Actress, Girl Friday and "the nastiest girl in Sunnydale history".

Former cheerleader and Sunnydale High School bitch Cordelia Chase movedto Los Angeles to seek fame and fortune as an actress after finding herself broke due to daddy's ten years of tax evasion.

Despite networking at all the right parties - and nearly getting her hands featured in a commercial - Cordelia struggled to get her big acting break and instead appointed herself Girl Friday at Angel Investigations.

Cordy's life was to change dramatically when Doyle sacrificed his life - the half-demon transferred his 'gift' of prophetic visions to her. She's now Angel's only link to the Powers That Be. The responsibility has forced Cordy to grow up quickly.

She's not changed just in maturity either - the revelation that the visions would kill her led her to make a life-changing decision. Now our Cordy's got a big whack of demon in her somewhere.

She can still be incredibly self-centred, but at least she has a big heart - and killer fashion sense.

Born in Los Vegas, Charisma Carpenter was a real cheerleader - with the San Diego Chargers. Named after an Avon perfume, she went by the name 'Chrissy' for several years until she realised 'Charisma' was actually pretty cool.

Following over a dozen commercials and appearances in the TV shows Baywatch and Malibu Shores, Charisma landed the part of Cordelia after originally auditioning for the role of Buffy.

Charisma loves adventurous sports. After skydiving on her 26th Birthday, network executives forbade her from doing it again for the duration of her contract. She has prudently switched to writing poetry instead.

Charisma has recently given birth to a bouncing baby boy, named Donavan Charles Hardy.