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By 1989, with her figure skating career over, Benz got involved in local theater, where she was cast in the play ''Street Law''. Her first movie role was a small speaking part in "The Black Cat" segment of the [[Dario Argento]]/[[George A. Romero]] horror movie ''[[Two Evil Eyes]]'' (1990). A year later, she was cast in the TV show ''[[Hi Honey, I'm Home]]'' (1991). The show was canceled after two seasons.
By 1989, with her figure skating career over, Benz got involved in local theater, where she was cast in the play ''Street Law''. Her first movie role was a small speaking part in "The Black Cat" segment of the [[Dario Argento]]/[[George A. Romero]] horror movie ''[[Two Evil Eyes]]'' (1990). A year later, she was cast in the TV show ''[[Hi Honey, I'm Home]]'' (1991). The show was canceled after two seasons.


After graduating from high school, Benz entered [[New York University]] to study acting. After graduation from NYU, she moved to [[Los Angeles]] and landed small roles in movies and TV shows.
After graduating from high school, Benz entered [[New York University]] to study acting. After graduation from NYU, she moved to [[Los Angeles]] and landed small roles in movies and TV shows, including a guest appearance on an episode of ''[[Married with Children]]'' in 1994 in the (unaired) [[Aaron Spelling]] television pilot ''Cross Town Traffic''. She starred in another unaired TV pilot called ''Empire'' in 1995. Her other TV shows included ''[[Hang Time]]'', ''[[High Tide]]'', ''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step by Step]]'' and ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', plus a small role in the TV movie ''[[The Barefoot Executive]]''. She had an uncredited role in ''[[Black Sheep (1996 film)|Black Sheep]]'' and appearances in ''[[Diagnosis Murder]]'', ''[[Sliders]]'' and ''[[The Single Guy]]''. She played Christy in the TV movie ''Hearts Adrift'' and a lead role as Julie Falcon in ''[[Darkdrive]]''.


In 1996, Benz auditioned for the role of [[Buffy Summers]] in the series ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' (1997), but lost out to [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]. However, she was offered a small role the vampire [[Darla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Darla]] in the pilot episode. Her performance was so well-received that her part was expanded to a few more episodes. The role helped launch her career.
In 1996, Benz auditioned for the role of [[Buffy Summers]] in the series ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' (1997), but lost out to [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]. However, she was offered a small role the vampire [[Darla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Darla]] in the pilot episode. Her performance was so well-received that her part was expanded to a few more episodes. The role helped launch her career.


She appeared in more TV shows such as ''[[The Big Easy]]'' and ''[[Fame L.A.]]'' along with a small role as a receptionist in the movie ''[[As Good as It Gets]]'' (1997). She starred in the short spoof film ''Eating Las Vegas'' and the unaired TV pilot ''Veronica's Video'', had a small uncredited role in the TV movie ''[[List of The Waltons episodes#TV Movies|A Walton Easter]]'' and a small role in ''[[Inventing the Abbotts]]''.
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In 1998, she had a recurring role as Joplin Russell in the TV show ''[[Ask Harriet]]'' (though the show was canceled and only two of her appearances aired). She made two movies, the dark comedy ''[[Jawbreaker (film)|Jawbreaker]]'' and ''[[Dirt Merchant]]'', before landing a lead role in another TV show called ''Payne''. She played undercover [[FBI]] Special Unit agent Kathleen Topolsky on ''[[Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]'' during its first season.

