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Charisma Carpenter

Charisma Lee Carpenter (born July 23, 1970) is an American actress of Mexican and Cherokee descent. She is best known for playing the character Cordelia Chase in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel.

 

Personal life

Carpenter was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she attended Bishop Gorman Catholic High School before moving with her family to Chula Vista, California, where she attended Chula Vista High School. After graduation, she was a San Diego Chargers cheerleader before beginning her Hollywood career. In 2002 she got married to Damian Hardy and on March 24, 2003 she gave birth to a boy, Donovan Charles Hardy.

 

Career





On the cover of Playboy, June 2004Carpenter was discovered by a commercial agent when she was a waitress, leading to several roles on TV advertisements. She has made guest appearances in Baywatch, Miss Match and has had a role in Malibu Shores. She also a recurring role in the popular witch drama Charmed, appearing in three episodes.

In 2004, Carpenter posed nude for the June 2004 issue of Playboy magazine.

As of 2005, Carpenter has a recurring role as Kendall Casablancas on Veronica Mars. Her role in the season's overall mystery has not yet been revealed.

celebrities - Christina Applegate

Christina Applegate

Christina Applegate (born November 25, 1971) is an American actress, best known for her role as Kelly Bundy on the sitcom Married... with Children.

Born in Hollywood, California, her father, Robert Applegate, was a record producer. Her mother, Nancy Lee Priddy, was an actress-singer who survived breast cancer. Her parents split up after she was born and her father remarried.

Applegate quit school at age 17 to pursue acting. She still studies jazz and dance. She is friends with actresses Nicole Eggert and Gwyneth Paltrow. On October 20, 2001, she married longtime boyfriend Johnathon Schaech, in a small mixed-religion Palm Springs ceremony attended by family and close friends. She is a supporter of PETA.

From 1987 to 1997, she played Kelly Bundy on Married... with Children. From 1998 to 2000, she starred in her own sitcom called Jesse.

In the 1980s and early 1990s, she was nominated four times in the annual Youth in Film Awards, two of which she won.

While playing the title role in a revival of Sweet Charity, she injured her ankle, and it was announced that the musical would close in previews. She persuaded the producers to rescind their descision, and on May 4, 2005 she made her Broadway debut to moderately good reviews.

Filmography (actress)

Pretty Persuasion (2005)


Surviving Christmas (2004)


Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)


Employee of the Month (2004)


Grand Theft Parsons (2003)


Wonderland (2003)




View from the Top (2003)


Heroes (2003)


The Sweetest Thing (2002)


Sol Goode (2001) (uncredited)


Just Visiting (2001)


The Giving Tree (2000)




Out in Fifty (1999)


Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)


The Big Hit (1998)


Claudine's Return (1998)


Nowhere (1997)


Mars Attacks! (1996)




Vibrations (1995)


Wild Bill (1995)


Across the Moon (1995)


Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)


Streets (1990)


Beatlemania (1981)




Jaws of Satan (1981)

Stars Gear Up for Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race (Edmunds.com)

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:06:59 GMT
LONG BEACH, California — With 10 days to go until the big race, we're getting a sneak peak at the famous and the not-so famous participants in this year's Toyota Pro/Celebrity race. Yesterday, the stars got in another day of practice on the track as the media took part in a trackside press event.

Celebrity stylists Britt Bardo and Jewels Steger launch Rose clothing line (Los Angeles Times)

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:41:32 GMT
Eva Mendes, Sarah Chalke and Elizabeth Banks are among the guests at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel luncheon. There wasn't a single thorny moment at the Rose luncheon last week toasting the launch of the new clothing line from celebrity stylists Britt Bardo and Jewels Steger. The ladies-only event, held on the penthouse rooftop of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, was as cordial as a 1950s ...

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