Charisma Carpenter

Charisma Carpenter was born July 23, 1970. Cordelia Chase was a character from Buffy the Vampire Slayer's supernatural thriller series (1997-1999) and the spin-off series Angel (1999-04). Also, she starred as Kyra in Charmed (2004) and as Kendall Casablanca's character in Veronica Mars (2005-2006), Rebecca Sewell in The Lying Game (2012-2013), and Lacy in The Expendables film series (2010-2012). Carpenter was born in Las Vegas, Nevada,[disputed - discuss] daughter of Christine, a bird sanctuary worker and Don Carpenter, a salesman. She is of Spanish (from her maternal grandfather), French, and German descent. Carpenter was a student at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas; she was also a part of a group of dancers and singers that was a part of the Las Vegas Valley when she was 9 years old. old.When Carpenter was 15, her family moved to Rosario Beach, Baja California, Mexico and then to San Diego, California. She was a student at Bonita Vista High School and Chula Vista School of the Creative and Performing Arts. Carpenter traveled all over Europe after graduating. Carpenter returned to San Diego and worked in the video store, as an aerobics instructor, property management as well as a clerk. In 1991, she was employed as an cheerleader for San Diego Chargers football team. In 1992, she moved to Los Angeles. She was swimming in San Diego with two male friends when Henry Hubbard Jr., an ex-police officer from San Diego and serial rapist and a serial rapist, attacked them. During the battle, both her friends and Hubbard were shotand forced Hubbard to flee from the scene. Both of them were able to escape the assault. Hubbard was arrested and was convicted and sentenced to 56 years of prison time for numerous murders. Carpenter brought Hubbard's police-issue flashlight from the beach that he had left at the scene, and the flashlight became the most important evidence used against him.