Julie Benz
Julie Benz
Julie M. Benzis an American actress, best known for her roles as Darla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angeland Rita Bennett on Dexter, 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, Desperate Housewives, No Ordinary Family, A Gifted Man, Defianceand Hawaii Five-0. Her film roles include Jawbreaker, The Brothers, Rambo, Saw V and Punisher: War Zone, The Boondock...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth1 May 1972
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
I actually started, this year, doing some voiceovers. I did some radio spots, and some games.
I trained 8 hours a day 7 seven days a week and I had 2 weeks off in a year.
There were a couple of years where I was skating and acting at the same time.
I've been an actor for 30 years, so I pretty much know how to do the basics of a fight without hurting anybody.
I'm also very proud of my work on Taken.
Everyone else trains just as hard as well and that there really is no such a thing as overnight success.
To us marriage is first, everything else is second.
And I had never played an evil character before up until that point so I wasn't exactly sure what I was going to do as far as the acting choices were.
I actually, when I read the script I knew it was going to be a big hit. In my gut, my gut said that this show was going to be it.
I don't think as big and as creative as Joss.
I love doing action films that do challenge me physically. I feel it's my job to keep my stamina up and be as physically fit as possible, so that I can just jump in and do it. It takes its toll sometimes and it's hard work, but I love that.
Cause at the end of the day, honestly, at the end of the day when you're in your death bed and that's it, I think it's the relationships you've had and the people that you've touched and the people that have touched you that matter.
If you're offered something, you're not really sure exactly what is that they saw in you that they think is the character so it's a little scary, I feel.
During the rehearsal process I got thrown off the horse.