Julie was born in Pennsylvania to a sugeon and figure ice skater. When Julie was two her family moved to Murrysville and, following in her mother's footsteps, she began ice skating at the age of three. She continued skating, competing in the US Junior Championships until the age of 14 when she sustained a fracture.

In 1999 Julie turned to acting, becoming involved with the local theatre and, after graduating High School she attended the New York University to study acting. On graduation she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her career, here she gained work both in movies and TV until 1996 when she gained the role of 'vampire girl' in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which soon evolved into the much loved character of Darla and recurred in both Buffy and Angel right to the end.

Since Buffy and Angel ended, Julie has continued to work, starring in Steven Spielberg's series, Taken, guest starring on shows such as Supernatural and CSI, and is currently starring as the lead character's girlfriend in hit show Dexter.

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Julie originally auditioned for the role of Buffy, she had also previously lost out on a role to Sarah Michelle Gellar having auditioned for the role of Kendall Hart on All My Children.

Kristine was born in Boise, Idaho and got the acting bug at an early age when she accompanied a friend to an audition. Kristine attended the University of Kentucky and then went to London to study at the Drama Studio. Once she had completed her studies she headed for New York and appeared in many stage productions. It was here that she met and married her husband, actor, John Pankow, and they had their daughter, Eleanore. In 1993 the family decided to make the move to Los Angeles and Kristine hoped to give up acting in order to bring up Eleanore. However in 1996, her agent tracked her down with a script for a show called Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Kristine just couldn't resist.

During her time on Buffy, Kristine took some time out to spend a year in Italy with her family, flying back to LA occasionaly to appear in just five episodes of Season Four of the show.

Since Buffy ended, Kristine has again taken time away from acting to pursue her other interest of photography in which she took a course at Santa Monica College. Kristine also enjoys playing the piano and cooking.

When she is not acting Kristine enjoys playing the piano and cooking.

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Kristine changed her name from Young to Sutherland when she began acting as there was already an actress named Kristine Young. She chose the name Sutherland after her cat Donald whom she had named after Donald Sutherland. Donald Sutherland played Buffy's watcher Merrick in the original film of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Eric was born California where he attended High School in Burbank, and has a younger sister, Tori. Before his sister was born his family spent some time at a hippy commune at Big Sur in Esalin. HIs family also used to hold Lakota Indian sweat lodges in their back yard.

When not acting, Eric sings lead vocals in Fredalba.

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Eric appeared in the first two episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (originally aired as a two hour premiere) and was the first of Buffy's friends to be killed off. Joss Whedon originally wanted to include Eric in the opening credits of the first episode to make it more shocking and surprising when the character was killed off, however, he did not have the budget for it.

Ken was born in Brooklyn to Blanche and George Lerner, the youngest of three sons. Ken attended Brookyln college where he obtained a BA degree in English. Ken first wanted to be a teacher and was working as one when he was taken by acting by helping his brother Michael learn his lines. The two of them set of for the bright lights of Los Angeles and Ken soon got his first break with a recurring role in Happy Days. Ken appeared in many TV series and films before he decided to combine both his loves and become an acting teacher. Ken now gives acting classes and private coaching as well as still acting himself.

Born in Findlay, Ohio Mark attended the University of Michigan in the hopes of obtaining a Master's degree, however, he never completed the course. Mark started his career in acting on the stage and, in the early seventies he travelled the States with the Milwaukee Repertory Company, he was also a member of the Seattle Reportory Theatre. Mark's loing career has included, TV, film and even music videos, he has also now become involved with producing.

Mark has now found the time to return to University to complete his degree at the California State University and he owns a Restaurant/Bar called "Libby Montana" in Mequon Wisconsin.

Brain was born in Ellensburg, Washington and raised on the Columbia River in Longview with his parents and six siblings. He first became interested in acting when he landed a role as the Russian Ballet Teacher, Boris in 'You Can't Take it With You', whilst in high school. After graduating from High School, Brian attended the Central Washington University to study business management whilst also auditioning for everything he could.

Brian earned a scholarship to the University of Calirfornia-Irvine and gained a Masters degree in Fine Arts whilst also working with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. By the time he graduated he had his SAG card, an agent and five professional credits to his name, including a part in The Terminator. Since that time he has added to his list of creditionals appearing in many films and TV Series, including Star Trek, Charmed and The X-Files as well as playing two different characters on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

As well as acting, Brian has a black belt on Hapkido, plays the piano and enjoys sushi rolling.

Musetta was born in South Africa to a ballet teacher and made her stage debut, as a dancer herself, at the age of four. Musetta went on to qualify as a ballet teacher herself. After taking a BA degree in Communications and Psychology, Musetta started her work in TV as anchor host for a South African music show. It was through this job that she met her American husband and jetted off to Hollywood. Here she continued her career by appearing in various music videos. She also appeared on stage and it was her performance in the critically acclaimed original South African play, Soweto's Burning, that got her noticed and enabled her to make the move onto the big screen.

Robia was born in New York and raised in the Florida Keys. When she was twelve her family moved to Los Angeles. After watching the movie Flashdance, she was inspired to pursue a career as a dancer and began jazz, ballet and tap classes. She went on to attend the Los Angeles County High School for The Arts as a dance major, and continued her eductaion at the Dupree Dance Academy in Hollywood.

A sixteen Robia got her first job in Debbie Gibson's Shake Your Love video and had appeared in many more music video's by the time Prince approached her to play the role of Pearl for his album and tour Diamonds and Pearls.

Robia retired from the world of dance at 22 and took up acting instead, doing tv commercials before landing a role in Beverley Hills 90210.

Robia is a devout Christian and now spends her time travelling the world giving talks about her faith.