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In 1998, she had a recurring role as Joplin Russell in the TV show ''[[Ask Harriet]]'' (though the show was canceled and only two of her appearances aired), then guest-starred on ''Conrad Bloom'' and ''[[The King of Queens]]''. She made two movies, the dark comedy ''[[Jawbreaker (film)|Jawbreaker]]'' and ''[[Dirt Merchant]]'', before landing a lead role in another TV show called ''Payne''. She played undercover [[FBI]] Special Unit agent Kathleen Topolsky on ''[[Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]'' during its first season, starred in the TV movie ''[[Satan's School for Girls]]'', the unaired TV pilot ''Good Guys/Bad Guys'' and had a lead role in the horror movie parody ''[[Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth]]''.
[[Image:JulieBenz BoosterBash03.jpg|thumb|left|Benz in 2005]]
[[Image:JulieBenz BoosterBash03.jpg|thumb|left|Benz in 2005]]
She reprised her role as [[Darla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Darla]] in 2000 for the ''Buffy'' spin-off series ''[[Angel (TV series)|Angel]]'' appearing in every season for at least one episode. She was the only white person featured in the principal cast of the romantic comedy ''[[The Brothers (2001 film)|The Brothers]]''. She was a guest host for the TV show ''Rendez-View''. She was cast as Ellie Sparks in ''[[Glory Days (2002 TV series)|Glory Days]]'' and appeared in the unaired pilot; however, she left the show.
She reprised her role as [[Darla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Darla]] in 2000 for the ''Buffy'' spin-off series ''[[Angel (TV series)|Angel]]'' appearing in every season for at least one episode. She was the only white person featured in the principal cast of the romantic comedy ''[[The Brothers (2001 film)|The Brothers]]''. She was a guest host for the TV show ''Rendez-View''. She was cast as Ellie Sparks in ''[[Glory Days (2002 TV series)|Glory Days]]'' and appeared in the unaired pilot; however, she left the show. She guest starred on ''[[She Spies]]'' and was in the featured cast for the mini-series ''[[Taken (TV miniseries)|Taken]]''. She did various voices for the video game ''[[Hot Shots Golf Fore!]]'', appeared in the short film ''[[The Midget Stays in the Picture]]'' and took over the role of Ursula for ''[[George of the Jungle 2]]''.

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Benz appeared in ''[[Peacemakers]]'', ''[[Coupling (US TV series)|Coupling]]'', ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'' and ''[[Oliver Beene]]''. She landed the lead role of Annie Garrett in the Hallmark TV movie ''[[The Long Shot]]''. Benz also provided the voice of [[Halo characters#Commander Miranda Keyes|Miranda Keyes]] for the video game ''[[Halo 2]]'', though she did not return to the role in the sequel ''[[Halo 3]]'' as Bungie wanted to try a new direction with the Miranda Keyes voice by giving the character an accent, replaced by [[Justis Bolding]]. She played the lead role of Danielle in ''[[Bad Girls From Valley High]]'' (a film shot in 2000 under the title ''A Fate Totally Worse Than Death'') which was released on DVD in 2005. She had a small role in the critically acclaimed TV movie ''[[Lackawanna Blues]]''. In the [[Sci-Fi Channel]] original film ''[[Locusts: The 8th Plague]]'', she played the lead female role Vicky. She also appeared in the straight-to-[[DVD]] movie ''[[8mm 2]]'' as Lynn. The film was originally called ''The Velvet Side of Hell'' and was not supposed to be a sequel to ''[[8MM]]''.


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Benz guest-starred on popular shows like ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', ''[[CSI: Miami]]'', ''[[Law & Order]]'' and ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''. She had a supporting role in a [[Sweden|Swedish]] independent movie called ''[[Kill Your Darlings]]'', a lead role in the [[Lifetime Network|Lifetime]] movie ''[[Circle of Friends (film)|Circle of Friends]]'' and joined the main cast of TV show ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'' as [[List of Dexter characters#Rita Bennett|Rita Bennett]].<ref>[http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17745 SCREAM '09: Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter on ‘Dexter’, More!]</ref> Benz played a lead role in the fifth film of the popular horror franchise, ''[[Saw V]]'', as [[List of Saw characters#Brit|Brit]], a real-estate developer who is one of [[Jigsaw Killer|Jigsaw]]'s five victims. She had a supporting role in ''[[Punisher: War Zone]]'' as Angela.
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She landed the lead role of Annie Garrett in the Hallmark TV movie ''[[The Long Shot]]''. Benz also provided the voice of [[Halo characters#Commander Miranda Keyes|Miranda Keyes]] for the video game ''[[Halo 2]]'', though she did not return to the role in the sequel ''[[Halo 3]]'' as Bungie wanted to try a new direction with the Miranda Keyes voice by giving the character an accent, replaced by [[Justis Bolding]]. She also appeared in the straight-to-[[DVD]] movie ''[[8mm 2]]'' as Lynn. The film was originally called ''The Velvet Side of Hell'' and was not supposed to be a sequel to ''[[8MM]]''.


