1. Where can I write Charisma?
2. But I want an autograph, where can I get one?
3. How old is Charisma?
4. How tall is she?
5. Where was she born?
6. Where does she live now?
7. What did she do before she was an actress?
8. How did she get into acting?
9. Does she have a boyfriend or a husband?
10. Does she have any children?
11. Has Charisma, or will she in the future, pose nude?
12. Does Charisma know about, or come to, this site?
13. Does Charisma have any tattoos?

1. Is this site official?
2. How long has this site been up? How much time does it take to maintain? How popular is it?
3. Can you send me an autograph?
4. I want to use some of your pictures on my site, can I?
5. Can I just link to your videos and articles and stuff from my site?
6. What's with all the advertising?
7. Where does all the information come from?
8. Where are the Playboy pictures?
9. I sent you something in the mail and it's not up on the site, why not?
10. Why is there no Angel section to this site?
11. This website hasn't been updated in X days, why not?
12. How can I join/unjoin the mailing list?

All coorespondence to Charisma Carpenter should be directed to the following address:

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There are three ways to get a genuine autograph:

1. Purchase one from a UACC-authorized autograph dealer. These people deal exclusively in autographed celebrity and pop culture material, most of which is obtained in-person from their agents. An excellent source of dealers is the Autograph Collector magazine, published monthly in the United States. For more information, visit the UACC website (http://www.uacc.org)
2. Purchase one from an online source such as EBay. Celebrity autograph auctions are common on the internet, and are a good source of obtaining genuine and fairly-priced merchandise. A word of caution, however, investigate your buyer! Fake signatures are frequent on the internet, so please buy from only reputable sources.
3. Obtain an in-person autograph yourself. Celebrities will make public appearances, at premiers, conventions or other publicity events, and those present opportunities to have your photo signed right in front of you. This, for many people, is the most difficult option of all.

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Her birthday is July 23, 1970. The rest is up to you.

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She is approximately 5 feet 7 inches tall.

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Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

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Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Charisma held previous jobs as an aerobics instructor, a Chargers cheerleader, a property manager, a waitress, and a video store employee.

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She moved to Los Angeles where she obtained a job waitressing at the Mirabelle restaurant. There she met with an agent, who opened the door to several commercial opportunities. After changing her agent, she landed a role on Baywatch and then Malibu Shores From there she went on to Buffy and Angel.

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Yes. Charisma is married to Damian Hardy. They were married in Las Vegas on October 5, 2002.

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Yes. Charisma gave birth to her son, Donovan Charles Hardy on March 24, 2003 at 9:50pm. He weighed in at 8 lbs. 10 oz.

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Yes. Charisma posed for the June 2004 issue of Playboy magazine, just 10 months after giving birth. Not only did she have a multi-page pictorial, she also graced the cover.

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Yes. Charisma is well-aware of the existence of this site, and is known to visit the message boards to see what her fans are saying about her. She has also occasionally been involved with the site. For instance, when the WB was demanding she cut her hair short and dye it blonde again, Charisma came here to ask her fans to vote on which hairstyle they preferred. She used this information in the negotiations.

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Yes. Charisma has three tattoos.

The first is a stylized sun symbol. Charisma is a Leo because she was born in July, and the sun is the symbol of her astrological sign. It’s also the symbol for life. She spent years searching for the right tattoo, and found it on her then boyfriend’s (Damian) body. After seeing his tattoo, she realized that the sun was exactly what she was looking for.

The second is a rosary on her left wrist. On Angel, this caused a lot of conflict on the set because of the relationship her character had with a vampire, so it required constant make-up work to cover. For Charisma, however. it had nothing to do with the show. It instead had everything to do with where she was in her life at the time. The rosary is a constant reminder of the meaning of her life, what her purpose is, and what her most important relationships are. In essence, it is her personal I.D., one used to ground her when things get out of control.

The third was recently discovered from her recent Playboy pictorial. Located on the inside of her right wrist is a small "D2." This stands for the two men in her life - Damien, and Donovan.

  
 

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No. This site maintains some kind of quasi-official status. Although it has no official relationship with Charisma Carpenter, her management, or her publicist, they each are aware of its existence. Charisma has visited this site in the past and is known to read the posts on the message board. Likewise, she has commissioned the site to engage the fans on her behalf, such as polling them on which hairstyle suited her best. Charisma also has mentioned the site as her own in at least one interview (see E! Online interview, March 3, 2003).

