (1996) TV Series ..as "Jenny Michener" in episode: "The Electric Twister Acid Test" (episode # 3.3)

Hearts Adrift (1996) (TV) ..as Kristy 

"Diagnosis Murder" (1996) TV Series ..as "Julie Miller" in episode: "Murder on Thin Ice" (episode # 4.3) 

Black Sheep (1996) (uncredited) 

"Boy Meets World" (1996) TV Series ..as "Bianca Sabatini" in episode: "City Slackers" (episode # 3.11) 

"Step by Step" (1995) TV Series ..as "Tawny" in episode: "The Wall" (episode # 5.9) 

"High Tide" (1995) TV Series ..as "Joanna Craig" in episode: "Sea No Evil" (episode # 2.8) 

"Empire" (1995) TV Series ..as Christie Lambert 

"Hang Time" (1995) TV Series ..as "Linda Cantrell" in episode: "Earl Makes the Grade" (episode # 1.6) 

The Barefoot Executive (1995) (TV) ..as Sexy Woman 

"Married... with Children" (1994) TV Series ..as "Sascha" in episode: "Field of Screams" (episode # 8.19)

"Hi Honey, I'm Home" (1991) TV Series ..as Babs Nielson 

Due occhi diabolici (1990) ..as Betty (segment "The Black Cat") 
... aka Two Evil Eyes (1991) (USA)
 
 

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