Benz co-starred with [[Sylvester Stallone]] in 2008's ''[[Rambo (film)|Rambo]]'', the fourth film of that [[Rambo (film series)|series]].
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She had a supporting role in a [[Sweden|Swedish]] independent movie called ''[[Kill Your Darlings]]'', a lead role in the [[Lifetime Network|Lifetime]] movie ''[[Circle of Friends (film)|Circle of Friends]]'' and joined the main cast of TV show ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'' as [[List of Dexter characters#Rita Bennett|Rita Bennett]].<ref>[http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17745 SCREAM '09: Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter on ‘Dexter’, More!]</ref> Benz played a lead role in the fifth film of the popular horror franchise, ''[[Saw V]]'', as [[List of Saw characters#Brit|Brit]], a real-estate developer who is one of [[Jigsaw Killer|Jigsaw]]'s five victims. She had a supporting role in ''[[Punisher: War Zone]]'' as Angela.


She plays the title role in the short film ''[[Kidnapping Caitlynn]]'', written by her close friend [[Jenny Mollen]], premiered at the Vail Film Festival 2009 and was released online April 6, 2009.<ref>http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c88a7cc52a/kidnapping-caitlynn</ref> She starred in the [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] movie ''[[Held Hostage]]''.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-renee/breaking-the-chains-of-do_b_131968.html Breaking The Chains of Domestic Violence]</ref> in July.<ref>http://twitter.com/juliebenz</ref> She also starred in the [[Hallmark Channel]] movie ''[[Uncorked (film)|Uncorked]]''<ref>http://julie-benz.info/2009/03/26/new-project-for-julie/</ref> as Johnny Prentiss<ref>{{cite web|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/03/26/hallmark-andrew/|title=Hallmark Channel to produce 35 original movies with stars like Andrew McCarthy, Lori Loughlin, and Julie Benz. Pinch. Me.|last=Bierly|first=Mandi|date=2009-03-26|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=14 January 2010}}</ref> which premiered in the UK in July 2009. She is the lead female character Special Agent Eunice Bloom in ''[[The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day]]'' which had a limited release on October 30, 2009, and was released on DVD March 9, 2010. She has been cast in another [[indie film]] called ''[[Bedrooms (film)|Bedrooms]]'' as Anna.<ref>http://channels.isp.netscape.com/celebrity/hollywoodexclusive.jsp?feature=ce_hol_02102009</ref> She has recently been cast as Frankie in the upcoming movie ''[[Answers to Nothing (film)|Answers to Nothing]]'' which is scheduled for a 2010 release.
She plays the title role in the short film ''[[Kidnapping Caitlynn]]'', written by her close friend [[Jenny Mollen]], premiered at the Vail Film Festival 2009 and was released online April 6, 2009.<ref>http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c88a7cc52a/kidnapping-caitlynn</ref> She starred in the [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] movie ''[[Held Hostage]]''.<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-renee/breaking-the-chains-of-do_b_131968.html</ref> in July.<ref>http://twitter.com/juliebenz</ref> She also starred in the [[Hallmark Channel]] movie ''[[Uncorked (film)|Uncorked]]''<ref>http://julie-benz.info/2009/03/26/new-project-for-julie/</ref> as Johnny Prentiss<ref>{{cite web|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/03/26/hallmark-andrew/|title=Hallmark Channel to produce 35 original movies with stars like Andrew McCarthy, Lori Loughlin, and Julie Benz. Pinch. Me.|last=Bierly|first=Mandi|date=2009-03-26|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=14 January 2010}}</ref> which premiered in the UK in July 2009. She is the lead female character Special Agent Eunice Bloom in ''[[The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day]]'' which had a limited release on October 30, 2009, and was released on DVD March 9, 2010. She has been cast in another [[indie film]] called ''[[Bedrooms (film)|Bedrooms]]'' as Anna.<ref>http://channels.isp.netscape.com/celebrity/hollywoodexclusive.jsp?feature=ce_hol_02102009</ref> She has recently been cast as Frankie in the upcoming movie ''[[Answers to Nothing (film)|Answers to Nothing]]'' which is scheduled for a 2010 release.


