Julie Benz

Biography

Julie Marie Benz is an American actress, best known for her roles as Darla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel (1997–2004) and Rita Bennett on Dexter (2006–2010), for which she won the 2006 Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress and the 2009 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.

She has also starred on the series Roswell (1999–2000), Desperate Housewives (2010), No Ordinary Family (2010–2011), A Gifted Man (2011–2012), Defiance (2013–2015), and Hawaii Five-0 (2015–present). Her film roles include Jawbreaker (1999), The Brothers (2001), Rambo, Saw V and Punisher: War Zone (2008), The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009), and Bedrooms (2010).

Benz married actor John Kassir on May 30, 1998, but filed for divorce in December 2007. In 2011, she became engaged to Rich Orosco, a partner at the now defunct B360 Studios, and they married on May 5, 2012.

• Born: May 1, 1972
• Age: 50 years old

• Gender Orientation:
  Cisgender Woman
• Sexual Orientation:
  Heterosexual

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Note: Character roles may exceed the number of characters played, if the character was on multiple TV shows.