Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1977-01-08
- Works
- 32
Top works
- Among the Ghosts
- Clueless
- Buffy contre les vampires Special #5, Willow & Tara
- The Pandora Room
- Cat's Claw
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Amber Nicole Benson (born January 8, 1977) is an American actress, writer, film director, and film producer. She is best known for her role as Tara Maclay on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but has also directed, produced and starred in her own films Chance (2002) and Lovers, Liars & Lunatics (2006).She is also co-director with Adam Busch of Drones (2010). Description above from the…
Known for
- I Saw the TV Glow — Johnny Link's Mom2024
- Selling Isobel — Chloe2019
- The Nightmare Gallery — Professor Samantha Rand2019
- House of Demons — Maya2018
- Glossary of Broken Dreams — Pfefferkarree McCormick2018
- The Griddle House — Tiny2018
- The Crooked Man — Grace Hutchinson2016
- Desire Will Set You Free — Jayne2015
- Tom Holland's Twisted Tales — Dhianna (segment "Shockwave")2014
- Back to Backspace — Patti (voice)2014
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 11,743
- Total plays
- 113,928
Tags
Buffy the Vampire Slayerfemale vocalistsSoundtrackAllBuffy
Amber Nicole Benson (born January 8, 1977 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American actress best known for playing Tara Maclay, Willow's girlfriend in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Benson has also written and directed movies for theaters and television. Most notably, she wrote and directed 2002's Chance and 2003's Ghosts of Albion:Legacy. She has also written three comic books, two of them Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics ("WannaBlessedBe" and "Wilderness"). <a href="https://www.last.fm/mu
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Tandem repeats finder: a program to analyze DNA sequences
· 1999 · cited 8,065x
- <i>Gaia</i> Data Release 2
· 2018 · cited 7,349x
- The<i>Gaia</i>mission
· 2016 · cited 6,248x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
· 2017 · cited 6,068x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 5,633x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1977-01-08 ) January 8, 1977 (age 49) , Birmingham, Alabama , U.S.
- Occupations
- Actress writer director producer
- Years active
- 1992–present
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 8 January 1977
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Q456808
- Family name
- Benson
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Birmingham
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
Article
Amber Benson (born January 8, 1977) is an American actress, writer, director, and producer. She is best known for her role as Tara Maclay on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1999–2002), and has directed, produced and starred in her own films Chance (2002) and Lovers, Liars & Lunatics (2006). She also starred in the movie Kiss the Bride (2007). She co-directed the film Drones (2010) with fellow Buffy cast member Adam Busch, and starred as a waitress in the crime thriller The Killing Jar (2010).
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