Benz appeared on ''[[The Soup]]'' with [[Joel McHale]]. Benz next took a recurring role on ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' as Robin Gallagher, a stripper with a heart of gold and a Masters degree in education who gets offered the chance to transition into a more legitimate career.<ref>{{cite news | author=Gina DiNunno | title=Dexter's Julie Benz to Pay a Visit to Wisteria Lane| url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Dexters-Julie-Benz-1013373.aspx| work=TVGuide.com}}</ref> The character of Robin is further developed when the audience discovers she is a [[lesbian]] and begins an affair with housewife [[Katherine Mayfair]] ([[Dana Delany]]).
Benz appeared on ''[[The Soup]]'' with [[Joel McHale]]. Benz next took a recurring role on ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' as Robin Gallagher, a stripper with a heart of gold and a Masters degree in education who gets offered the chance to transition into a more legitimate career.<ref>{{cite news | author=Gina DiNunno | title=Dexter's Julie Benz to Pay a Visit to Wisteria Lane| url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Dexters-Julie-Benz-1013373.aspx| work=TVGuide.com}}</ref> The character of Robin is further developed when the audience discovers she is a [[lesbian]] and begins an affair with housewife [[Katherine Mayfair]] ([[Dana Delany]]).

Revision as of 12:43, 2 August 2010

Julie Benz
at PaleyFest2010's "Dexter" night at the Saban Theatre on March 4, 2010
Born
Julie M. Benz
OccupationActress
Years active1990–present
SpouseJohn Kassir (1998–2007) (filed for divorce)

Julie M. Benz (born May 1, 1972) is an American actress and former figure skater. She is best known for her role as Rita Morgan on Dexter, for which she won the 2006 Satellite Award for Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. She is also well known for her role of Darla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.

Early life

Benz was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her father is a Pittsburgh surgeon. The family settled in nearby Murrysville when Benz was two, and she started ice skating when she was three. She competed in the 1988 U.S. Championships in junior ice dancing with her partner David Schilling, coming in 13th.[1] Her older brother and sister, Jeffrey and Jennifer, were the 1987 U.S. Junior Champions in ice dancing and competed internationally. When Benz was 14, she suffered a stress fracture and had to take time off. She grew up in Murrysville, graduating from Franklin Regional High School.[2] She later graduated from New York University.[3]

Career

By 1989, with her figure skating career over, Benz got involved in local theater, where she was cast in the play Street Law. Her first movie role was a small speaking part in "The Black Cat" segment of the Dario Argento/George A. Romero horror movie Two Evil Eyes (1990). A year later, she was cast in the TV show Hi Honey, I'm Home (1991). The show was canceled after two seasons.

