Charisma Carpenter

 

 Charisma Carpenter (born July 23rd, 1970) is an American actress. She portrayed Cordelia Chase in the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-1999) and its spin-off series Angel (1999-2004). She also appeared as Kyra in Charmed (2004), Kendall Casablancas in Veronica Mars (2005-2006), Rebecca Sewell in The Lying Game (2012-2013) and Lacy in The Expendables film series (2010-2012 ).

 

 

  Carpenter was the daughter of Christine Carpenter (a bird sanctuary worker and Don Carpenter (a salesman) Born in Las Vegas. She is of Spanish (from her maternal grandfather), French, and German descent. Carpenter was one of the students at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas. [6] She also performed in the group of dancers and song-makers that performed throughout the Las Vegas Valley when Carpenter was just nine years old.

 

 

  Carpenter She moved her family from Rosarito Beach, Baja California to Mexico when she was just 15 years old. After that, they relocated to San Diego to California. She went to Bonita Vista High School and Chula Vista School of the Creative and Performing Arts. [2][failed verify] After graduating, Carpenter traveled throughout Europe. After returning to San Diego, she worked as a clerk at a video store as well as an aerobics instructor and in property management. In 1991, she played cheerleader with the San Diego Chargers. In 1992, she moved from San Diego to Los Angeles.

 

 

  While swimming in San Diego in 1991, she and two male buddies were attacked by Henry Hubbard Jr., who was a former San Diego police officer and serial rapist, who attempted to subdue them at gunpoint. The two of them, Henry Hubbard Jr. and her co-conspirators were shot during the battle. Both of them survived. Hubbard was arrested, convicted and sentenced to 56 years of prison for a series of rapes and robberies. Carpenter grabbed Hubbard's flashlight one of the police's flashlights, from the beach. He left it at the scene. The flashlight proved to be a crucial piece of evidence in the case against Hubbard.

 

 

  Carpenter was listed as No. Carpenter was ranked No. 31 on AskMen's Top 99 desirable women 2002[30]. 44 on their 2005 list. Carpenter declared that she doesn't consider herself a sexual symbol despite this. Carpenter appeared on the cover as well as in a 10-page naked pictorial in the June 2004 issue of Playboy magazine. People magazine asked Carpenter in 2005 if she'd once again appear on Playboy. Carpenter replied "I don’t know." I joined Playboy because of a specific reason. It wasn't just an excellent financial decision, but it was about the place I was at on my journey. Following the birth of my son, I gained 50 lbs during pregnancy. I wanted to look like my old self again. I wanted to be beautiful and sexy. Then I thought, "What would happen if I did it all'