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| name = Amber Benson | image = 3.5.11AmberBensonByLuigiNovi1.png | image_size = 225px | caption = Benson at Midtown Comics in March 2011 | birth_name = Amber Nicole Benson | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|1|8}} | birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama, US | occupation = Actress, writer, director, producer | residence = Los Angeles, California | years active = 1993–present }} Amber Nicole Benson (born January 8, 1977) is an American actress, writer, director, and producer. She is best known for her role as Tara Maclay on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and has also directed, produced and starred in her own films Chance (2002) and Lovers, Liars & Lunatics (2006). She also co-directed the film Drones with fellow Buffy cast member Adam Busch. Early lifeBenson was born January 8, 1977, in Birmingham, Alabama,[1] the daughter of Diane and Edward Benson, a psychiatrist.[2] She has a younger sister, Danielle, who is an artist. Her father is Jewish and her mother was raised Southern Baptist;[3] Benson grew up attending a Reform synagogue in Alabama.[4][5][6][7][8] As a child, Benson studied music and dance, and performed in the Birmingham Children's Ballet, as well as in local theater. She attended high school (one of her classmates being Joey Fatone) in Orlando, Florida after her family moved there, in part to help Amber pursue acting opportunities, the most prominent of which was an unsold television series called Kids' News, in which Amber was to have been one of two main anchors. The Bensons then relocated to Los Angeles, and Amber very quickly began to land roles in films and on television. CareerBenson was 14 when she made her feature film debut in the Steven Soderbergh film King of the Hill.[9] Benson is best known for her recurring role as Tara Maclay on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The character first appeared in the season 4 episode "Hush" and soon became the girlfriend of Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan). Benson remained with the series until season 6 when her character was killed off. In her final episode, Benson was credited for the only time as a regular cast member. Benson sang in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode "Once More, with Feeling". She provided vocals for the songs "I've Got a Theory / Bunnies / If We're Together", "Under Your Spell" (her solo), "Walk Through the Fire", "Standing/Under Your Spell (Reprise)," and "Where Do We Go from Here?" In 2002, she performed two songs on Buffy colleague Anthony Stewart Head's album Music for Elevators. She also sang "Toucha Toucha Touch Me" (aka "Creature of the Night") at VH-1's celebrity karaoke tribute to The Rocky Horror Picture Show. While still working on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Benson co-wrote the movie The Theory of the Leisure Class with director Gabriel Bologna, released in 2001, and directed, produced, edited, and acted in a digital video feature called Chance (2002) which also featured her Buffy co-star James Marsters. She also collaborated with director James Kerwin in 2003 to produce her play Albert Hall in Hollywood. In 2001, Benson worked with Golden, Terry Moore, and Eric Powell of Dark Horse Comics to create the Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow and Tara comic book titled "WannaBlessedBe". The following year (2002), she worked with Christopher Golden and AJ (Ajit Jothikaumar) of Dark Horse Comics to create the Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow and Tara comic books titled Wilderness #1 and Wilderness #2. Benson and Christopher Golden produced began a series of animated fantasy films for the BBC with the animation studio Cosgrove Hall. Ghosts of Albion: Legacy (2003) and its sequels are available on the BBC Cult website. Benson and Golden have also collaborated on two supernatural thrillers: Ghosts of Albion: Accursed and Ghosts of Albion: Witchery. These books follow the fortunes of Tamara and William Swift, who first appeared in the BBC computer animated web movie Ghosts of Albion: Legacy. In 2003, she starred in Latter Days as Traci Levine, alongside Steve Sandvoss and Wes Ramsey.