Charisma Carpenter

Charisma Carpenter (born July 23 1970) is an American actor from America. Cordelia Chase played the role of Cordelia in Buffy the Vampire Slayer's supernatural series (1997-1999) as well as the spin-off show Angel (1999-04). She also appeared as Kyra in Charmed (2004) as well as Kendall Casablanca's character in Veronica Mars (2005-2006), Rebecca Sewell in The Lying Game (2012-2013) as well as Lacy in The Expendables film series (2010-2012). Carpenter was born in Las Vegas (Nevada), the daughter of Christine Carpenter and an employee of a bird sanctuary as well as Don Carpenter, an entrepreneur. Carpenter is of Spanish (from her maternal grandfather), French, and German descent. Carpenter attended Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas; she was also a part of a song-and-dance troupe which was a part of the Las Vegas Valley when she was just nine 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 was a frequent traveler throughout Europe after graduating. She returned to San Diego and worked in the video store, working as an aerobics instructor, property management, and as a clerk. In 1991, she was employed as a cheerleader for the San Diego Chargers football team. She moved to Los Angeles in 1992. In 1991, Henry Hubbard Jr. attacked her and two of her male buddies while they were swimming in San Diego. He was an ex- San Diego cop and serial rapist , who tried to intimidate them by threatening them with a firearm. In the course of the fight the two friends as well as Hubbard were shot, forcing Hubbard to flee from the scene. Both were able to escape the assault. Hubbard was arrested, convicted and sentenced to 56 years of prison for a series of robberies and rapes. Carpenter carried Hubbard's police-issued flashlight to the beach, which he left at the scene and the flashlight was a key piece of evidence against Hubbard.