Is there life after death on 'Buffy'?
Amber Benson sure hopes so

Benson, who played (plays?) Tara on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is a Birmingham native, and the News interviewed her when she passed through town.

"As of right now, I'm really dead," a perky, very much alive Benson says between bites of a tomato, mozzarella and basil salad at Bottega Cafe. "But on `Buffy,' one minute you're dead, the next minute you're giving birth to some horrible creature."

I don't think that's happened yet on the show, but is probably inevitable. Joss Whedon has said that Benson would be back, but Tara won't.