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Julie M. Benz (born May 1, 1972) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Rita Morgan on Dexter, Benz won the 2006 Satellite Award for Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. She is also well known for her role of Darla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
Benz was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her father is a Pittsburgh surgeon. The family settled in nearby Murrysville when Benz was two, and she started ice skating when she was three. She competed in the 1988 U.S. Championships in junior ice dancing with her partner David Schilling, coming in 13th.
Her older brother and sister, Jeffrey and Jennifer, were the 1987 U.S. Junior Champions in ice dancing and competed internationally. When Benz was 14, she had a bad stress fracture and had to take time off. She grew up in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, graduating from Franklin Regional High School. She later graduated from New York University.
She plays the title role in the short film Kidnapping Caitlynn, written by her close friend Jenny Mollen, premiered at the Vail Film Festival 2009 and was released online April 6, 2009. She starred in the Lifetime movie called Held Hostage based on Michelle Renee’s true story in July. She also starred in the Hallmark Channel movie called Uncorked as Johnetta which premiered in the UK in July 2009.
She will be the lead female character Eunice in The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day which had a limited release on October 30 2009 and has been cast in another indie film called Bedrooms as Anna. She has recently been cast as Frankie in the upcoming movie Answers to Nothing which is scheduled for a 2010 release.
Benz appeared on The Soup with Joel McHale. She made her last appearance on Dexter at the end of the fourth season and is now scheduled for a recurring role in Desperate Housewives as Robin Gallagher, a stripper with a heart of gold and a Masters degree in education who gets offered the chance to transition into a more legitimate career.
The character of Robin will be further expanded when she begins an affair with housewife Katherine Mayfair, played by actress Dana Delaney.
In March 2010 ABC announced Benz had landed the other lead role in the network’s drama pilot No Ordinary Family.
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