Tara Maclay is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, portrayed by Amber Benson. Tara is introduced in the fourth season as a romantic interest for one of the show's leads, Willow (played by Alyson Hannigan) and is a recurring character in the show until the latter half of its sixth season. Like Willow, Tara is a powerful witch who comes to aid series heroine Buffy Summers (played by...
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Tara Maclay is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, portrayed by Amber Benson. Tara is introduced in the fourth season as a romantic interest for one of the show's leads, Willow (played by Alyson Hannigan) and is a recurring character in the show until the latter half of its sixth season. Like Willow, Tara is a powerful witch who comes to aid series heroine Buffy Summers (played by Sarah Michelle Gellar) as part of her group of friends who dedicate themselves to fighting the forces of evil that reside in Sunnydale, California and threaten to end the world.
Benson appears credited as main cast in the show's opening titles in season six episode "Seeing Red", which is the episode in which the character is killed off suddenly. The character's death was controversial in some fronts. Some viewers and pundits felt that Whedon exploited clichés concerning lesbian characters either dying or becoming 'evil' (as Willow did, in...
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