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 …

Tara is the only Scooby apart from Buffy to have a birthday on-screen, which is seen in 5.06 Family.

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 …

Tara always believed that she was part demon, due to some handy women-repression by the male members of her family. She purposefully messed up a demon-finding spell with Willow in …

Doll’s eye crystals are extremely rare and used for magical purposes. Tara inherited one from her grandmother. She tried to give it to Willow in 4.13 The I In Team, but …

Donny was Tara’s brother who, along with Tara’s father and cousin, visited her on her birthday in 5.06 Family. He aided his father to repress the women of the family by …

The Draconian Katra spell enables two people to switch bodies a-la-Freaky-Friday. Faith and Buffy’s bodies were swapped in the two parter 4.15 This Year’s Girl and 4.16 Who Are You?. Tara and …

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 …

The episode 5.16 The Body contains Willow and Tara’s first on-screen kiss. Joss Whedon wanted the kiss to be natural, and not to be the main focus of the episode so …

Joyce apparently knows nothing about Willow and Tara’s relationship in 5.01 Buffy Vs Dracula as she says:

“Oh, when you girls are older you’ll understand. It’s hard to date. Sometimes you just…feel …

Tara gives Giles a little rubber monster as a leaving present in 6.01 Bargaining (Part One) and says “Grrr…argh”, which is clearly a reference to the monster in the Mutant Enemy …

Buffy discovers in 6.04 Flooded that she’s having major financial difficulties. It seems strange that Willow and Tara, who have moved into her house, don’t attempt to help her out by …

In 6.06 All The Way, Willow uses Lethe’s Bramble to perform a forgetting spell on Tara (and herself and her friends, by accident, in 6.08 Tabula Rasa). Tara discovered what Willow had …

In 4.12 A New Man, Willow lies to Buffy:

Buffy: “Hey, I didn’t hear you come in last night. Where were you?”
Willow: “The Chem Lab, by myself.”

This is the first …

Marti Noxon said about the episode 6.19 Seeing Red in the SFX Year End Collector’s Edition (written by Edward Gross):

“We really wanted to make it pretty brutal and scary. It …

Tara’s father, Mr. Maclay, appeared in the episode 5.06 Family. He was a domineering man who led all women in his family to believe they were half demon. Buffy and the …

Tara attends her first Scooby meeting in 4.19 New Moon Rising.

The scene in 5.02 Real Me where Willow and Tara are talking about Tara being an outsider was added later because the episode was too short and it was felt that …