She starred on the series No Ordinary Family until it was cancelled on May 13, 2011. She competed in the 1988 U.S. Championships in junior ice dancing with her skating partner David Schilling, finishing in 13th place. Her older brother and sister, Jeffrey and Jennifer, were the 1987 U.S. Junior Champions in ice dancing and competed internationally. After graduating from high school, Benz entered New York University to study acting. with Children, playing a girl who wanted to lose her virginity to Bud Bundy. She had an uncredited role in Black Sheep and appearances in Diagnosis: Murder, Sliders and The Single Guy. Her performance was so well-received that her part was expanded to a few more episodes. 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.

She starred on the series No Ordinary Family until it was cancelled on May 13, 2011. Benz was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She competed in the 1988 U.S. Championships in junior ice dancing with her skating partner David Schilling, finishing in 13th place. Your voice is horrible.’ That was the best thing that ever happened to me because I was like, ‘I’ll show you’.” By 1989, with her figure skating career over, Benz became involved in local theater, where she was cast in the play Street Law. After graduating from high school, Benz entered New York University to study acting. Her subsequent roles include an unaired Aaron Spelling television pilot Cross Town Traffic. She had an uncredited role in Black Sheep and appearances in Diagnosis: Murder, Sliders and The Single Guy. 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).

Benz was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 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 skating partner David Schilling, finishing in 13th place. Her older brother and sister, Jeffrey and Jennifer, were the 1987 U.S. Junior Champions in ice dancing and competed internationally. She grew up in Murrysville, graduating from Franklin Regional High School. Her subsequent roles include an unaired Aaron Spelling television pilot Cross Town Traffic. She starred in another unaired TV pilot called Empire in 1995. She was the only non-African American actor featured in the principal cast of the romantic comedy The Brothers.

Benz was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 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 in her right leg and had to take time off. She grew up in Murrysville, graduating from Franklin Regional High School. I still have the report card where she was like, ‘You will never be an actor. Two weeks after her move, she obtained a bit part in a 1994 episode of Married. 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. She was the only non-African American actor featured in the principal cast of the romantic comedy The Brothers.

She has a recurring role in the CBS show A Gifted Man. At age 15, Benz was told by an acting coach that she would never succeed as an actress. 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), which was canceled after two seasons. After graduating from high school, Benz entered New York University to study acting. Two weeks after her move, she obtained a bit part in a 1994 episode of Married. She made two movies, the dark comedy Jawbreaker and Dirt Merchant, before landing a lead role in another TV show called Payne. She reprised her role as Darla in 2000 for the Buffy spin-off series Angel appearing in every season for at least one episode.

After graduation from NYU, she moved to Los Angeles. She had an uncredited role in Black Sheep and appearances in Diagnosis: Murder, Sliders and The Single Guy. 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. She reprised her role as Darla in 2000 for the Buffy spin-off series Angel appearing in every season for at least one episode.