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[[File:angeltvposter011.jpg|frame|Charisma Carpenter]]

Actress born July 23, 1970, best known as Cordelia Chase from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Angel]]'', as well as [[Jason Statham]]'s girlfriend, Lacy, in ''[[The Expendables]]''. She is reprising her role as Lacy from ''[[The Expendables]]'' for the movie ''[[The Expendables]] 2'', which was released in 2012. She also starred as Susan in the 2010 horror film ''Psychosis''. After the release of ''[[Justice League (2017 film)|Justice League]]'', which was reshot by ''Buffy'' creator [[Joss Whedon]], she backed Ray Fisher's accusations of Whedon's unprofessionalism by noting that he had fired her during ''Angel'' season 4 due to her pregnancy.

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* [[Alliterative Name]]: Both she and her most well-known character have the initials C.C.
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: "Charisma" means "compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others", making it a pretty awesome name for her.
** [[Meaningful Name]]: The characters [[Typecasting|that she tends to play]] seem to have a lot of charisma. 
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Not so much anymore but she was playing mid-twenty-somethings into her mid-thirties. She was a full decade older than her character on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Angel]]''.
** She played 25-year-old Kendall on ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' at 34.
* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: Named after a perfume; she's said in interviews that she hated her name growing up, and insisted on being called "Chrissy".
* [[Hot Mom]]
* [[Separated At Birth Casting]]: Her role as  {{spoiler|Sutton and Emma's birth mother}} on ''[[The Lying Game]]'' was supposed to be a secret but everyone [[I Knew It!|figured it out]] due to Carpenter's uncanny resemblance to Alexandra Chando. 

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* Wendy Sanders on ''[[Baywatch]]'' (1 episode, 1994)
* Cordelia Chase on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Angel]]'' (1997-2004)
* Simone (voice) on ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' ("Phoebe Skips", 1995)
* Kira/The Seer on ''[[Charmed]]'' (3 episodes, 2004)
* Kendall Casablancas on ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' (2005-06)
* Tegan Walker on ''[[Greek]]'' (recurring character, 2007-11)
* Mink on ''[[CSI]]'' ("The Descent of Man", 2009)
* Trianna on ''[[Legend of the Seeker]]'' ("Marked", 2009)
* Nicki on ''[[Burn Notice]]'' ("Better Halves", 2011)
* Maggie Stark on ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' ("Shut Up, Dr. Phil", 2011)
* Annie "Rebecca" Sewell on ''[[The Lying Game]]'' (2012)

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