Eunice Bloom is a tough as nails FBI agent and Paul Smecker's
protégé. She rolls into town to investigate a series of new
murders that have "The Saints" written all over them. Her true
allegiance and agenda are a mystery to all involved...
Julie Benz was born in Pennsylvania, her father is a Pittsburgh
surgeon and her mother is a figure ice skater. The family
settled in nearby Murrysville, when Julie was two, and she
started ice skating at age three. She competed in the 1988 U.S.
Championships in junior ice dancing with her partner David
Schilling, coming in 13th. Her older brother and sister, Jeffrey
and Jennifer, were in the 1987 U.S. Junior Champions in ice
dancing and competed internationally. When Julie was 14, she had
a bad stress fracture and had to take time off which eventually
led to her discovery of acting.
In 1996, Julie auditioned for the role of "Buffy" in the series
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997), but lost out to Sarah
Michelle Gellar. However, she was offered a small role as a
vampire girl in which she did such a good job that her part was
expanded to a few more episodes in playing the vampire "Darla".
With that, Julie Benz's career had finally taken off. She
reprised her role as "Darla" in the Buffy spin-off series
"Angel" (1999) for two years and has had several small roles in
various film productions. She also had a small, but memorable,
role playing a receptionist in the movie As Good as It Gets
(1997).
Even after her role on "Angel" (1999) wrapped up, Julie
continued to find work on television in playing many guest
staring roles in numerous popular TV shows from "CSI: Crime
Scene Investigation" (2000), to "Supernatural" (2005), to
playing the lead and supporting roles in various made-for-TV
movies. Most recently, she landed another notable role on the
TV-cable series "Dexter" (2006) playing "Rita", a troubled
divorcée and lover of the title character played by
Michael C. Hall.
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