Amber Nicole Benson Net Worth

Amber Nicole Benson Net Worth is
$800,000

Amber Nicole Benson Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Amber Nicole Benson (born January 8, 1977) is an American actress, writer, film director, and film producer. She is best known for her role as Tara Maclay on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but has also directed, produced and starred in her own films Chance (2002) and Lovers, Liars & Lunatics (2006). She also co-directed the film Drones with fellow Buffy cast member Adam Busch.

Date Of Birth	January 8, 1977
Place Of Birth	Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Height	5' 4" (1.63 m)
Profession	Actress, Director, Writer
Star Sign	Capricorn

Title	Salary
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)	$8,000 per episode

#	Quote
1	I actually saw a ghost when I was sitting out on the porch of this beautiful house we were staying at in North Carolina. I was doing some writing, and I look up, and I see this woman in white go by, and I thought, 'That's weird.'
2	I'm not a very serious person at all.
3	[on being perceived as "heavy"] I have breasts and hips and I am very happy that they are part of me. I weigh one-hundred eighteen and I am five foot four. If you saw me in real life, you would think I was on the thin side.
4	Books are what I escaped to when I was a kid, and books...unless they're just really piss poor, I get swept up in them and I'm gone.
5	I just feel lucky to have grown up where I did because I think it gave me a nice base. Hollywood can really mess with your sense of self and I feel like coming from the South keeps me pretty grounded.
6	I'm not going to throw up or over-exercise myself into oblivion to look like a model. People tell me, 'You'd work all the time if you just lost twenty pounds.' What am I going to do, cut off my head?!
7	I admit it: I'm a freak who sits obsessively in front of my computer typing my name into Yahoo Search over and over again. I'm a closet Amberholic. Please help me!
8	I started as a dancer when I was a little kid. I realized I didn't like dancing as much as being onstage and having people clap for me. That's how I segued into acting, the shortened version.
9	I would say if you think you could survive without being an actor - don't do it. It's a horrible, painful, wonderful but miserable business.
10	I think when I cease to go to the bathroom, then I can call myself famous.
11	I've never purposely gone out to take somebody out. Well, maybe in elementary school I once did try to trip somebody.
12	I'm really klutzy. I'm always tripping over stuff. I'm always trying to not walk into the camera. I was shooting a scene in a TV show and I kept sneezing. Glenn Frey, of Eagles, was opposite me, and when we were filming, he said, "Can we please stop? Amber needs a Kleenex". That was really embarrassing, and I don't mind sharing.
13	[waxing philosophical about "Tara" not returning to Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) in Season 7, so that Azura Skye took the part:] They did approach me about coming back, but because my schedule has been so hectic they were having a hard time working everything out. Then, it turned out that the character was going to be bad and I just didn't want to do that to the fans. Too many people like her and they've already been traumatised by "Tara" getting killed [January 27, 2003].
14	[on her movie Chance (2002):] The film was a while in coming. I spent a lot of time in my trailer on "Buffy" because they do so many stunts and CGI effects, so I'd just sit and write. I was tired of playing the love interest roles, but that's all that's written for women usually. "Buffy"'s the exception to that, but those kind of characters are few and far between, so I thought I'd better write one for myself. [Irish News, 27 January 2003]
15	[About her role as the lesbian "Tara" on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997):] I got letters from girls saying that I changed their lives and I met people who would cry about it, and that had such an impact on me. You don't realise what an impact television has on people. But when you get letters from young girls saying, 'I came out and I have a girlfriend now because of you', it's great.
16	"I would love to develop my career on both sides of the camera in the way Woody Allen has done down the years." [Glasgow Evening Times, 22 January 2003].
17	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, everyday, for the rest of my life.

