Facts & Trivia

Basic Facts

Full Name: Charisma Lee Carpenter
Birthdate: July 23, 1970
Birthplace: Las Vegas, Nevada
Height: 5′ 7 1/2″
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Current Residence: Los Angeles, California
Marital Status: Wed to Damian Hardy on October 5, 2002; they separated in late 2007
Children: One son, Donovan Charles Hardy, born March 24, 2003
Education: Charisma attended three high schools: Gorman Catholic High School in Las Vegas, Bonita High School in Bonita, California, and graduated from Chula Vista High School in 1988. She has also audited classes at acting school, Playhouse West.
Birth Sign: Leo
Birthstone: Ruby
Birth Flower: Larkspur

Trivia

  • Began studying classical ballet at the age of five
  • Aspired to be an English teacher until she fell in love with acting
  • Counts rock-climbing, horseback riding, and writing poetry among her hobbies
  • Loves to cook
  • Has several tattoos
  • Named by her mother after a bottle of Avon perfume
  • Charisma spent a year as a Charger girl in 1991.
  • Has a sun spot on her right cheek
  • She was waiting tables at Mirabelle on Sunset when she was discovered.
  • She’s of Cherokee, Irish, Scottish, and Spanish descent on her mother’s side and of French and German descent on her father’s side.

Favorites

Book: The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino
Movie: Anchorman

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