Wendy Benson

{{short description|American actress}}

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| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

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| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1992–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Michael Landes|2000}}

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Wendy Benson-Landes (born July 8, 1971) is an American actress, known for her roles on television.{{cite web | url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/wendy-benson/credits/191091 | title=Wendy Benson: Credits | publisher=TV Guide | accessdate=2013-06-03}} She played the role of Julie Harris in the 2001 biographical television movie James Dean. Benson also starred in the sitcoms Muscle (1995) and Secret Service Guy (1996) and was a regular cast member on Unhappily Ever After from 1997 to 1999.

Benson starred in the 1997 slasher film Wishmaster. She had a recurring roles on I'll Fly Away and Desperate Housewives. She guest starred in many television series, including Murder, She Wrote, The X-Files, Charmed, JAG, Ugly Betty, According to Jim, Ghost Whisperer, CSI: Miami, Mad Men and Grey's Anatomy. In 2019, she had a recurring role on the CBS daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless.{{Cite web|url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/the-young-and-the-restless/comings-and-goings/543840/wendy-benson-landes-young-and-restless-mallory/|title=Y&R Casts Wendy Benson Landes As Mallory|first=Candace|last=Young|date=June 18, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/casting/the-young-and-the-restless-mallory-wendy-benson-171226|title=Everything You Need to Know About Mallory on Y&R|first=Alley|last=Interactive|date=June 18, 2019}}

Benson was born in New York City, the daughter of Scottish photographer Harry Benson.{{cite web | url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/93/Wendy-Benson-Landes.html | title=Wendy Benson-Landes Biography | publisher=film reference | accessdate=2013-06-03}} She studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and in the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Center in Waterford, Connecticut. She married actor Michael Landes in October 2000.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/22/style/weddings-wendy-benson-michael-landes.html|title=WEDDINGS; Wendy Benson, Michael Landes|date=October 22, 2000|via=NYTimes.com}} They have two children together.