#	Fact
1	Currently in Vancouver, B.C. filming a role for an as-yet-unannounced Lifetime channel original movie, and also preparing for the release of her latest book, with co-author Christopher Golden, "Witchery", as well as a personal appearance in England at a convention at the end of the month. [September 2006]
2	Is currently filming Strictly Sexual (2008), as well as putting the finishing touches on her second "Ghosts of Albion" novel with co-author Christopher Golden, "Witchery". [January 2006]
3	She is now in Pennsylvania to film Another Harvest Moon (2010) and, afterward, will go to Louisiana, where she will co-direct the independent production, Drones (2010). [June 2008]
4	Currently directing an as-yet-unnamed film she has written, which co-stars Christine Estabrook and James Leary. [December 2004]
5	She has just completed filming in North Carolina for Simple Things (2007) (aka Mountain Time), and is headed to Romania to film Gryphon (2007) for the Sci-Fi Channel. [October 2005]
6	Preparing to travel to Holland in June to shoot a thriller in which she'll play an American military police officer. After returning to the United States, she will be in pre-production for a new horror film with actor Michael Madsen, tentatively titled Cross (2011). [May 2007]
7	Preparing the release of her new film, Lovers, Liars and Lunatics (2006), which she wrote, produced and directed. [June 2005]
8	On a "Nerdist" podcast in 2013, Amber Benson said that her mother sometimes sells her childhood memorabilia on eBay. She said that she discovered this when a man approached her at a convention and told her that her mother had sold him her childhood "My Little Pony" dolls. She said that, in addition to finding it distasteful that her mother had sold (and this man had bought) her childhood toys, there was also the problem that was that the "Ponys" had belonged to her sister, not her.
9	Attended the same grade in the same high school as Joey Fatone - Dr. Philips in Orlando, Florida.
10	Lives in Los Angeles with her boyfriend, actor/singer Adam Busch, who appeared on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) as Warren.
11	Played in a band called Rhodestar with Hayley Taylor.
12	As of Summer 2011 is the author of the Calliope Reaper-Jones novels ("Death's Daughter", "Cat's Claw" and "Serpent's Storm", with a fourth scheduled for release in February 2012); co-author (with Christopher Golden) of the "Ghosts" children's book series; author or co-author of several "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" tie-in works including a novelette in "Buffy The Vampire Slayer Omnibus Volume 6"; and author or co-author of numerous other works.
13	As a young teenager, co-anchored (along with A.J. McLean, later of the Backstreet Boys) the pilot for a proposed television news program aimed at kids. However, the pilot was not picked up.
14	She sang on two tracks of fellow Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) co-star, Anthony Head's solo CD project, "Music for Elevators".
15	Shares a birthday with director Francesco Roder and actress Sarah Polley.
16	She suffered a badly broken foot in early 2004 when landscapers left a barrel full of discarded sod in her yard, and she tried to move it to the curb and it fell on her foot. She had to film her part in Intermedio (2005) on crutches as a result.
17	Parents are Ed and Diane Benson. Her younger sister, Danielle, is an artist.
18	At age 6, she danced in the Alabama Ballet Company's production of "The Nutcracker." She was also a member of the Birmingham Children's Theater.
19	Wrote a vignette for Dark Horse Comics' "Tales of the Slayer" graphic novel, with Joss Whedon and other Buffy TV and comic writers. Benson wrote about a vampire slayer from The French Revolution period, who accidentally killed a man.
20	Has a publishing deal along with author Christopher Golden to write a series of original novels based upon their animated BBCi film, "The Ghosts of Albion".
21	According to Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) producer Marti Noxon, series creator Joss Whedon originally rejected her for the role of "Tara", feeling she wasn't the proper physical type. But Noxon insisted that she be allowed to read for the part again, and it was at the second audition that Whedon realized she would be perfect for the part.
22	Amber Benson arrived late at a Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) convention in June, 2003, because a deer ran into her mother's car in upstate New York.
23	Wrote a comic book based on the characters of Willow and Tara as part of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic books series.
24	She was born on Elvis Presley's birthday (January 8th) in 1977 (the year of Elvis' death.)
25	In 2001, at the age of just 24, Amber directed, wrote, produced and starred in her own movie called Chance (2002). It was presented at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002.
26	Lives in Los Angeles with her mother, her dog Pennsylvania (aka Penny) and her cat Benneton (aka Benny).
27	Loves to read and spends a lot of her "down time" on set reading. Lists some of her favourite authors as Ray Bradbury, Susan Cooper, Marion Zimmer Bradley, J.K. Rowling (the 'Harry Potter' series) and Christopher Golden (the 'Body of Evidence' series).
28	She is most proud of her work in the film King of the Hill (1993), her appearances as 'Tara' on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) and her own movie project Chance (2002).
29	Has had roles in movies with actors whom she would later join on the cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997): Lindsay Crouse and Eliza Dushku in Bye Bye Love (1995) and Seth Green in Can't Hardly Wait (1998).

