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 is also co-director with Adam Busch of Drones.
Benson was born in Birmingham, Alabama to Edward Benson, a psychiatrist, and Diane Benson. She has a younger sister, Danielle, who is an artist. She had a mixed Christian and Jewish upbringing (her father was Jewish and her mother was Christian).
As a child, Benson studied music and dance, and performed in the Birmingham Children's Ballet, as well as in local theater. She attended high school (one of her classmates being Joey Fatone) in Orlando, Florida after her family moved there, in part to help Amber pursue acting opportunities, the most prominent of which was an unsold television series called Kids' News, in which Amber was to have been one of two main anchors. The Bensons then relocated to Los Angeles, and Amber began to very quickly land roles in films and on television.
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THE WELL is a post-apocalyptic thriller set in the very near future. Fresh water, our most valuable commodity has run out and society has collapsed. In a drought-stricken Oregon valley, a greedy water baron, like so many railroad and cattle barons of yesteryear, is determined to clear out every survivor, even by the most violent means. Only our heroine Kendal, a brave 17 year-old grown far beyond her years, stand in the way of this villain and the evil water corporation that supports him. This harrowing story is built on action, suspense and compassion for one girl's gritty determination to fight for what's right, no matter the cost.
THE WELL is a post-apocalyptic thriller about a teenage girl fighting to protect the last working well in a drought-stricken valley.
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Chance Error peeks into the life of Nadia a young women struggling to choose between family, freedom, or drugs and a life with her self medicating boyfriend. Shortly after she looses a child to her unstable life of heroin abuse she comes torn between her mother's loving arms and her carnal desires. As her future hangs on the edge Nadia must find her voice.
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Chance is the local sign spinner for the popular business 'Kickin' Taxes'. People love to watch Chance spin his Arrow Sign outside of the store. Until one day, a new pizza shop open across the street, with a new spinner. Unable to resist the temptation, people begin to abandon Chance and venture to the other side of the street to find out what the new spinner is all about. Chance must face his opponent head on in a one-time only, winner-take-all spin off to decide who stays on the corner and goes.
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The greatest feeling in the world is when you learn to love! Follow the stories of seven everyday people as they experience laughter, life and matters of the heart. The all-star cast will take you through the good, the bad and the ugly of the many faces of love.
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Following the sudden loss of his wife, a man becomes consumed by depression. In his loneliness he makes a strange discovery that brings about an unexpected chain of events...
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New Jersey, 2006. Chance (David Arkema) is a driver for his drug-dealing Uncle Marty (Neil Levine). Marty's old friend, Steven Salanger (Nick Mervosh), is coming from the West planning to sell new merchandise on the East coast. Chance's brother-in-law, George (Ryan Castro), is getting out of prison and staying with him and his wife until he gets a job. These two seemingly unrelated events soon cause trouble for Chance and his Uncle which then leads to the matter of who can be trusted.
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On Which Side of the Line Do Your Loyalties Lie?
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At age ten, Tara watched as her parents were gunned down in a power struggle for the Capello crime family. Raised by her brother and trained to be an assassin, Tara completes contracts for the family while studying dance at the local college. But when a mysterious man claiming to be the infamous "Shadow Dragon" appears and tell her that her brother was responsible for her parent's death, Tara must enlist the help of her partner and a crooked cop in order to exact revenge on those responsible for her parent's death.
The Most Beautiful Way to Die