Charisma Carpenter

 Charisma Carpenter, born July 23, 1970 was an American actress. Her character was Cordelia Chase in the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-1999) as well as its spin-off series Angel (1999–2004). She was also in Charmed (2004), Kendall Casablancas and Veronica Mars (2005-2006), Rebecca Sewell and Lacy in The Lying Game (2012–2013 strong>).

 Carpenter was the daughter of Christine Carpenter (a bird sanctuary worker, and Don Carpenter (a salesman), and was born in Las Vegas. Carpenter is from Spanish, French, and German descent (from her maternal grandfather). Carpenter was one of the students at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas. [6] She was also part of an ensemble of dance and song which was in the Las Vegas Valley when Carpenter was nine years old.

 

  Carpenter aged 15 when she and her family moved with her family to Rosarito Beach in Baja California, Mexico [2] and later to San Diego, California. She attended Bonita Vista High School and Chula Vista School of the Creative and Performing Arts. 2] [failed verification] Following her graduation, Carpenter traveled throughout Europe. When she returned to San Diego, she worked as a video store clerk and aerobics instructor and also in property management. She was a cheerleader for San Diego Chargers football in 1991. In 1992, she relocated to Los Angeles.

 

 

  Henry Hubbard Jr., an ex-police officer from San Diego and serial rapist was a raped victim who assaulted her and two male buddies while she was swimming in San Diego in the year 1991. Hubbard tried to subdue them with a gun. In the course of the battle the two friends as well as Hubbard were killed, forcing Hubbard to flee the scene but both were able to escape the assault. Hubbard was found guilty and sentenced to 56 years prison for a string of rapes and thefts. Carpenter used Hubbard's flashlight to the beach, which he had left at the scene and the flashlight turned out to be one of the key pieces of evidence against him.

   Carpenter was No. Carpenter was No. 31 on AskMen’s Top 99 Desirable Women 2002[30]. 44 in their ranking for 2005. [31][32] Despite this, Carpenter has stated she is not a sex symbol. Carpenter was featured on the cover as well as in the ten-page naked photoshoot of the June 2004 issue of Playboy magazine. People magazine asked Carpenter in 2005 if she would ever again pose for Playboy. Carpenter said "I do not know." I signed up for Playboy because of a specific reason. It was a prudent financial decision. It also seemed like that it was the best thing for me. After having my son, I had gained 50 lbs in pregnancy. I wanted to be my former self. I wanted to be attractive and attractive. So I thought, 'What if I went full throttle'