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Amber Nicole Benson is an actress, écrivaine, director and producing American born the January 8th 1977 with Birmingham, in Alabama.

Biography

Very early, it shows much interest for the song, the dance and the theater; it integrates into 6 years the Alabama Ballet Company , a school of dance, and appears in the troop of Nut-cracker of Tchaïkovski. Then it is registered in Town & Gown Theater, Birmingham Children' S Theater and the 9 years age, in Birmingham Summerfest, where it appears in various spectacles.

In 1992, at the fourteen years age, she moves with her family in Los Angeles to develop her career of actress. Its first appearance on big screen is off made in 1993 in the film King the Hill of Steven Soderbergh, where it holds the role of a teenager epileptic in the years 1930. Its service is worth the price of the " to him; Better young person actress in a supporting role in a film dramatique" at the time of the 15th annual festival of youth. This film enables him to secure and find its marks. Then, it turns in the film The Crush of Alan Shapiro.

In years 1990 will follow one another of independent films such as Imaginary Crimes with Fairuza Balk and S.F.W. in 1994, Bye Bye Coils in 1995 with Paul Reiser, Lindsay Crouse and Eliza Dushku, respectively Professor Walsh and Faith in Buffy against the vampires ). It also turns in tele serials like Jack Reed with Brian Dennehy and in episodes of Cracker and Promised Land . Then comes the film for banked-up bed entitled Can' T Hardly Wait , in which it becomes acquainted with some Seth Green (OZ in Buffy against the vampires ).

In 1999, it integrates the distribution of the American series Buffy against the vampires , where it incarnates, during three consecutive seasons, the shy person witch Tara Maclay, Willow boyfriend Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan). This role truly makes it know of the public. It leaves the series when, in season 6, its character is killed by a stray bullet.

In 2000, it turns in the film The Prime Gig (diffused in French under the title Coup assembled ) and plays sides of Leonardo DiCaprio in Don' S Plum .

In 2001, to age the 24 years, Amber manages to carry out one of its dreams: it realizes, produced and writes its first film Chance , which it finances itself and where it plays the main role. In parallel she writes The Theory Of The Leisure Class , and Co-writing with Christopher Golden three cartoons telling the adventures of Willow and Tara Buffy Against the Vampires , entitled WannaBlessedBe , Wilderness and Demonology Menagerie , which appears with the editions Dark Horse Comics. The same year, it leaves for Romania to make the film Taboo (left to France in 2003 pennies the title Perverse Jeux ).

In 2002, it is invested in the theater, writes the part Albert Hall and plays in the part Algor Mortis within the framework of the Festival of the Young Playwrights (Young Playwrights Festival). In parallel, it appears in the choruses of the album of Anthony Stewart Head Music For Elevators . At the end of this same year, it Co-writing with Christopher Golden delicious Ghosts Off Albion , a series of horror animated for Internet site of the BBC, which it puts in scene in 2003.

In 2003, it puts in scene the part of Courtney Hoffman, Women Are The Weaker Sex , and appears in the part Fortune Cookie Man at the time of the Festival of the Young Playwrights. In addition, it receives the price of the Choix of the Public to the Festival Sidewalk Moving Picture in Birmingham in Alabama for its film Chance . It makes the film Latter Days C. Jay Cox with Wesley A. Ramsey and Jacqueline Bisset. Amber and Christopher Golden write off the continuation of Ghosts Albion , entitled " Astray".

In 2004, Amber turns in an episode, heading Volunteers (diffused in France under the title Indic ) of the detective series Cold Case diffused on CBS. It incarnates there Julia, young person-girl a 25 year old who dies curiously in 1969. At the end of May - at the beginning of June, Amber turns in a film of horror of Andy Lauer entitled Intermedio to the sides of Edward Furlong. This same year, it continues Co-to write a series of novels with Christopher Golden, drawn from Ghosts Of Albion , the first is entitled Accursed .

