Charisma Lee Carpenter was born on the 23rd July 1970 in Las Vegas, Nevada USA, of German, Spanish and French ancestry. She is an actress, probably best known for starring in the role of Cordelia Chase in the TV series “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” (1997–1999), and in the same role in its spin-off series called “Angel” (1999-2004). She has also appeared in “Charmed” (2004), “Veronica Mars” (2005-2006), and in the film series “The Expendables”. Her career has been active since 1994.
So, have you ever wondered how rich Charisma Carpenter is? Sources estimate that Charisma’s net worth is over $4 million, as of mid-2016. She has earned this wealth mostly thanks to her acting skills, portraying a great number of characters in TV series and film titles.
Charisma Carpenter Net Worth $4 Million
Charisma Carpenter was born to Don and Christine Carpenter. In Las Vegas she attended Bishop Gorman High School, where she was very active as a member of a song-and-dance troupe. At the age of 15, she moved with her family to Mexico, and then to San Diego, where she studied at Bonita Vista High School and Chula Vista School of the Creative and Performing Arts at the same time. After matriculation, she traveled around Europe, and when she returned to USA in 1992, she moved from San Diego to Los Angeles.
Charisma’s career began in the early 1990s, when she was discovered by a commercial agent while she was working as a waitress. In no time, she was offered a professional contract, and she began to appear in commercials, which not only boosted her popularity, but also increased her net worth. Little by little her career started to develop, and in 1994 she made her debut appearance on the screen in the episode of the popular TV series “Baywatch”, which featured stars such as David Hasselhoff, Pamela Anderson, among others.
Two years later, she landed the role of Ashley Green in the soap opera “Malibu Shores”, and the same year, she was selected for the role of Cordelia Chase in the highly praised TV series “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”. Charisma stayed on the show until 1999, during which time her net worth increased to a large degree, and her character became so popular, that it received its own TV series – “Angel” – which aired from 1999 until 2004, further increasing the overall size of her net worth.
With the beginning of 2000s, her career reached a new level, as she began to appear in more notable roles, including in such productions as “What Boys Like” (2003), “Miss Match” (2003), “Charmed” (2004), “Veronica Mars” (2005-2006), and others, all of which increased her net worth.
With the second half of the 2000s, Charisma appeared in several made-for-TV and direct-to-video films, including “Voodoo Moon” (2006), “Flirting With Danger” (2006), and “Relative Chaos”, also in 2006. She then appeared in small roles in such series as “Back to You” (2007), “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (2009), “Legend Of The Seeker” (2009), among others.
Her fame returned in 2010, when she was selected for the role of Lacy in the Sylvester Stallone film “The Expendables”, the role she reprised in the sequel “The Expendables 2” (2012).
After that, her net worth increased with appearances in the TV series “The Lying Game” (2012-2013), and films “Heaven’s Door” (2013), and “A Horse Tale” (2015).
Most recently, Charisma featured in the films “The Griddle House”, “Girl in Woods”, and “Felo De Se”, which are all scheduled for release somewhere in 2016. Thanks to her skills, Charisma has received several nominations, including four Saturn Award nominations in the category of Best Actress in a Television Series for her work on the TV series “Angel”.
Regarding her personal life, Charisma Carpenter was married to Damian Hardy from 2002 to 2008; they are the parents of one child. Her residence is still in Los Angeles, California. Spare time she spends enjoying fitness exercises, roller blading, and rock climbing.
