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Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle Gellar

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sarah Michelle Gellar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Stop! That! Train!
Stop! That! Train!
2026 • Self
Ready or Not: Here I Come
Ready or Not: Here I Come
2026 • Ursula Danforth
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025 • Self - (archive footage)
I Know What You Did Last Summer
I Know What You Did Last Summer
2025 • Helen Shivers
Do Revenge
Do Revenge
2022 • The Headmistress
Clerks III
Clerks III
2022 • Auditioner
Cruel Intentions
Cruel Intentions
2016 • Kathryn Merteuil
Possession
Possession
2009 • Jessica

Full filmography

Ready or Not: Here I Come
Ready or Not: Here I Come
2026 • Ursula Danforth
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Do Revenge
Do Revenge
2022 • The Headmistress
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Clerks III
Clerks III
2022 • Auditioner
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Cruel Intentions
Cruel Intentions
2016 • Kathryn Merteuil
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Possession
Possession
2009 • Jessica
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Southland Tales
Southland Tales
2007 • Krysta Kapowski / Krysta Now
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Suburban Girl
Suburban Girl
2007 • Brett Eisenberg
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TMNT
TMNT
2007 • April O'Neil (voice)
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Happily N'Ever After
Happily N'Ever After
2007 • Ella (voice)
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The Return
The Return
2006 • Joanna Mills
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The Grudge 2
The Grudge 2
2006 • Karen Davis
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The Grudge
The Grudge
2004 • Karen Davis
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Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo
2002 • Daphne
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Harvard Man
Harvard Man
2001 • Cindy Bandolini
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Cruel Intentions
Cruel Intentions
1999 • Kathryn Merteuil
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Simply Irresistible
Simply Irresistible
1999 • Amanda Shelton
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She's All That
She's All That
1999 • Cafeteria Girl
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Small Soldiers
Small Soldiers
1998 • Gwendy Doll (voice)
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Scream 2
Scream 2
1997 • Cici Cooper
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High Stakes
High Stakes
1989 • Karen Rose
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Over the Brooklyn Bridge
Over the Brooklyn Bridge
1984 • Phil's Daughter (uncredited)
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An Invasion of Privacy
An Invasion of Privacy
1983 • Jennifer Bianchi
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