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Actress

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Crush	1993		Cheyenne
South of Sunset	1993	TV Series
Connie	2017/I	Short pre-production	Pam
Trip House	2016	completed	Maya
Reverse Parthenogenesis	2012	Short completed	Julie
The Griddle House		post-production	Tiny
The Crooked Man	2016	TV Movie	Grace
Selling Isobel	2016		Chloe
Sunday Morning	2016	TV Mini-Series short	Marcy
Desire Will Set You Free	2015		Jayne
Morganville: The Series	2014	TV Mini-Series	Amelie
Bravest Warriors	2014	TV Series	Space Chicken 2
Tom Holland's Twisted Tales	2014		Dhianna (segment "Shockwave")
The Glass Slipper Confessionals	2014	TV Series	Tinkerbell
Back to Backspace	2014	TV Short	Patti (voice)
Twisted Tales	2013	TV Series	Dhianna
Do You Have a Cat?	2013	Short	Jess
Shelf Life	2013	TV Series	Raggy Ann
Dust Up	2012		Ella
Husbands	2012	TV Series	Angry Mom
Futurestates	2012	TV Series	Laura Keller
S.H.I.E.L.D.E.D.	2012	Short	S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Benson
Ringer	2011	TV Series	Mary Curtis
T Is for Trick	2011/II	Short	Chris
Strictly Sexual: The Series	2011	TV Series	Donna
Supernatural	2006-2011	TV Series	Lenore
Count Jeff	2011	TV Series	Colleen
Act Your Age	2011		Julia
Grey's Anatomy	2010	TV Series	Corrine Henley
Another Harvest Moon	2010		Gretchen
The Killing Jar	2010		Noreen
Tripping Forward	2009		Gwen
Private Practice	2009	TV Series	Jill Avery
Long Island Confidential	2008	TV Movie	Liz
One-Eyed Monster	2008		Laura
The Blue Tooth Virgin	2008		Jennifer the Fan
Strictly Sexual	2008		Donna
7 Things to Do Before I'm 30	2008	TV Movie	Lori Madison
Kiss the Bride	2007		Elly
Girltrash!	2007	Video short	Svetlana 'Lana' Dragovich
Simple Things	2007		Sally
Attack of the Gryphon	2007		Princess Amelia of Lockland
Holiday Wishes	2006	TV Movie	Danni Hartford
Lovers, Liars and Lunatics	2006		Justine
Race You to the Bottom	2005		Maggie
Intermedio	2005		Barbie
The Inside	2005	TV Series	Allison Davis
Cold Case	2004	TV Series	Julia Hoffman
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds	2003	Video Game	Tara Maclay (voice)
Latter Days	2003		Traci Levine
Chance	2002		Chance
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	1999-2002	TV Series	Tara Maclay
Taboo	2002		Piper
Hollywood, Pennsylvania	2001		Mandy Calhoun
The Enforcers	2001	TV Mini-Series	Abby
Don's Plum	2001		Amy
The Prime Gig	2000		Batgirl
Deadtime	1999	Short	Patty
Take It Easy	1999	Short	Justy
Cracker: Mind Over Murder	1999	TV Series	Amy
Promised Land	1998	TV Series	Amy Farnsworth
Can't Hardly Wait	1998		Stoned Girl (scenes deleted)
Partners	1996	TV Series	Pam
Jack Reed: One of Our Own	1995	TV Movie	Nicole Reed
Bye Bye Love	1995		Meg Damico
Imaginary Crimes	1994		Margaret
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice	1994	TV Movie	Nicole Reed
S.F.W.	1994		Barbara 'Babs' Wyler
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor	1993	TV Movie	Nicole Reed
King of the Hill	1993		Ella McShane

Director

Title	Year	Status
Singlewood	2014	Short completed
Shevenge	2015	Short
Drones	2010	co-director
Lovers, Liars and Lunatics	2006
Ghosts of Albion: Legacy	2003	TV Movie
Chance	2002

Producer

Title	Year	Status
Trip House	2016	associate producer completed
Singlewood	2014	Short producer completed
Shevenge	2015	Short producer
Uggs for Gaza	2013	Short producer
Lovers, Liars and Lunatics	2006	producer
Chance	2002	producer

Writer

Title	Year	Status
Lovers, Liars and Lunatics	2006
Ghosts of Albion: Embers	2004	TV Movie
Ghosts of Albion: Legacy	2003	TV Movie
Chance	2002	written by
The Theory of the Leisure Class	2001	written by

Editor

Title	Year	Status
Singlewood	2014	Short completed
Lovers, Liars and Lunatics	2006
Daily Mixx	2002	TV Series short 2002-2004

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status
The Killing Jar	2010	performer: "The One I Need"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	2001	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special	2000	TV Movie performer: "Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me"

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Gregory Hines Show	1997	TV Series production coordinator - 1 episode

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Tweet Out	2012	TV Series	Herself
TableTop	2012	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Take Five	2012	TV Series	Herself
Insane or Inspired?	2012	TV Series	Herself
Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods	2010	Documentary	Herself
Intermedio: Behind the Scenes	2005	Video short	Herself
The 100 Scariest Movie Moments	2004	TV Mini-Series documentary	Herself
Totally Gay!	2003	TV Movie documentary	Herself
Breakfast	2002	TV Series	Herself
2002 Much Music Video Music Awards	2002	TV Special	Herself
The Big Breakfast	2001	TV Series	Herself
The List	2000	TV Series	Herself
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special	2000	TV Movie	Herself

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2005	Grand Jury Award	L.A. Outfest	Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film	Race You to the Bottom (2005)
2002	Audience Choice Award	Sidewalk Film Festival	Best Feature	Chance (2002)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2010	German Independence Award - Audience Award	Oldenburg Film Festival		Drones (2010)
1994	Young Artist Award	Young Artist Awards	Best Youth Actress Co-Starring in a Motion Picture Drama	King of the Hill (1993)

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Amber Nicole Benson Net Worth

Amber Nicole Benson Net Worth is
$800,000