Wendy Benson-Landes (born July 8, 1971) is an American actress, known for her roles on television.^[2] She played the role of Julie Harris in the 2001 biographical television movie James Dean.^[3] Benson also starred in the short-lived sitcoms Muscle (1995) and Secret Service Guy (1996) and was a regular cast member on Unhappily Ever After from 1997 to 1999.^[4]

Benson starred in the 1997 slasher film Wishmaster. She had a recurring roles on I'll Fly Away and Desperate Housewives.^[4] 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.^[5][4]

Benson was born in New York City, the daughter of Scottish photographer Harry Benson.^[6] 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.^[3] She married actor Michael Landes in October 2000.^[3] They have two children together.

• Television

• As the World Turns as Meredith Delaney (1992)
• I'll Fly Away as Taylor (6 episodes, 1992–1993)
• Beverly Hills, 90210 as Darla Hansen (2 episodes, 1993)
• Muscle as Lorna Louise (13 episodes, 1995)
• Secret Service Guy as Misty (7 episodes, 1996)
• The X-Files as Margi Kleinjan (episode: "Syzygy", 1996)
• Unhappily Ever After as Barbara Caufield (24 episodes, 1997–1999)
• Ugly Betty as Veronica (2 episodes, 2007–2008)
• Desperate Housewives as Colleen Henderson (4 episodes, 2010–2011)
• Touch as Beth Friedman (2 episodes, 2013)
• The Young and the Restless Mallory (4 episodes, 2019)

  Film

• Pretty Poison (1996) as Sue Ann Stepanek
• Wishmaster (1997) as Shannon Amberson
• Still Breathing (1997) as Brigitte
• Where's Marlowe? (1998) as Heather
• Luck of the Draw (2000) as Rebecca Johnson
• James Dean (2001) (TV) as Julie Harris
• Beacon Hill (2004) as Lauren Reading
• The Inner Circle (2005) as Karen
• Burlesque (2010) as Marla