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From [link=/name/nm6180088/]Young Mazino[/link] in "[link=/title/tt3581920]The Last of Us[/link]" to [link=/name/nm12043107]Sarah Bock[/link] in "[link=/title/tt11280740]Severance[/link]," check out these popular and up-and-coming stars who are taking Hollywood by storm.

Asian Hollywood Stars to Watch

From <a class="ipc-md-link" href="/name/nm6180088/?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">Young Mazino</a> in &quot;<a class="ipc-md-link" href="/title/tt3581920?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">The Last of Us</a>&quot; to <a class="ipc-md-link" href="/name/nm12043107?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">Sarah Bock</a> in &quot;<a class="ipc-md-link" href="/title/tt11280740?ref_=nmmi_eds_right-7_lk">Severance</a>,&quot; check out these popular and up-and-coming stars who are taking Hollywood by storm.

Rebecca Gayheart, Julie Benz, and Judy Greer

Julie Benz and Michael C. Hall in Dexter (2006)

Dana Delany and Julie Benz in Desperate Housewives (2004)

Sylvester Stallone and Julie Benz in Rambo (2008)

Kirsten Dunst, Julie Benz, Sharon Lawrence, and Shari Headley in On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019)

Julie Benz and Steve Burton in Taken (2002)

Julie Benz, Peter Hans Benson, Charlotte Booker, Stephen C. Bradbury, Gale Gordon, Danny Gura, Dee Hoty, and A.J. McLean in Hi Honey, I'm Home (1991)

Julie Benz, Peter Hans Benson, Charlotte Booker, Stephen C. Bradbury, and Danny Gura in Hi Honey, I'm Home (1991)

Julie Benz and Eric Kushnick in Hi Honey, I'm Home (1991)

Julie Benz, Charlotte Booker, Stephen C. Bradbury, and Danny Gura in Hi Honey, I'm Home (1991)

Julie Benz and Ian Tracey in Taken (2002)

Julie Benz and Charlotte Booker in Hi Honey, I'm Home (1991)

Julie Benz, Peter Hans Benson, Charlotte Booker, Stephen C. Bradbury, and Dee Hoty in Hi Honey, I'm Home (1991)

Julie Benz and Peter Hans Benson in Hi Honey, I'm Home (1991)

Julie Benz, Peter Hans Benson, Charlotte Booker, and Stephen C. Bradbury in Hi Honey, I'm Home (1991)

Julie Benz, Peter Hans Benson, and Catherine Lloyd Burns in Hi Honey, I'm Home (1991)

Julie Benz and Carlos Jacott in She Spies (2002)

Julie Benz and Daniel Dae Kim in Hawaii Five-0 (2010)

Julie Benz, Milana Vayntrub, and Heidi Niedermeyer in Dropout (2006)

Julie Benz in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)

Devon Sawa, Julie Benz, and Kate Bosworth in Life on the Line (2015)

Julie Benz, Michael C. Hall, and Margo Martindale in Dexter (2006)

Julie Benz and Grant Bowler in Defiance (2013)

Julie Benz, Grant Bowler, and Trenna Keating in Defiance (2013)

Julie Benz, Grant Bowler, Stephanie Leonidas, and Trenna Keating in Defiance (2013)

Julie Benz, Grant Bowler, and Stephanie Leonidas in Defiance (2013)

Julie Benz, David Boreanaz, and Juliet Landau in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)

Julie Benz, Eric Balfour, Mark Metcalf, and Brian Thompson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)

Julie Benz and James Murray in Defiance (2013)

Julie Benz and Anna Hopkins in Defiance (2013)

Julie Benz and Sam Anderson in Angel (1999)

Julie Benz was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on May 1, 1972. Julie's father is a Pittsburgh surgeon and her mother is a figure skater. The family settled in nearby Murrysville, when Julie was two, and she started ice skating at age three. She competed in the 1988 U.S. Championships in junior ice dancing with her partner David Schilling, coming in 13th. Her older brother and sister, Jeffrey and Jennifer, were 1987 U.S. Junior Champions in ice dancing and competed internationally. When Julie was 14, she had a bad stress fracture and had to take time off.

By 1989, with her figure skating career over, Julie turned to acting and got involved in the local theater where she got a role in the play "Street Law". Her first movie role was a small credited speaking part in the Black Cat segment of the Dario Argento/George A. Romero co-direction horror flick, Two Evil Eyes (1990), playing in one scene alongside Harvey Keitel. A year later, she got a role on a TV show called Hi Honey, I'm Home (1991).

After graduating from high school, Julie entered New York University to study acting there. After graduation, Julie moved to Los Angeles to further pursue her career and landed some small roles in movies and TV shows including a guest appearance on Married... with Children (1987) and in the Aaron Spelling TV pilot Crosstown Traffic (1995).

In 1996, Julie auditioned for the role of "Buffy" in the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), but lost out to Sarah Michelle Gellar. However, she was offered a small role as a vampire girl in which she did such a good job that her part was expanded to a few more episodes in playing the vampire "Darla". With that, Julie Benz's career had finally taken off. She reprised her role as "Darla" in the Buffy spin-off series Angel (1999) for two years and has had several small roles in various film productions. She also had a small, but memorable, role playing a receptionist in the movie As Good as It Gets (1997).

Even after her role on Angel (1999) wrapped up, Julie continued to find work on television in playing many guest staring roles in numerous popular TV shows from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), to Supernatural (2005), to playing the lead and supporting roles in various made-for-TV movies. She landed another notable role on the TV-cable series Dexter (2006) playing "Rita", a troubled divorcée and lover of the title character played by Michael C. Hall. Benz played a leading role in the TV series No Ordinary Family (2010) playing Stephanie Powell along with actors Michael Chiklis, Kay Panabaker, Jimmy Bennett, Autumn Reeser, Romany Malco, and Stephen Collins.

In 2013, she had the starring role in the sci-fi / fantasy breakout hit show Defiance (2013).

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