Buffy Star, 55, Rocks Bikini 20 Years Later!

Buffy The Vampire Slayer veteran Charisma Carpenter , more than two decades after posing for Playboy.

The 55-year-old actress proved she's still stunning as she soaked up the sun in a red swimsuit while on vacation. 

'Could get used to this,' she wrote in her caption. 'Beach and Garden content is going strong with no end in sight.'

Her fans went wild for the photos, with one fawning that the small-screen star looked 'amazing'. 

The post comes 22 years after the single mom posed nude for Hugh Hefner's men's magazine in a shoot by Russell James. Carpenter is a mom to one adult son, Donovan. 

Carpenter rose to fame playing Cordelia Chase on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which , alongside leading star Sarah Michelle Gellar. 

She reprised that role in the Audible Original series Slayers in 2023.

Because of her 2021 allegations against Buffy creator Joss Whedon, which , she was hesitant to return to the Buffyverse again. 

She previously said Whedon called her 'fat' when she was four months pregnant and threatened to fire her. 

After he made a vague statement following her accusation, she said he was a 'tyrannical narcissistic boss who is still unable to be accountable and just apologize.'

At New York Comic Con in October 2023, she told Us Weekly that she had a 'little bit of apprehension when I first was asked to join' Slayers.

However, she said 'those emotions and feelings, open wound feelings were immediately assuaged by Amber [Benson]'s pitch in that I heard her enthusiasm.' 

She joined Benson, who portrayed Tara Maclay, on the original audio story project set in an alternate universe where Buffy Summers does not exist. 

Decades after the show wrapped, Carpenter had opened up about her experience behind the scenes and was the first of several stars who accused showrunner Whedon of 'hostile and toxic' behavior. 

However, she told the outlet that she wanted to channel her character's strength. 

'It's personal for me. I have lived with Cordelia,' she said. 'I performed her for about 10 years of my life, and I feel she, as a character, informed me, the woman that played her. 

'It's rich to me,' The Expendables alum continued.

'The idea of coming into my own power as a young woman through a character that then I ended up using that power in a way to speak out against the creator of that power.' 

She continued explaining how it was meaningful and 'powerful' to play such a strong character during a tough time in her life. 

'What I mean to say is that in a lot of ways, Cordelia gave birth to Charisma and really informed who I am today,' she said.

Carpenter added that 'it was so powerful that I was able to do very hard things at a very critical time in my life.

'And I think that is the ultimate Buffyverse story — finding out what your purpose is and using it to make the world a better place.'