Julie Benz
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 1, 1972 (age 54)
- Birthplace
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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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Filmography
Horrified
Movie
The Midway Point
Movie · as Ms. Devaney
Secrets of a Gold Digger Killer
Movie · as Celeste Beard
Nocturne
Movie · as Cassie Lowe
Love, Victor
TV · as Shelby · 4 eps
9-1-1: Lone Star
TV · as Sadie Becker · 4 eps
Heaven
Movie · as Kitty Dennison
Foster Boy
Movie · as Pamela Dupree
Dark/Web
TV · as I Am Rideshare (voice) · 1 ep
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
TV · as Carole Wilkes · 7 eps
V.C. Andrew's Casteel Family
TV · as Kitty · 1 ep
Light as a Feather
TV · as Skye · 2 eps
Christmas Homecoming
Movie · as Amanda
Training Day
TV · as Holly Butler · 7 eps
Life on the Line
Movie · as Carline
Havenhurst
Movie · as Jackie
Circle
Movie · as Wife
Charming Christmas
Movie · as Meredith Rossman
Dinner at Tiffani's
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sole Custody
Movie · as Zoey
Supremacy
Movie · as Kristen
Taken: The Search for Sophie Parker
Movie · as Stevie Parker
Defiance
TV · as Amanda Rosewater · 38 eps
Answers to Nothing
Movie · as Frankie
Ricochet
Movie · as Elise Laird
A Gifted Man
TV · as Christina Holt · 16 eps
Bedrooms
Movie · as Anna
Rambo: To Hell and Back - Director's Production Diary
Movie · as Self
No Ordinary Family
TV · as Stephanie Powell · 20 eps
Hawaii Five-0
TV · as Abby Dunn · 12 eps
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Movie · as Eunice
Held Hostage
Movie · as Michelle Estey
Kidnapping Caitlynn
Movie · as Caitlynn
Uncorked
Movie · as Johnny Prentiss
Tattoos: A Scarred History
Movie · as Self
Royal Pains
TV · as Elyse · 1 ep
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Rambo
Movie · as Sarah
Saw V
Movie · as Brit
Punisher: War Zone
Movie · as Angela Donatelli
Circle of Friends
Movie · as Maggie
Kill Your Darlings
Movie · as Katherine
Dexter
TV · as Rita Bennett · 49 eps
8MM 2
Movie · as Lynn
Lackawanna Blues
Movie · as Laura
Bad Girls from Valley High
Movie · as Danielle
Locusts: The 8th Plague
Movie · as Vicky
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Supernatural
TV · as Layla Rourke · 1 ep
The Long Shot
Movie · as Annie Garrett
Desperate Housewives
TV · as Robin Gallagher · 5 eps
George of the Jungle 2
Movie · as Ursula
Peacemakers
TV · as Miranda Blanchard · 1 ep
Oliver Beene
TV · as Cigarette Girl · 1 ep
NCIS
TV · as Denise Johnson · 1 ep
Coupling
TV · as Amanda · 1 ep
CSI: Miami
TV · as Hayley Gordon · 1 ep
Taken
TV · as Kate Keys · 2 eps
She Spies
TV · as Elaine · 1 ep
The Brothers
Movie · as Jesse Caldwell
Rank
TV · 1 ep
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th
Movie · as Barbara
Satan's School for Girls
Movie · as Alison Kingsley
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Heidi Wolff · 1 ep
Jawbreaker
Movie · as Marcie Fox
Dirt Merchant
Movie · as Angie
Angel
TV · as Darla · 20 eps
Payne
TV · as Breeze O'Rourke · 9 eps
Roswell
TV · as Kathleen Topolsky · 7 eps
The King of Queens
TV · as Julie Patterson · 1 ep
Ask Harriet
TV · as Joplin Russell · 7 eps
Conrad Bloom
TV · as Julie · 1 ep
Darkdrive
Movie · as Julie Falcon
A Walton Easter
Movie · as Jeannie
As Good as It Gets
Movie · as Receptionist
Inventing the Abbotts
Movie · as Co-ed
Fame L.A.
TV · as Vanessa · 1 ep
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
TV · as Darla · 5 eps
Black Sheep
Movie · as Dancing Blonde Woman
Hearts Adrift
Movie · as Christy
The Big Easy
TV · as Roxanne · 1 ep
The Barefoot Executive
Movie · as Sexy Woman
Sliders
TV · as Jenny Michener · 1 ep
The Single Guy
TV · as Cranberries Girl · 1 ep
Hang Time
TV · as Linda Cantrell · 1 ep
High Tide
TV · as Joanna Craig · 1 ep
Boy Meets World
TV · as Bianca · 1 ep
Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Julie Miller · 1 ep
Hi Honey, I'm Home!
TV · as Babs Nielsen · 13 eps
Step by Step
TV · as Tawny · 1 ep
Two Evil Eyes
Movie · as Betty
Law & Order
TV · as Dawn Sterling · 1 ep
Married... with Children
TV · as Sascha · 1 ep