Charisma Carpenter

Charisma Carpenter is an American actress best known for playing Cordelia Chase on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff Angel. She was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, and raised partly in Mexico before her family settled in San Diego. Before acting, she worked as an NFL cheerleader. Her career spans over three decades, with roles in Veronica Mars and numerous TV movies.

Carpenter appeared on the cover of Playboy in June 2004, shortly after the birth of her first child, and later graced the covers of FHM and Maxim. On film, she has had only two nude appearances: a rear glimpse in the TV movie Flirting with Danger (2006) and a topless scene in Bound (2015). She has brown hair, hazel eyes, is 5'7\" with a slim build, and has a tribal sun tattoo on her back and a rosary on her left wrist. She is of French, German, and Spanish descent.

Carpenter married Damien Hardy in 2002 and had a son in 2003; the couple separated in 2007. She is currently single and active as an actress, producer, and podcaster. She also runs a business and maintains an Instagram following of 421,000. She is 55 years old and continues to work in entertainment.