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Sarah Michelle Gellar Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1977-04-14

Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA

Credits:
97 Total Roles

Sarah Michelle Gellar

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Biography

Sarah Michelle Prinze (nÊe 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

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 Stop! That! Train! MOVIE Self
2026 Ready or Not: Here I Come MOVIE Ursula Danforth
2026 Star Search TV Self - Panelist
2025 Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies MOVIE Self - (archive footage)
2025 I Know What You Did Last Summer MOVIE Helen Shivers
2024 Dexter: Original Sin TV Tanya Martin
2023 Wolf Pack TV Kristin Ramsey
2022 Do Revenge MOVIE The Headmistress
2022 Clerks III MOVIE Auditioner
2021 Masters of the Universe: Revelation TV Teela (voice)

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