Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Born 1977-04-14 (age 49) New York City, New York, USA
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Biography

Sarah Michelle Prinze (née Gellar; born April 14, 1977) is an American actress, producer, and entrepreneur. After being spotted at the age of four in New York City, she made her screen acting debut in the television film An Invasion of Privacy (1983). A leading role on the teen drama series Swans Crossing (1992) was soon followed by her breakthrough role as Kendall Hart on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children (1993–1995), for which she received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series. Gellar received international recognition for her portrayal of Buffy Summers on the WB/UPN television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003), which earned her five Teen Choice Awards, a Saturn Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination.

In film, her most commercially successful performances include I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), Scream 2 (1997), Cruel Intentions (1999), Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), The Grudge (2004) and TMNT (2007). She has also appeared in various independent films such as Southland Tales (2006), The Air I Breathe (2007), and Veronika Decides to Die (2009). Having significantly reduced her acting workload since becoming a mother, Gellar has occasionally ventured back into television, headlining the CW drama thriller series Ringer (2011–2012) and the CBS comedy The Crazy Ones (2013–2014), and providing her voice for the Netflix animated series Masters of the Universe: Revelation (since 2021).

In 2015, Gellar, along with Galit Laibow and Greg Fleishman, founded Foodstirs, an e-commerce startup selling baking kits, and in 2017, she released her own cookbook, Stirring Up Fun with Food.

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Known For

Ready or Not: Here I Come
Ready or Not: Here I Come

2026

as Ursula Danforth

Cruel Intentions
Cruel Intentions

1999

as Kathryn Merteuil

Scream 2
Scream 2

1997

as Cici Cooper

Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo

2002

as Daphne

I Know What You Did Last Summer
I Know What You Did Last Summer

2025

as Helen Shivers

Small Soldiers
Small Soldiers

1998

as Gwendy Doll (voice)

TMNT
TMNT

2007

as April O'Neil (voice)

The Grudge
The Grudge

2004

as Karen Davis

I Know What You Did Last Summer
I Know What You Did Last Summer

1997

as Helen Shivers

Do Revenge
Do Revenge

2022

as The Headmistress

She's All That
She's All That

1999

as Cafeteria Girl

Stop! That! Train!
Stop! That! Train!

2026

as Famous Actress

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
The Grudge 2
The Grudge 2

2006

as Karen Davis

Clerks III
Clerks III

2022

as Auditioner

Happily N'Ever After
Happily N'Ever After

2007

as Ella (voice)

Southland Tales
Southland Tales

2007

as Krysta Kapowski / Krysta Now

Suburban Girl
Suburban Girl

2007

as Brett Eisenberg

Harvard Man
Harvard Man

2001

as Cindy Bandolini

The Air I Breathe
The Air I Breathe

2007

as Sorrow