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Sarah Michelle Gellar

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Sarah Michelle Gellar at an event for The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2012)
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Emmy Award-winning Sarah Michelle Gellar was born on April 14, 1977 in New York City, the daughter of Rosellen (Greenfield), who taught at a nursery school, and Arthur Gellar, who worked in the garment industry. She is of Russian Jewish and Hungarian Jewish descent.

Eating in a local restaurant, Sarah was discovered by an agent when she was four years old. Soon after, she was making her first movie An Invasion of Privacy (1983). Besides a long list of movies, she has also appeared in many TV commercials and on the stage. Her breakthrough came with the television series Swans Crossing (1992). In 1997, she became known to the cinema audience when she appeared in two movies: I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and Scream 2 (1997). But she is most commonly known for her title role in the long-running television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997). She also won an Emmy Award for her performance as Kendall Hart on the soap opera All My Children (1970).

Sarah has since starred in many films, including Simply Irresistible (1999), Cruel Intentions (1999), and the live-action Scooby-Doo (2002) movies as the lovable Daphne Blake. She also provided her voice to several movies, including Small Soldiers (1998), Happily N'Ever After (2006) and TMNT (2007), starred in the box office hit The Grudge (2004), and co-starred with Robin Williams and James Wolk in the television series The Crazy Ones (2013).

She resides in Los Angeles, California, with her husband, Freddie Prinze Jr.. They have been married since 2002, and have two children.
BornApril 14, 1977
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    • Awards
      • 22 wins & 36 nominations total

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    Known for

    Sarah Michelle Gellar in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Buffy Summers
    • Buffy Bot
    • Faith
    Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Sarah Michelle Gellar in Cruel Intentions (1999)
    Cruel Intentions
    6.8
    • Kathryn Merteuil
    • 1999
    Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, Freddie Prinze Jr., Nicholas Hope, and Neil Fanning in Scooby-Doo (2002)
    Scooby-Doo
    5.3
    • Daphne
    • 2002
    Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Freddie Prinze Jr. in I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
    I Know What You Did Last Summer
    5.8
    • Helen Shivers
    • 1997

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    Actress



    • Untitled Buffy the Vampire Slayer Reboot Project
      • Buffy Summers
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • Breaking Bear
      • Blair (voice)
      • In Production
      • TV Series
    • Bad Summer People
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Ready or Not: Here I Come
      • In Production



    • Michael C. Hall and Patrick Gibson in Dexter: Original Sin (2024)
      Dexter: Original Sin
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Tanya Martin
      • 2024–2025
    • Sarah Michelle Gellar in Wolf Pack (2023)
      Wolf Pack
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Kristin Ramsey
      • 2023
    • Maya Hawke, Alisha Boe, Austin Abrams, Paris Berelc, J.D., Camila Mendes, Ava Capri, Talia Ryder, Rish Shah, and Maia Reficco in Do Revenge (2022)
      Do Revenge
      6.3
      • The Headmaster
      • 2022
    • Kevin Smith, Jeff Anderson, Jason Mewes, and Brian O'Halloran in Clerks III (2022)
      Clerks III
      6.2
      • Auditioner 2
      • 2022
    • Hot Pink
      TV Movie
      • Mrs. Martin
      • 2021
    • Mark Hamill, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Diedrich Bader, Kevin Conroy, Liam Cunningham, Susan Eisenberg, Lena Headey, Justin Long, Jason Mewes, Kevin Michael Richardson, Henry Rollins, Stephen Root, Tony Todd, Griffin Newman, Tiffany Smith, and Chris Wood in Masters of the Universe: Revelation (2021)
      Masters of the Universe: Revelation
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Teela
      • Mercenary 2 (voice)
      • 2021
    • Mayim Bialik, Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, Melissa Rauch, and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
      The Big Bang Theory
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Sarah Michelle Gellar
      • 2019
    • Sarah Michelle Gellar in Killer Skin (2019)
      Killer Skin
      7.8
      Short
      • Georgia Cunningham
      • 2019
    • Robot Chicken (2005)
      Robot Chicken
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Daphne Blake
      • Doc McStuffins
      • Peppa-Mint (voice) ...
      • 2005–2018
    • Sarah Michelle Gellar in Cruel Intentions (2016)
      Cruel Intentions
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • Kathryn Merteuil
      • 2016
    • Freddie Prinze Jr., Steve Blum, Vanessa Marshall, Dave Filoni, Tiya Sircar, and Taylor Gray in Star Wars: Rebels (2014)
      Star Wars: Rebels
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Seventh Sister (voice)
      • 2015–2016
    • Those Who Can't (2016)
      Those Who Can't
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Gwen Stephanie
      • 2016
    • Whitney Avalon, Briana White, and Alice Prime in Princess Rap Battle (2014)
      Princess Rap Battle
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Cinderella
      • 2015
    • The Crazy Ones (2013)
      The Crazy Ones
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Sydney Roberts
      • 2013–2014
    • Patrick Stewart, Curtis Armstrong, Dee Bradley Baker, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jeff Fischer, Scott Grimes, David Koechner, Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Michael Richardson, Wendy Schaal, Daisuke Suzuki, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Mike Barker, Mike Henry, Rachael MacFarlane, and Matt McKenna in American Dad! (2005)
      American Dad!
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Jenny
      • Phyllis (voice)
      • 2011–2012

    Producer



    • Untitled Buffy the Vampire Slayer Reboot Project
      • executive producer
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • Bad Summer People
      • executive producer
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series



    • Sarah Michelle Gellar in Wolf Pack (2023)
      Wolf Pack
      6.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Sarah Michelle Gellar in Killer Skin (2019)
      Killer Skin
      7.8
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • Attention Deficit Theater (2016)
      Attention Deficit Theater
      5.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • Sarah Michelle Gellar in Ringer (2011)
      Ringer
      6.9
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2011–2012
    • Sarah Michelle Gellar in The Wonderful Maladys (2010)
      The Wonderful Maladys
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2010

    Editorial Department



    • Robot Chicken (2005)
      Robot Chicken
      7.7
      TV Series
      • colorer (as Sarah Gellar)
      • 2015

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    • Alternative names
      • Sarah Gellar
    • Height
      • 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
    • Born
      • April 14, 1977
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Spouse
      • Freddie Prinze Jr.September 1, 2002 - present (2 children)
    • Children
        Charlotte Grace Prinze
    • Parents
        Rosellen Greenfield
    • Other works
      Sarah wrote an editorial to the New York Times Magazine in response to an article about young actresses in Hollywood.
    • Publicity listings
      • 20 Interviews
      • 39 Articles
      • 19 Pictorials
      • 136 Magazine Cover Photos

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    • Trivia
      She studied Tae Kwon Do for five years, and she's also studied kickboxing, boxing, street fighting and gymnastics.
    • Quotes
      [about her father] Just because you donate sperm does not make you a father. I don't have a father. I would never give him the credit or acknowledge him as my father.
    • Trademarks
        Frequently plays strong and independent women
    • Nicknames
      • Sassy
      • SMG
    • Salaries
        Ringer
        (2011)
        $90,000 per episode

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