Charisma Carpenter

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Buffy's Charisma Carpenter, Husband Split

Originally posted 11/27/2007 08:15PM

Charisma Carpenter of TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel has split from her husband of five years, Damian Hardy, PEOPLE has learned.

"They are separated and now living separately," Carpenter's rep Jeff Raymond confirmed Tuesday.

Carpenter, 37, and Hardy married on Oct. 5, 2002, and became parents to son Donavan Charles the following March.

Carpenter will next be seen as Christopher Titus' wife in ABC's Big Shots on Dec. 13.
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