Amber Benson Biography

Fast Facts

• Nominated for a Young Artist Award for 1993's "King of the Hill"
• Convinced her family to move to California when she was 15-years-old so she could pursue acting full-time
• Quote: "If I wasn't an actress, I'd want to be a writer or else find a job where I got to read books and watch movies all day, every day, for the rest of my life․"
• Made her directorial debut at the age of 24 with 2002's "Chance" in which she produced under Benson Entertainment Inc․
• Following several small feature film roles throughout the 1990s, she would land her first recurring series role in 1997 on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
• Has written numerous story lines, usually in graphic novel form, that accompany the previously told characters points in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
• Eventually began making $8,000 per episode for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"