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 grew up in Murrysville, graduating from Franklin Regional High School. After graduation from NYU, she moved to Los Angeles. 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.

She will have a main role in the upcoming CBS show A Gifted Man. The family settled in nearby Murrysville when Benz was two, and she started ice skating when she was three. She grew up in Murrysville, graduating from Franklin Regional High School.

Benz was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She grew up in Murrysville, graduating from Franklin Regional High School. 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).

Benz was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She grew up in Murrysville, graduating from Franklin Regional High School. According to Benz, “I remember the teacher telling me I should not even try acting. She starred in another unaired TV pilot called Empire in 1995. However, she was offered the small role of the vampire Darla in the pilot episode. Her performance was so well-received that her part was expanded to a few more episodes.

Julie M. Benz (born May 1, 1972) is an American actress, best known for her role as Rita Bennett on Dexter, for which she won the 2006 Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. Among her previous well-known roles was Darla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. The family settled in nearby Murrysville when Benz was two, and she started ice skating when she was three. She grew up in Murrysville, graduating from Franklin Regional High School. 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. 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 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.