Amber Nicole Benson played shy Wiccan Tara Maclay. Amber was born in Birmingham, Alabama on January 8, 1977. She started acting when she was a teenager. She studied dancing and …

After the episode 4.19 New Moon Rising aired in America, some fans where extremely pissed off that Willow chose Tara over Oz. They were unkind towards Tara, and especially towards her …

Amber Benson became ‘Amber Benson as Tara’ in the guest credits from the episode 5.01 Buffy Vs Dracula. She was a member of the main cast credit montage for only one …

Although Amber Benson (who played Tara) is present in the episode 6.20 Villains as a body, she is not in the opening titles and is uncredited. She was credited in the …

Amber Benson said of the episode 6.19 Seeing Red:

“There’d been hints that we were going to have some sort of love scene, but I didn’t really understand what the extent of …

The cast and crew of both Buffy and Angel regularly visited Joss Whedon’s house on a Sunday to read Shakepeare plays together. Paul Ruditis wrote in Once More With Feeling: …

The 1995 movie Bye Bye Love starred Buffy actors Eliza Dushku and Amber Benson as best friends. It also featured Lindsay Crouse (Professor Walsh), Donald Bishop (the Butcher in Never …

The 1998 movie Can’t Hardly Wait starred many Buffy actors, including Seth Green, Amber Benson, Channon Roe (Jack O’Toole), Clea DuVall (Marcie Ross), Paige Moss (Veruca), Eric Balfour (Jesse), Nicole …

In 7.07 Conversations With Dead People, Cassie tells Willow that Tara cannot be there herself because of Willow’s destructive behaviour following her death. The original script had Tara coming to her …

When casting the role of Tara, Joss Whedon was originally looking for someone like ‘old Willow’ - before Willow became as confident as she is now. Visually he wanted someone …

Amber Benson (who played Tara) wrote and directed a movie called Chance in 2001 when she was just 24. It featured Amber, James Marsters (Spike), David Fury (Buffy writer/producer), Tressa …

Amber Benson had the following to say about discovering Tara would die:

“I knew at the beginning of Season Five that Willow was going to go bad and that I was …

When Willow is impersonating Vampire Willow at the Bronze in 3.16 Doppelgangland, she runs her hand through the hair of a young woman (though it could be a guy, it’s hard …

The episode 6.10 Wrecked was dedicated “In Loving Memory Of J.D. Peralta”. She was Marti Noxon’s assistant, who died of cancer in November 2001 (the month in which the episode aired). …

Amber Benson on her on-set activities during 6.16 Hell’s Bells:

“I’m the biggest klutz on the set. Remember Emma in that wedding dress? I got that dress off of her at least …

Amber Benson has said that one of the scariest things about her first day on Buffy was the Gentlemen:

“I went in for lunch and almost screamed because they were …

In the third episode of season one, 1.03 The Witch, Amy tells Buffy that the cheerleader Amber trained with Benson:

Cordelia: “Just look at that Amber. Who does she think she …

Tara was a shy and insecure witch who met Willow at a Wicca meeting in college (4.10 Hush). The two became friends, and practised magic together. They fell in love and …

Joss Whedon spoke at the Wizard World convention in Chicago in August 2004 about his original plans for bringing the character of Tara back:
“In one of the final episodes, the …

Amber Benson on filming Tara’s death scene:

“They had trouble because the fake blood was so thin. It didn’t have body to it; it was just water. It would hit Willow’s …