Charisma Carpenter

 Charisma Carpenter, born July 23 1970, is an American actress. Cordelia Chase played the character of Cordelia in Buffy the Vampire Slayer's supernatural series (1997-1999) as well as the spin-off show Angel (1999-04). She also starred in Charmed (2004) and Kendall Casablanca's role in Veronica Mars (2006). Rebecca Sewell was in The Lying Game (2012)-2013. Lacy was part of The Expendables film franchise (2010)-2012. Carpenter was born in Las Vegas, Nevada,[disputed - discuss] daughter of Christine the bird sanctuary worker as well as Don Carpenter, a salesman. Carpenter is of Spanish, French, and German heritage (from her maternal grandfather). Carpenter attended Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas; she was also member of a dance and song group that performed in the Las Vegas Valley when she was 9 years old. old.When Carpenter was 15, her family relocated to Rosario Beach, Baja California, Mexico and then to San Diego, California. She attended Bonita Vista High School and Chula Vista School of the Creative and Performing Arts. Carpenter traveled all over Europe following her graduation. After returning to San Diego, she worked as a video store clerk, an aerobics instructor, and in property management. She cheered for the San Diego Chargers football club in 1991. In 1992, she relocated to Los Angeles. She was swimming in San Diego with two male friends at the time that Henry Hubbard Jr., an ex-police officer from San Diego and serial rapist and a serial rapist, attacked the group. The two of them, Henry Hubbard Jr. and her comrades were killed in the fight. They both survived. Hubbard was detained, convicted, sentenced to 56 years in prison for a number of assaults. Carpenter brought Hubbard his flashlight from the police station on the beach. The flashlight was left in the area. This flashlight would become an important evidence piece against Hubbard.