After graduating from high school, Benz entered New York University to study acting. After graduation from NYU, she moved to Los Angeles and landed small roles in movies and TV shows, including a guest appearance on an episode of Married with Children in 1994 in the (unaired) Aaron Spelling television pilot Cross Town Traffic. She starred in another unaired TV pilot called Empire in 1995. Her other TV shows included Hang Time, High Tide, Step by Step and Boy Meets World, plus a small role in the TV movie The Barefoot Executive. She had an uncredited role in Black Sheep and appearances in Diagnosis Murder, Sliders and The Single Guy. She played Christy in the TV movie Hearts Adrift and a lead role as Julie Falcon in Darkdrive.

In 1996, Benz auditioned for the role of Buffy Summers in the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), but lost out to Sarah Michelle Gellar. However, she was offered a small role the vampire Darla in the pilot episode. Her performance was so well-received that her part was expanded to a few more episodes. The role helped launch her career.

She appeared in more TV shows such as The Big Easy and Fame L.A. along with a small role as a receptionist in the movie As Good as It Gets (1997). She starred in the short spoof film Eating Las Vegas and the unaired TV pilot Veronica's Video, had a small uncredited role in the TV movie A Walton Easter and a small role in Inventing the Abbotts.

In 1998, she had a recurring role as Joplin Russell in the TV show Ask Harriet (though the show was canceled and only two of her appearances aired), then guest-starred on Conrad Bloom and The King of Queens. She made two movies, the dark comedy Jawbreaker and Dirt Merchant, before landing a lead role in another TV show called Payne. She played undercover FBI Special Unit agent Kathleen Topolsky on Roswell during its first season, starred in the TV movie Satan's School for Girls, the unaired TV pilot Good Guys/Bad Guys and had a lead role in the horror movie parody Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth.

Benz in 2005

She reprised her role as Darla in 2000 for the Buffy spin-off series Angel appearing in every season for at least one episode. She was the only white person featured in the principal cast of the romantic comedy The Brothers. She was a guest host for the TV show Rendez-View. She was cast as Ellie Sparks in Glory Days and appeared in the unaired pilot; however, she left the show. She guest starred on She Spies and was in the featured cast for the mini-series Taken. She did various voices for the video game Hot Shots Golf Fore!, appeared in the short film The Midget Stays in the Picture and took over the role of Ursula for George of the Jungle 2.

Benz appeared in Peacemakers, Coupling, NCIS and Oliver Beene. She landed the lead role of Annie Garrett in the Hallmark TV movie The Long Shot. Benz also provided the voice of Miranda Keyes for the video game Halo 2, though she did not return to the role in the sequel Halo 3 as Bungie wanted to try a new direction with the Miranda Keyes voice by giving the character an accent, replaced by Justis Bolding. She played the lead role of Danielle in Bad Girls From Valley High (a film shot in 2000 under the title A Fate Totally Worse Than Death) which was released on DVD in 2005. She had a small role in the critically acclaimed TV movie Lackawanna Blues. In the Sci-Fi Channel original film Locusts: The 8th Plague, she played the lead female role Vicky. She also appeared in the straight-to-DVD movie 8mm 2 as Lynn. The film was originally called The Velvet Side of Hell and was not supposed to be a sequel to 8MM.

Benz guest-starred on popular shows like Supernatural, CSI: Miami, Law & Order and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. She had a supporting role in a Swedish independent movie called Kill Your Darlings, a lead role in the Lifetime movie Circle of Friends and joined the main cast of TV show Dexter as Rita Bennett.[4] Benz played a lead role in the fifth film of the popular horror franchise, Saw V, as Brit, a real-estate developer who is one of Jigsaw's five victims. She had a supporting role in Punisher: War Zone as Angela.

Benz co-starred with Sylvester Stallone in 2008's Rambo, the fourth film of that series.

She plays the title role in the short film Kidnapping Caitlynn, written by her close friend Jenny Mollen, premiered at the Vail Film Festival 2009 and was released online April 6, 2009.[5] She starred in the Lifetime movie Held Hostage.[6] in July.[7] She also starred in the Hallmark Channel movie Uncorked[8] as Johnny Prentiss[9] which premiered in the UK in July 2009. She is the lead female character Special Agent Eunice Bloom in The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day which had a limited release on October 30, 2009, and was released on DVD March 9, 2010. She has been cast in another indie film called Bedrooms as Anna.[10] She has recently been cast as Frankie in the upcoming movie Answers to Nothing which is scheduled for a 2010 release.

