Charisma Carpenter

Charisma Carpenter (born July 23rd, 1970) is an American actress from the United States. Cordelia Chase played the character as Cordelia in Buffy the Vampire Slayer's supernatural thriller (1997-1999) as well as the spin-off show Angel (1999-04). She was also in Charmed (2004) and Kendall Casablanca's part in Veronica Mars (2006). Rebecca Sewell was in The Lying Game (2012)-2013. Lacy was in The Expendables film franchise (2010)-2012. Carpenter was born in Las Vegas, Nevada,[disputed - discuss] and was the daughter of Christine, a bird sanctuary worker and Don Carpenter, a salesman. Carpenter is of Spanish (from her maternal grandfather), French and German descent. Carpenter was a student at the Bishop Gorman high school in Las Vegas. Carpenter was also a part of a troupe that performed in song and dance which performed in Las Vegas Valley. Carpenter's family moved to Rosario Beach (Baja California, Mexico) at the age of Carpenter was 15. She was a student at Bonita Vista High School and Chula Vista School of the Creative and Performing Arts. Carpenter traveled all over Europe after graduating. Carpenter returned to San Diego in 1991 and worked as an aerobics teacher as well as a videostore clerk and property manager. In 1991, she was employed as an cheerleader for San Diego Chargers football team. In 1992, she moved to Los Angeles. She was swimming in San Diego with two male friends when Henry Hubbard Jr., an ex-police officer from San Diego and serial rapist who was attacking them, swarmed the group. In the course of the fight, both her friends and Hubbard were shot, forcing him to flee the scene. Both of them survived the attack. Hubbard was arrested, tried, and convicted, and sentenced to 56 years in prison for a string of rapes and robberies. Carpenter stole Hubbard's flashlight an official police flashlight, off the shore. The flashlight proved to be a vital piece of evidence against Hubbard.