Name
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1977-04-14 (49 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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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- 2007 TMNT as April O'Neil (voice)
- 1999 Cruel Intentions as Kathryn Merteuil
- 2006 The Return as Joanna Mills
- 2004 The Grudge as Karen Davis
- 2006 The Grudge 2 as Karen Davis
- 1997 I Know What You Did Last Summer as Helen Shivers
- 1997 Scream 2 as Cici Cooper
- 2007 Southland Tales as Krysta Kapowski / Krysta Now
- 2004 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed as Daphne
- 2007 Happily N'Ever After as Ella (voice)
- 1998 Small Soldiers as Gwendy Doll (voice)
- 2001 Harvard Man as Cindy Bandolini
- 2009 Veronika Decides to Die as Veronika
- 2002 Scooby-Doo as Daphne
- 2009 Possession as Jessica
- 2007 Suburban Girl as Brett Eisenberg
- 1984 Over the Brooklyn Bridge as Phil's Daughter (uncredited)
- 2007 The Air I Breathe as Sorrow
- 2008 USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland as Self
- 1999 Simply Irresistible as Amanda Shelton
- 1997 Beverly Hills Family Robinson as Jane Robinson
- 1989 High Stakes as Karen Rose
- 2022 Clerks III as Auditioner
- 2002 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell as Karen (archive footage)
- 2022 Do Revenge as The Headmistress
- 1999 She's All That as Cafeteria Girl
- 2016 Cruel Intentions as Kathryn Merteuil
- 2001 Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored as Self
- 1983 An Invasion of Privacy as Jennifer Bianchi
- 2000 Britney Spears: Live and More! as Self
- 2003 Mayor of the Sunset Strip as Self
- 1999 Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2026 Ready or Not: Here I Come as Ursula Danforth
- 2025 I Know What You Did Last Summer as Helen Shivers
- 2026 Stop! That! Train! as Famous Actress
- Soon Thud as Grim Reaper
- 1998 Halloween H20: 20 Years Later as Cici Cooper (archive footage)
- 1997 Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( 144 episodes ) as Buffy Summers
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 2 episodes ) as Gina Vendetti (voice)
- 1985 Spenser: For Hire ( 1 episode ) as Emily
- 1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1997 King of the Hill ( 1 episode ) as Marie (voice)
- 1999 Angel ( 2 episodes ) as Buffy Summers
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 3 episodes )
- 2002 American Idol ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 Swans Crossing ( 65 episodes ) as Sydney Orion Rutledge
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 8 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2021 Masters of the Universe: Revelation ( 10 episodes ) as Teela (voice)
- 1991 A Woman Named Jackie ( 3 episodes ) as Teenage Jacqueline Bouvier
- 1970 All My Children ( 45 episodes ) as Kendall Hart
- 2005 Robot Chicken ( 1 episode ) as Surgeon / Woman (voice)
- 2005 Robot Chicken ( 1 episode ) as Buffy Summers (voice)
- 2005 Robot Chicken ( 1 episode ) as Baroness (voice)
- 1998 Hercules ( 1 episode ) as Andromeda (voice)
- 2000 Grosse Pointe ( 1 episode ) as Sarah Michelle Gellar
- 2005 Robot Chicken ( 1 episode ) as Ellen Ripley (voice)
- 2005 Robot Chicken ( 1 episode ) as Prostitute / Vanessa Alston (voice)
- 2005 Robot Chicken ( 1 episode ) as Blair Warner (voice)
- 2005 Robot Chicken ( 2 episodes ) as Hermione Granger / Betty Crocker / Sarah Connor (voice)
- 2005 Robot Chicken ( 3 episodes ) as Daphne Blake / Samara Morgan / Soccer Player (voice)
- 2001 Good Day Live ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2021 Revelations: The Masters of the Universe: Revelation Aftershow ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2011 Ringer ( 22 episodes ) as Bridget Kelly / Siobhan Martin
- 2013 The Crazy Ones ( 22 episodes ) as Sydney Roberts
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 2005 American Dad! ( 1 episode ) as Jenny (voice)
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1999 Teen Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2009 RuPaul's Drag Race ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
- 1998 Sex and the City ( 1 episode ) as Debbie
- 2023 Wolf Pack ( 8 episodes ) as Kristin Ramsey
- 2007 The Big Bang Theory ( 1 episode ) as Sarah Michelle Gellar
- 2010 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
- 2000 God, the Devil and Bob ( 1 episode ) as That Actress on That Show (voice)
- 2014 Star Wars Rebels ( 5 episodes ) as Seventh Sister (Voice)
- 2016 Those Who Can't ( 1 episode ) as Gwen Stephanie
- 2005 American Dad! ( 1 episode ) as Phyllis (voice)
- 2005 The Reichen Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2010 Conan ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1992 MTV Movie & TV Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2024 Dexter: Original Sin ( 10 episodes ) as Tanya Martin
- 2005 Robot Chicken ( 1 episode ) as Girl / Princess Allura / Lioness (voice)
- Soon Cruel Intentions ( 1 episode ) as Kathryn Merteuil
- 2026 Breaking Bear ( 8 episodes ) as Blair (voice)
- 2012 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
- 2012 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1975 People's Choice Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Presenter
- 2026 Star Search ( 9 episodes ) as Self - Panelist
- 1987 Crossbow ( 1 episode ) as Sara Guidotti
- 1993 Late Show with David Letterman ( 6 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2011 The Jonathan Ross Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2004 The Tony Danza Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1982 Late Night with David Letterman ( 1 episode ) as Suzy Walker
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self (uncredited)
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Brandi Lane (uncredited)
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self
