Alyson Hannigan played the computer nerd turned witch Willow Rosenberg in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Her birth name was Allison Lee Hannigan. She was a child star, and appeared in …

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 …

Anthony played Rupert Giles. Anthony was born on February 20, 1954. His father was Seafield Head, a documentary film-maker who created Verity Films, a British production company. His mother was …

Charisma Carpenter played Cordelia Chase. Charisma moved to Los Angeles from Las Vegas (where she was born) and met her agent whilst working as a waitress. She took acting classes …

Prior to playing Angel, David Boreanaz played ‘Vampire’s victim’ in the film A Macabre Pair of Shorts. He was famously ‘discovered’ whilst walking his dog and cast for the part …

Emma Caulfield played ex-vengeance demon Anya. She was born on April 8, 1973, and her birth surname was Emma Chukker. She is half German on her father’s side and …

James Marsters played the English vampire Spike though he’s actually Californian. He was born in the northern logging town of Greenville, California, and raised in Modesto, California.

James studied at Juilliard …

Marc played Riley Finn. Marc was born in Pennsylvania on January 11th, 1972. His full name is Marcus Paul Blucas. He played basketball during high school, and at Wake Forest …

Michelle played Buffy’s younger sister, Dawn Summers. Michelle started acting in commercials when she was just three years old. She grew up in New York but moved to Los Angeles. …

Nicholas Brendon played Xander Harris. His original goal in life was to play professional baseball, but he had to give up that goal when he broke his arm which would …

Sarah Michelle Gellar played Buffy Summers. Sarah was born on April 14, 1977. She was ‘discovered’ by an agent when she was just 4 years old whilst eating in a …

Seth Green played guitarist and werewolf Oz in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Like many of his Buffy co-stars, Seth started acting as a child in commercials. Seth then appeared in …