Charisma Carpenter betrayed no hint of her 56 years in a sizzling bikini snap she posted to her Instagram page this week. She rocketed to stardom in the 1990s on Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Cordelia Chase, a high school classmate of Sarah Michelle Gellar's title character. Her chiseled physique appeared virtually unchanged 22 years later when she posed for social media in a scarlet two-piece that barely contained her assets. In 2021, Carpenter added her voice to the gathering chorus of allegations that ultimately torpedoed the politically correct public persona of Joss Whedon, creator of both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. However her misgivings were 'assuaged' by the 'enthusiasm' she heard in the pitch from her Buffy the Vampire Slayer co-star Amber Benson, the creator of Slayers.