In 2005, she plays in the film Race you To The Bottom , then in an episode entitled The Perfect Couple in the series The Inside of Fox. A new novel Initiation Co-writing with Christopher Golden is published.

In 2006, leaves its new film, Lovers, Liars and Lunatics , where she interprets the role of Justine. This film which it has, again, written (in the years 1990), carried out and produced, reports the history of a secretary which, to be avenged for his/her lover of owner, requires of his cousin (accompanied by his boyfriend incarnated by Amber), to go to burglarize the house of this one during the weekend. This film leaves in DVD in September 2006 and will be put on sale by Benson Entertainment only. It can be golds and already pre-ordered on the official site of the loversliarsandlunatics.com film.

It turns in films, currently in post-production: Strictly Sexual , Tripping Forward , Simple Things , Angst/Fogey and for television Attack off the Gryphon and an episode of the fantastic series " Supernatural". (The First of Tripping Forward took place on July 18th, 2006 with Beverly Hills, in California.) At the end of 2006, will leave two novels Witchery and The Seven Whistlers Co-writings with Christopher Golden.

Catalog of films - Actress

Strictly Sexual (2006) (in post-production) - in the role of Gave
Tripping Forward (2006) - in the role of Gwen
Simple Things (2006) - in the role of Sally
Angst (2006) (in post-production) - in the role of Julia
Lovers, Liars and Lunatics (2006) - in the role of Justine
Race You to the Bottom (2005) - in the role of Maggie
Intermedio (2005) - in the role of Barbie
To lath Days (2003) - in the role of Traci Levine
Chance (2002) - in the role of Chance
Taboo (2002) - in the role of Piper
Don' S Plum (2001) - in the role of Amy
Hollywood, Pennsylvania (2001) - in the role of Mandy Calhoun
The Precedes Gig (2000) - in the role of Batgirl
Deadtime (1999) - in the role of Patty
Take It Easy (1999) in the role of Justy
Can' T Hardly Wait (1998) - in the role of Stephanie (several scenes were censured with the assembly)
Bye Bye, Love (1995) - in the role of Meg Damico
Imaginary Crimes (1994) - in the role of Margaret
S.F.W (1994) in the role of Barbara “Babs” Wyler
The Crush (1993) - in the role of Cheyenne
King off the Hill (1993) - in the role of Ella McShane

Television

Three Wishes (2006) (TVM) (in post-production)
Supernatural (2006) (series TV) - in the role of Lenore (S2#03 episode entitled " Bloodlust")
Attack off the Gryphon (2006) (TVM) (in post-production)
The Inside (2005) (series TV) - in the role of Allison Davis (episode entitled " The Perfect Couple")
Cold Puts (2004) (series TV) - in the role of Julia Hoffman (episode entitled " Volunteers" /" Indic")
The Enforcers (2001) - in the role of Abby
Buffy against the vampires (2000 - 2002) (series TV) - in the role of Maclay
Cracker Tared (1999) (series TV) - in the role of Amy (an episode)
Promised Land (1998) (series TV) - in the role of Amy Farnsworth (an episode)
Jack Reed: One off Our Own (1995) - in the role of Nicole Reed
Reed Jack: In Search for Justice (1994) - in the role of Nicole Reed
Reed Jack: Badge off Honor (1993) - in the role of Nicole Reed

Catalog of films - Director

Lovers, Liars and Lunatics (2006) (in post-production)
Ghosts Off Albion: Legacy (TV) (2003)
Chance (2002)

Catalog of films - Producing

Lovers, Liars and Lunatics (2006) (in post-production)
Chance (2002)

Catalog of films - Author

Lovers, Liars and Lunatics (2006) (in post-production)
Ghosts Off Albion: Embers (TV) (2004)
Ghosts Off Albion: Legacy (TV) (2003)
Chance (2002)
The Theory off the Leisure Class (2001)

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