Benz appeared on The Soup with Joel McHale. Benz next took a recurring role on Desperate Housewives as Robin Gallagher, a stripper with a heart of gold and a Masters degree in education who gets offered the chance to transition into a more legitimate career.[11] The character of Robin is further developed when the audience discovers she is a lesbian and begins an affair with housewife Katherine Mayfair (Dana Delany).

In early 2010, ABC announced Benz has landed a lead role as Stephanie Powell, in the network's drama pilot No Ordinary Family.[12] The following May, ABC green-lit the series, which is set to air during the 2010-11 season.[13]

After the Season 4 finale of Dexter, it was announced in May 2010 that she will return for the Season 5 premiere.[14]

Personal life

Benz was married to actor and voice actor John Kassir.[15] They were wed on May 30, 1998. She filed for divorce in December 2007.[16]

Filmography

Template:Filmography table begin |- | 1990 | Two Evil Eyes | Betty | Episode: "The Black Cat" |- | 1991–1992 | Hi Honey, I'm Home! | Babs Nielson | TV series: 14 episodes |- | 1994 | Married... with Children | Sascha | Episode: "Field of Screams" |- | rowspan="6"|1995 | Cross Town Traffic | | unaired TV series pilot |- | Empire | Christine Lambert | |- | Hang Time (TV series) | Linda Cantrell | Episode: "Earl Makes the Grade" |- | The Barefoot Executive | Sexy Woman | TV |- | High Tide | Joanna Craig | Episode: "Sea No Evil" |- | Step by Step | Tawny | episode "The Wall" |- | rowspan="7"|1996 |Boy Meets World | Bianca | episode "City Slackers" |- | Black Sheep | | uncredited |- | Hearts Adrift | Christy | TV |- | Diagnosis Murder | Julie Miller | episode "Murder on Thin Ice" |- | Sliders | Jenny Michener | episode "The Electric Twister Acid Test" |- | The Single Guy | Cranberries Girl | episode "Love Train" |- | Darkdrive | Julie Falcon | |- | rowspan="8"| 1997 | Veronica's Video | Heidi |unaired TV series pilot |- | Eating Las Vegas | Sheila | Short film |- | A Walton Easter | Jeannie | uncredited |- | Inventing the Abbotts | Co-ed | |- | The Big Easy | Roxanne |episode "BeGirled" |- | Fame L.A. | Vanessa | episode "The Beat Goes On" |- | As Good as It Gets | Receptionist | |- |Buffy the Vampire Slayer |Darla |recurring 1997–2000; ? episodes |- | rowspan="2"|1998 |Ask Harriet | Joplin Russell | recurring 1998; ? episodes |- | Conrad Bloom | Julie |episode "The Rebound Guy" |- | rowspan="5"|1999 | Jawbreaker | Marcie Fox | |- | Dirt Merchant | Angie | |- | Payne | Breeze O'Rourke | ? episodes |- | The King of Queens | Julie Patterson | episode "Train Wreck" |- |Angel | Darla | recurring 2000–2004; ? episodes |- | rowspan="5" |2000 | Satan's School for Girls | Alison Kingsley | |- | Roswell | Kathleen Topolsky | recurring 1999–2000; ? episodes |- | Good Guys/Bad Guys | | unaired NBC TV series pilot |- | Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth | Barbara | |- |Bad Girls From Valley High (aka A Fate Totally Worse Than Death) | Danielle | |- | 2001 |The Brothers |Jesse Caldwell | |- | rowspan="3" |2002 |Glory Days |Ellie Sparks |Unaired Pilot |- | Taken | Kate Keyes | ? episodes |- | She Spies |Elaine |episode "Spies vs. Spy" |- | rowspan="5" | 2003 |Everybody's Golf 4 (aka Hot Shots Golf Fore!) | Various voices | Videogame |- | The Midget Stays in the Picture | A-List Actress | short film |- |Peacemakers | Miranda Blanchard |episode The Witness |- |Coupling | Amanda | episode "Decatur Guy" |- |George of the Jungle 2 | Ursula, Queen of the Jungle | |- |rowspan="4"|2004 |The Long Shot: Believe in Courage |Annie Garrett | |- |NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service |Denise Johnson |episode "A Weak Link" |- |Oliver Beene |Cigarette Girl |episode "Idol Chatter" |- |Halo 2 | Miranda Keyes (voice) | Videogame |- |rowspan="3" |2005 |Lackawanna Blues |Laura | |- |8mm 2 |Lynn | |- |Locusts: The 8th Plague |Vicky | |- |rowspan="6" |2006 |Supernatural |Layla Rourke |episode "Faith" |- |CSI: Miami |Hayley Gordon |episode "Deviant" |- |Kill Your Darlings |Katherine | |- |CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |Heidi Wolff |episode "Time of Your Death" |- |Circle of Friends |Maggie | |- |Dexter |Rita Bennett | recurring 2006–2010; 49 episodes
2006 Satellite Awards: Supporting Actress in a Series
2008 Eyegore Awards
2008 Scream Awards: Best Actress in a Horror Movie or TV Show
2009 Saturn Award: Supporting Actress on Television
|- |2007 |Law & Order |Dawn Sterling |episode "Church" |- |rowspan="3"|2008 |Rambo |Sarah | |- |Saw V |Brit | |- |Punisher: War Zone |Angela | |- |rowspan="4" |2009 |Kidnapping Caitlynn |Caitlynn | |- |Held Hostage |Michelle Estey | |- |Uncorked |Johnny Prentiss | |- |The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day |Eunice | |- |rowspan="4"|2010 |Desperate Housewives |Robin Gallagher |recurring 2010; 5 episodes |- |Bedrooms |Anna | |- |Answers to Nothing |Frankie | |- |No Ordinary Family |Stephanie Powell |? episodes Template:Filmography table end

