16: We'll start with the obvious name game question.

Charisma: It is my real name, my mom was inspired by a bottle of perfume. Growing up with it was an absolute curse, though. People would tease me, "What's that, a disease?" So I called myself Chrissy for a while. I didn't grow into my name until my teens.

16: On Buffy, you play Cordelia: How would you describe her?

Charisma: She comes off as a snobby witch, but I see her as a survivor. She's smart and funny and misunderstood. And she's got problems at home. In later episodes, you'll see more sides of her.

16: Are you anything like Cordelia in real life?

Charisma: I'm nothing like her except that like her, I do go after things I want. Not as aggressively though!

16: How did you get into acting?

Charisma: I was a dancer my whole life, classically trained ballet. I grew up in Las Vegas and then moved to a town in Mexico near San Diego, CA. I attended a performing arts high school there, and was always in school productions. When I moved to LA, people encouraged me to get into either acting or modeling, so I took acting classes.

16: What else have you been in besides Buffy?

Charisma: I did some commercials. Then, a guest role of Ashley on Malibu Shores, but that canceled pretty quickly.

16: What do you do when you're not acting?

Charisma: I work out alot and I play with Sydney, my golden retriever, he's my life!!

16: Does the cast hang out together?

Charisma: We've started to, yeah. Sarah's great, really smart. She's doing a movie now, and she has no social life when she's working. Alyson is the funniest girl I know. And Nicky's the kind of guy you could sit down and have a heart to heart talk with one minute and the next, he'll crack you up. It's a great group!

16: Do you believe in vampires?

Charisma: No way!