# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/amber-benson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:51:32.232Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/amber-benson"
name: "Amber Benson"
slug: "amber-benson"
description: "Amber Benson is an American actress, writer, director, and producer. She is best known for her role as Tara Maclay on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1999–2002), and has directed, produced and starred in her own films Chance (2002) and Lovers, Liars & Lunatics (2006). She also starred in the movie Kiss the Bride (2007). She co-directed the film Drones (2010) with fellow Buffy cast member Adam Busch, and starred as a waitress in the crime thriller The Killing Jar (2010)."
tagline: "American actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amber_Benson_(7579376514).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1977-01-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.59
  momentum:             6.494790629769726
  historical:           24.494816
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0072435/"
    handle:    "nm0072435"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.amberbenson.net"
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    title: "Էմբեր Բենսոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Amber Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Amber Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Benson"
    title: "Amber Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump