Charisma Carpenter

Charisma Carpenter was born on July 23 on the 23rd of July, 1970. She played Cordelia Chase in the supernatural drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-1999) and its spin-off series Angel (1999-2004). She was also in Charmed (2004) as well as Kendall Casablanca's part in Veronica Mars (2006). Rebecca Sewell was in The Lying Game (2012)-2013. Lacy was the main character in The Expendables film franchise (2010)-2012. Carpenter was born in Las Vegas, Nevada,[disputed - discuss] the daughter of Christine, a bird sanctuary worker, and Don Carpenter, a salesman. Carpenter is of Spanish (from her maternal grandfather), French and German descent. Carpenter attended Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas; she was also member of a song and dance group which was a part of the Las Vegas Valley when she was nine years old.When Carpenter was 15, her family relocated 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. Following graduation, Carpenter traveled throughout Europe. Carpenter returned to San Diego in 1991 and worked as an aerobics instructor as well as a videostore clerk as well as a property manager. She was a cheerleader for San Diego Chargers football in 1991. She relocated to Los Angeles in 1992. In 1991, Henry Hubbard Jr. was a tyrant who attacked her and two of her male buddies while swimming in San Diego. He was an ex- San Diego cop and serial rapist who tried to subdue them with a gunpoint. Both Hubbard Jr. and her friends were killed in the fight. Both were able to escape. Hubbard was convicted and sentenced to 56 years in prison for a series of rapes and burglaries. Carpenter took Hubbard his flashlight from the police station on the beach. The flashlight was left at the beach. This flashlight became an important evidence piece against Hubbard.