10 Sons Of Anarchy Cameos You Probably Missed

5. Charisma Carpenter

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In the penultimate episode of SOA, Gemma visits her father, who has been staying at a care home for many years. Upon entering the facility, she speaks to the administrative director, who is played by none other than Charisma Carpenter.

Carpenter has appeared in over a dozen TV shows, but it's safe to say she will forever be synonymous with her role as Cordelia Chase in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Although Cordelia started off in Buffy as the damsel-in-distress, it wasn't long before the airhead cheerleader became a regular character and one of the leads in the follow-up series, Angel. Carpenter is so good as playing Cordelia as a standoffish queen bee, it's pretty jarring to see her in SOA playing such a calm, caring woman.

Since she has a small role in Sons of Anarchy, a lot of people didn't recognise her, even if they were a die-hard fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Because the entire series was wrapping up in the following episode, most viewers were focusing on the plot to notice Carpenter's guest appearance.

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