Charisma Lee Carpenter was born on July 23, 1970 in the city of Las Vegas. His family was always of a humble demeanor, and has a huge mix of ethnicities by his blood. From his mother he has Cherokee, Irish, Scottish and Spanish ancestry, while from his father German and French.
His career began shortly after graduating from high school at the Chula Vista High. There, a television producer saw her while serving meals in a restaurant and decided to offer her the opportunity to work as a commercial model.
In a flash, Charisma she was in almost all the commercials of the most recognized food brands, showing her stunning body. He himself eventually led her to participate in an episode of “Baywatch”, Where he worked alongside stars like David hasselhoff, Carmen electra Y Pamela anderson.
Shortly after this, he continued to work on character voices. His first steps in this environment were in “Josh Kirby: Time Warriror”.
It was not more than a month before the ABC called her to intervene in “Boy Meets World”. From there he jumped to the NBC with a very strong role within “Malibu Shores”.
Finally, in 1997 she reached the role that immortalized her on television: that of Cordelia chase on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”. For three years he shared the stage with Sarah Michelle Gellar, Allyson hannigan Y Seth green.
Then, towards the end of 1999, she was invited to once again give the voice for an animated character in the cartoon series of Nickelodeon “Hey Arnold”. Later, when the spinoff of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer“,”Angel”, Once again played the role of Cordelia.
Still, in “Angel”His schedule required less time, so he was able to participate in other projects as well. Among them was “Miss match“, next to Alicia silverstone, Y “Charmed”, The series produced by Aaron Spelling that catapulted the fame of Alyssa Milano.
Around that time, she posed completely nude for the magazine Playboy, presenting a personal challenge, since ten months before she had given birth to her son Donavan charles, whom she had with, her then husband, Damien Hardy, whom he divorced in 2008.
In 2005, he acted in the series “Veronica mars”, Where he again shared the stages with Allyson hannigan. There he remained the protagonist until 2006, when he was offered to work in “Greek“, Where he played Tegan walker for 3 episodes.
In recent years, she has had guest appearances on the series “Back to you“,”Big shots“,”CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” Y “Legend of the Seeker”.
Outside the series, he has worked in some feature films for the home, such as “See Jane Date“,”Like dogs and cats“,”Voodoo moon” Y “Flirting with Danger“, among other.
In 2010 she could be seen in the telefilm “House of bones“, And will soon be seen in the tapes”Psychosis” Y “The Expendables“, Which will star Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li Y Jason statham, among others.
As a curiosity, it is worth mentioning that Charisma has a scar on her belly, which was caused by an accident when she was little, when walking near a pool that had not finished being built. The same explanation was given to his character’s scar in the series of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”.