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Actor Biographies
Alyson
Hannigan
- Birth name
- Allison Lee Hannigan
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- Date of birth (location)
- 24 March 1974,
Washington D.C., USA
- Alyson, born in
Washington DC, began her
acting career in Atlanta
at the young age of 4 in
commercials sponsoring
such companies as
McDonald's, Six Flags,
and Oreos. She is a
seasoned television
actress veteran, guest
starring in "Picket
Fences," "Roseanne,"
"Touched by an
Angel," and the
"The Torkelsons,"
before starring in her
most notorious role yet
in "Buffy the
Vampire Slayer" as
Willow.
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Filmography
Beyond City Limits (2001)
American Pie 2 (2001)
.... Michelle Flaherty
Boys and Girls (2000)
.... Betty
American Pie (1999) ....
Michelle
Dead Man on Campus (1998)
.... Lucy
"Buffy the Vampire
Slayer" (1997) ....
Willow Rosenberg
My Stepmother Is an Alien
(1988) .... Jessie Mills
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Amber Benson
- Birth name
- Amber Nicole Benson
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- Date of birth (location)
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8 January 1977,
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Amber Benson was born on January 8, 1977 in Birmingham, Alabama. As a young girl she studied singing, dancing as well as acting. While still in her teens she was involved in productions at the local community theatre. Her family moved to Los Angeles soon afterwards so she could pursue a career in acting. She has been steadily working ever since.
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Filmography
Taboo (2002)
Chance (2001) .... Chance
Hollywood, Pennsylvania (2001) .... Mandy Calhoun
Prime Gig, The (2000) .... Batgirl
Can't Hardly Wait (1998) (scenes deleted) .... Stoned Girl (Stephanie)
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) TV Series .... Tara Maclay (1999-)
Bye Bye, Love (1995) .... Meg
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Anthony Stewart Head
Date of birth (location)
- 20 February 1954,
Camden, London, England, UK
- Anthony Stewart Head was born on February 20,
1954 in Camden Town, North London, England. He
grew up in Hampton, which was near London. He's
the youngest son of his parents, Seafield Head (a
documentary filmmaker) and Helen Shingler (an
actress). He has an older brother named Murray.
Head has a girlfriend, named Sarah Fisher (they've
been living together for the past 15 years). They
met each other when he was 28 and she was 18.
She's a former theatre administrator, but
nowadays she's an animal trainer. They have two
daughters, named Emily Rose (born 1989) and Daisy
May (born 1991). Besides acting, Head is also
very good at singing. In 1983, he was in a band
named Two Way. The band released a 45 single with
three songs, produced by Richard Dodd and Ron
Roker. Head's skills are: horse riding, swimming,
scuba diving, piano, guitar, and stage fighting.
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Filmography
- "Manchild" (2002) TV
Series
- "Ripper" (2002) TV
Series (as Anthony Stewart Head) ....
Rupert "Ripper" Giles
- Silent Witness (2000) (TV) .... Henry Hutton
- Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special (2000) (TV)
.... Himself
- 100 Greatest TV Ads, The (2000) (TV) (archive
footage)
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) (as
Anthony Stewart Head) .... Rupert Giles/Ripper (1997-2001)
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Emma Caulfield
Date of birth (location)
- 8 April 1973,
San Diego, California, USA
- Trivia
Attended San Francisco State University.
Identifies herself as a Republican, and
has said she would take a break from acting to actively
campaign for Elizabeth Dole, in the event that Ms. Dole
runs for president again in a future election.
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Filmography
Chance (2001)
Don't Peek (2001) .... Caitlin
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) TV Series .... Anya Emerson/Anyanka
(1998-)
"General Hospital" (1963) TV Series .... Lorraine Miller (1996-1997)
"Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) TV Series .... Susan Keats (1995-1996)
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James Marsters
- Birth name
- James Wesley Marsters
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- Date of birth (location)
- 20 August 1972,
Greenville, California, USA
Trivia
Gained the scar on his left eyebrow
when he was mugged whilst living in Queens
Is left-handed.
Graduated from Davis High School in
Modesto, California.
Studied at Juilliard, the Pacific
Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and the American
Conservatory Theatre.
While doing regional theatre in
Chicago, he co-founded the New Mercury Theatre company (named
after Orson Welles' "Mercury Theatre").
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Filmography
Chance (2001) .... Simon
House on Haunted Hill (1999) .... Channel 3
Cameraman
Winding Roads (1998) .... Billy Johnson
"Hollywood Squares" (1998) TV Series .... Guest Panelist
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) ....
Spike (1997-1998, 1999-)
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Michelle Trachtenberg
- Birth name
- Michelle Christine Trachtenberg
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- Date of birth (location)
- 11 October 1985,
New York, New York, USA
Trivia
She worked with Sarah Michelle Gellar
on "All My Children" before "Buffy"
and they were good friends. Sarah was the one who
recommended Michelle for the part of Dawn.
She grew up in New York but moved to LA
three years ago with her mom. Her dad still lives in LA.
Her sister Irene recently graduated from college.
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Filmography
"Truth or Scare" (2001) TV
Series .... Host/Narrator
Father's Choice, A (2000) (TV) .... Kelly McClain
Can't Be Heaven (1999) .... Julie
Inspector Gadget (1999) .... Penny
Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998) (V) ....
Gloria
... aka Richie Rich: A Christmas Story (1998) (V)
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) TV Series .... Dawn Summers/The
Key (2000-)
Harriet the Spy (1996) .... Harriet M. Welsch
"All My Children" (1970) TV
Series .... Lily Benton Montgomery #2 (1994-1996)
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Nicholas Brendon
- Birth name
- Nicholas Brendon Schultz
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- Date of birth (location)
- 12 April 1971,
Los Angeles, California, USA
Trivia
Got into acting as a way to overcome
his stuttering problem.
He has an identical twin brother named
Kelly Donovan who is often mistaken for him because
Nicholas grows a goatee when not working, and Kelly stays
clean-shaven.
Attended Pasadena City College.
Was Honorary Chair for National
Stuttering Awareness Week in May 2001, organized by the
Stuttering Foundation of America.
Is the official spokesman for the
Studdering Foundation.
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Filmography
- Pinata (2000) .... Kyle
- Psycho Beach Party (2000) .... Starcat
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) ....
Alexander 'Xander' LaVelle Harris
- Children of the Corn III (1994) .... Basketball
Player One
... aka Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1994)
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Sarah Michelle Gellar
- Date of birth (location)
- 14 April 1977,
New York, New York, USA
Eating in a local restaurant, she was discovered by an
agent when she was 4 years old. Soon after she was making
her first movie, Invasion of Privacy, An (1983) (TV) .
Besides a long list of movies, she has also appeared in
many TV commercials and on the stage. Her breakthrough
came with TV-series "Swans Crossing" (1992).
During 1997 she became known to the cinema audience when
she appeared in two movies at the cinema I Know What You
Did Last Summer (1997) and Scream 2 (1997)
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Filmography
- Scooby-Doo (2002) .... Daphne Blake
- Harvard Man (2001) .... Cindy Bandolini
- Cruel Intentions (1999) .... Kathryn Merteuil
- Simply Irresistible (1999) .... Amanda Shelton
- Scream 2 (1997) .... Casey 'CiCi' Cooper
- I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) .... Helen
Shivers
- "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) ....
Buffy Anne Summers
- "All My Children" (1970) TV Series ....
Kendall Hart Lang (1993-1995)
- Invasion of Privacy, An (1983) (TV) .... Jennifer
Bianchi
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