[10] In 2005, Benson collaborated with artist Jamie McKelvie on a short story within the Image Comics collection Four Letter Worlds. In 2006, Benson collaborated with artist Ben Templesmith on Demon Father John's Pinwheel Blues published by IDW as a four-part split-book, Shadowplay (with work by Ashley Wood and Christina Z. In 2006, Benson released her second independent feature film Lovers, Liars & Lunatics through her own production company, Benson Entertainment. The film was shot on film and was partly financed by the sale of limited edition "Triangle" Tara Buffyverse action figure. The project, initially called "The Dirty Script," was ultimately titled Lovers, Liars and Lunatics by producer Diane Benson, Amber's mother. In 2006, Benson also portrayed the "vegetarian" vampiress Lenore on the TV series Supernatural. In December 2006, Benson and Golden released yet another collaboration, the short novel The Seven Whistlers which is distributed through Subterranean Press in a limited number of signed copies. In September 2007, Benson signed a three-book deal with Ginjer Buchanan of Penguin Books. Death's Daughter, was released by Ace Books[11] on February 24, 2009; Cat's Claw,[12] on February 23, 2010; and Serpent's Storm, in February 2011. On February 28, 2012, the fourth book in the series, How to Be Death was released.[13] Benson is the co-director with Adam Busch of the 2010 comedy film Drones.[14] In 2012, Benson played a young Judith Collins in the Dark Shadows audio drama "Dress Me in Dark Dreams". She guest starred in the second season of the Jane Espenson scripted romantic comedy web series, Husbands.[15] In June 2013, it was announced that Benson has been attached to star in the web TV series adaptation of The Morganville Vampires as Amelie, the founder of Morganville.[16][17] Benson has narrated the audiobook Lock In by John Scalzi.[18] In October 2014 published her fantasy book The Witches of Echo Park.[19] Benson revealed in a January 2015 Reddit AMA that she was "an actress in a former life".[20] ActivismDuring the 2008 campaign season, Benson was featured in a Barack Obama advertisement sponsored by MoveOn.org.[21] Personal lifeAs of 2007, Benson resided in Los Angeles. She described herself as a "lapsed vegetarian".[22] From 2002 to 2009, she dated Adam Busch, who played Warren Mears on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The two have remained close friends.[23] FilmographyTelevision
Film
Web
WritingBooksGhosts of Albion
Calliope Reaper-Jones
The Witches of Echo Park
Other books
ComicsBuffy the Vampire Slayer
Other Comics
Other Media
References1. ^{{cite book|last=Stafford|first=Nikki|title=Bite Me!: The Unofficial Guide to 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'|location=Toronto|publisher=ECW Press|date=2007|isbn=9781550228076|page=104}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/4/Amber-Benson.html|title=Amber Benson Biography (1977–)|accessdate=October 27, 2014}} 3. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/amber-benson/28009/amber-benson-on-buffy-tara-and-willow-husbands-more|title=Amber Benson on Buffy, Tara and Willow, Husbands & more...|last=|first=|date=November 4, 2013|work=Den of Geek|access-date=May 21, 2018|language=|quote=Amber Benson: "My dad was Jewish, and my mom was raised by Southern Baptists so I saw both ends of the spectrum."}} 4. ^{{Cite web |url=http://interviewly.com/i/amber-benson-jan-2015-reddit |title={title} |access-date=April 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331090833/http://interviewly.com/i/amber-benson-jan-2015-reddit |archive-date=March 31, 2017 |dead-url=yes |df=mdy-all }} 5. ^{{cite web|last=Byrnes |first=Lindsey |url=http://www.afterellen.com/tv/74272-an-interview-with-amber-benson/4 |title=An interview with Amber Benson - Page 4 of 5 |publisher=AfterEllen |date=2010-06-08 |accessdate=2018-09-25}} 6. ^{{cite web |title=Amber chatted at Yahoo! on Thursday, March 8, 2001. Here's the transcript, provided by Coax, sans chat typos |publisher=The Essence of Amber |date=March 8, 2001 |url=http://fansites.hollywood.com/~amber/article-yahoo0301.html |accessdate=December 13, 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070512220635/http://fansites.hollywood.com/~amber/article-yahoo0301.html |archivedate=May 12, 2007 |deadurl=yes |df=mdy }} 7. ^{{cite news|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Celebrity Jews |publisher=Jewish News of Greater Phoenix |date=June 6, 2003 |url=http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/030606/jews.shtml |accessdate=December 13, 2006 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016221310/http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/030606/jews.shtml |archivedate=October 16, 2006 }} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.afterellen.com/people/2010/6/amber-benson?page=0%2C0 |title=An interview with Amber Benson |publisher=www.afterellen.com |accessdate=June 8, 2010 |date=June 8, 2010 |author=Lindsey Byrnes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612170658/http://www.afterellen.com/people/2010/6/amber-benson?page=0%2C0 |archivedate=June 12, 2010 |deadurl=yes |df=mdy-all }} 9. ^"Episode 18: Featuring Amber Benson", RossCarey, accessed May 24, 2011. 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.tlavideo.com/images/assets/78.pdf |title= TLA Releasing presents Latter Days |publisher= TLA Releasing | page=16 | accessdate=February 2, 2011}} 11. ^{{ISBN|978-0-441-01694-5}} 12. ^{{ISBN|978-0-441-01843-7}} 13. ^{{ISBN|978-1-937007-28-7}} 14. ^Roedel, Jeff. "So, you work with an alien" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929183357/http://225batonrouge.com/news/2008/sep/25/so-you-work-alien/ |date=September 29, 2008 }}, 225batonrouge.com, September 25, 2008 15. ^{{cite web|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/06/28/husbands-season-2-first-look/2/|title='Husbands': EP and star on season 2 of their gay-marriage web series – EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|last=Vary|first=Adam B|date=June 28, 2012|accessdate=June 28, 2012}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=http://yabookreviewer.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/buffy-star-amber-benson-joins-morganville-web-adaptation/|title='Buffy' Star Amber Benson Joins 'Morganville' Web Adaptation|last=Mangani|first=Josephine|date=June 17, 2013|accessdate=June 17, 2013}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2059515068/morganville-the-web-tv-series|title= Morganville: The Web TV Series|last=Caine|first=Rachel|date=June 11, 2013|accessdate=June 11, 2013}} 18. ^{{cite web|last=Scalzi|first=John|title=The Lock In Audiobook: Two Versions, Two Narrators. Pre-Order and Get Both |url=http://whatever.scalzi.com/2014/07/02/the-lock-in-audiobook-two-versions-two-narrators-pre-order-and-get-both/|accessdate=26 August 2014}} 19. ^The Witches of Echo Park 20. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2rfkbh/i_am_amber_benson_actorwritergoofballlesbian/?sort=top |title=I am Amber Benson, actor/writer/goofball/Lesbian witch from BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. AMA! : IAmA |publisher=Reddit.com |date=2015-01-05 |accessdate=2015-10-22}} 21. ^[https://pol.moveon.org/donate/brainonhope.html?rc=homepage/ 'It Could Happen to You']. The video was produced, written and directed by Alex Barreto and brothers Rider Strong and Shiloh Strong who also acted in the ad with Amber. The ad won MoveOn's contest for funniest Obama ad in 2008. 22. ^Benson, Amber. "art vs. commerce", Amber Benson's Official Blog, January 29, 2009 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102195635/http://amberbensonwrotethis.blogspot.com/2009/01/art-vs-commerce.html |date=January 2, 2010 }} 23. ^{{cite web|url=http://buffyfest.blogspot.com/2009/02/amber-benson-part-ii.html|title=Exclusive Interview with Amber Benson Part 2|publisher=Buffyfest|date=February 26, 2009|accessdate=July 6, 2011}} 24. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ghosts/astray/ |title=Cult – Ghosts of Albion – Astray |publisher=BBC |accessdate=April 5, 2012}} 25. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ghosts/legacy/ |title=Cult – Ghosts of Albion – Legacy |publisher=BBC |accessdate=April 5, 2012}} 26. ^{{cite web|url=http://sinagrace.com/books/?p=1252 |title=Among the Ghosts » Blog with Pictures |publisher=Sinagrace.com |date=March 23, 2010 |accessdate=February 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926183841/http://sinagrace.com/books/?p=1252|archive-date=September 26, 2011}} 27. ^{{cite web|last=Benson |first=Amber |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/vampires/newstory/goldenbenson.shtml |title=Cult Vampires – Ghosts of Albion: Illusions by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden |publisher=BBC |accessdate=April 5, 2012}} External links{{wikiquote}}{{commons category|Amber Benson}}
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