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The site first went online in late 1998 just after the first season of Buffy ended. At the time there were numerous informational websites available for all of the major characters except Charisma, and we felt it was necessary that she too have a high quality site people could look to in order to get accurate information about Charisma in order to distinguish her from her character at the time, Cordelia Chase. What started out as a small site taking up only several hundred kilobytes and transferring less than 1 gig per month has blossomed into a full-fledged celebrity hub, named by some publications as being among the best celebrity sites on the web. Today, Charisma-Carpenter.com takes up several gigabytes of storage, and serves approximately 100,000 visitors per month from all over the world. These eager visitors consumer approximately 100 gigabytes of bandwidth every single month.

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No. See here.

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Of course. Does that mean you can copy the entire gallery onto your site? Well no, that's just silly. But you're free to use a couple photos to your liking on your website. We just ask that, in exchange, you provide either a text link or banner link back to this site, where the pictures originated. Banners can be found at http://www.charisma-carpenter.com/banners/ with accompanying code.

For text links, please do something like this:

Please note, however, that you are free to download as much and as many things as you like for use on your home computer!

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No. We pay for a significant amount of bandwidth that we generate solely from the site alone. To have bandwidth being siphoned off from other sites linking to photos and stuff would be detrimental to this site and our server. We ask that you please do not use outside linking to any of our internal files (except banners, of course). Everyone here thanks you for your refrain. We also institute hotlinking prevention methods to stop outside linking in order to save the bandwidth for those visiting the site.

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Let's face it, running a popular site costs money. Buying stuff for contests costs money. Buying magazines for articles and pictures costs money. Paying hosting fees costs money. This site pushes 100 gigabytes of bandwidth every month, and those associated costs would put this site out of business very quickly if supplemental advertising revenue didn't cover those costs.

Our advertising has generously been provided by Gorilla Nation. We are lucky to have been hand picked by their recruitment crew as an affiliate. We ask you to not only support us, but also them, by clicking on banners that interest you.

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Information comes in the form of magazines, telvision reports, radio spots and the information gathering skills of fans all over the world.

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We cannot post any of the photographs from the Playboy edition. Playboy Enterprises polices its intellectual property with extreme diligence, and is not afraid to sue any third party reproducing and distributing it. For the sake of avoiding liability, we choose not to post them.

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This could happen for several reasons:

1. We haven't received it yet. Check back later.
2. It's already up on the site.
3. It's unusable.
4. We're just busy at the moment.

For instance, you will notice a definite lack of screen savers on the site. Why? Because all the ones sent to us are simply pictures that blink from one to the next. What about wallpapers? Odds are, if you send in a collage of photos it's not going to make it onto the site. Does that make you less of a fan because your submission was rejected? No. Does it make you a terrible artist? No. It just means that's not what we're looking for at the time. So please don't take it personally.

What do we look for then in submissions? Attention to detail, a creative flair and nice composition. If it's original and exciting, you're pretty much in.

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This site is specifically designed for Charisma Carpenter, the actress. While that means you will see photos and articles with show references, this site does not specifically found itself on the show. For Angel specific sites, check out the internet. An excellent example is www.cityofangel.com.

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This site strives to have continuous and regular updates. But sometimes there just isn't anything new to put up. You will often see these referred to as "dry spells." It doesn't mean the site isn't being maintained, but rather that new material isn't available. Be patient, and wait for new material to be generated and posted.

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On the main page, look for text box which says "Join our Mailing List." Enter your email address into the box, then select "Subscribe" from the drop-down box, and then click the Submit button. You should receive a confirmation screen regarding your addition to the mailing list.

1. If you have HTML-capable e-mail: Look toward the bottom of your newsletter, you will see a link prompting you to click on it to unsubscribe yourself from the list. Clicking on that link will unsubscribe you from out list, and provide you with a confirmation e-mail saying so.
2. If you have text-based e-mail: Go to the main page and look for the text box which says "Join our Mailing List." Enter your email address, then select "Unsubscribe" from the drop-down box, and then click the Submit button. You should receive a confirmation screen confirming your removal from the mailing list.

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