References

  1. ^ "SMGFAN.com's Exclusive Interview with Julie Benz". smgfan.com. 2003-11-11. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
  2. ^ "Murrysville Native Stars In New 'Rambo' Movie". The Pittsburgh Channel. 2008-01-25. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  3. ^ "Gaining Recognition". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1999-02-20. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
  4. ^ SCREAM '09: Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter on ‘Dexter’, More!
  5. ^ http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c88a7cc52a/kidnapping-caitlynn
  6. ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-renee/breaking-the-chains-of-do_b_131968.html
  7. ^ http://twitter.com/juliebenz
  8. ^ http://julie-benz.info/2009/03/26/new-project-for-julie/
  9. ^ Bierly, Mandi (2009-03-26). "Hallmark Channel to produce 35 original movies with stars like Andrew McCarthy, Lori Loughlin, and Julie Benz. Pinch. Me". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  10. ^ http://channels.isp.netscape.com/celebrity/hollywoodexclusive.jsp?feature=ce_hol_02102009
  11. ^ Gina DiNunno. "Dexter's Julie Benz to Pay a Visit to Wisteria Lane". TVGuide.com.
  12. ^ "Julie Benz Joins ABC's New Super Family". TVGuide.com.
  13. ^ Rice, Lynette (May 12, 2010). "Breaking: ABC picks up 'No Ordinary Family' starring Michael Chikilis". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  14. ^ "Julie Benz Returning to Dexter". TVGuide.com.
  15. ^ "Angel - Interviews - Julie Benz and John Kassir". BBC Online.
  16. ^ "IMDB bio".
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