Sarah Michelle Gellar was born on April 14, 1977 in New York. The young girl, who attracted the attention of an agency during her childhood, got her first role in the 1983 television movie "An Invasion of Privacy". He then made guest appearances in various TV series episodes and appeared in small roles in films such as "Funny Farm" in 1988.
Gellar, who had her first leading role experience in the miniseries "Swans Crossing" published in 1992, was nominated for the Young Artist Award twice thanks to this performance.
Gellar, who played the character of Kendall Hart in ABC's daytime series "All My Children" in 1993, won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Young Actor in a Drama Series in 1995. She became best known for her role as Buffy Summers in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", which aired on the WB channel between 1997 and 2003; during that time she has garnered six Teen Choice Awards, one Saturn Award, and one Golden Globe nomination. The series has been recognized as one of the most influential female characters in US television history.
Gellar increased her popularity with horror films such as "The Faculty" and "Scream 2" in 1997; In 1999, she portrayed Kathryn Merteuil in "Cruel Intentions" and in 2002, she achieved great commercial success as Daphne Blake in "Scooby-Doo". In the following years, he appeared in films such as โScoobyโDoo 2: Monsters Unleashedโ and โThe Groomsmenโ; He played the same character again in the sequel "The Groomsmen" in 2006.
Between 2007 and 2009, he turned to smaller-scale projects such as "The Apocalypse", "The Air I Breathe" and "Veronica's Wish", and also starred with Robin Williams in short-lived TV series such as "Ringer" and "The Crazy Ones". In 2015, he joined the voice cast in the second season of the animated series "Star Wars Rebels".
In October 2015, Gellar and two partners founded Foodstirs, an e-commerce platform that offers cooking appliances and food products for children. As for his family background, his mother Rosellen (formerly Greenfield) is described as a kindergarten teacher and his father Arthur Gellar is described as a garment worker; Sarah is an only child.
Although he lived in a family environment where he put up Christmas trees in his childhood, his parents divorced in 1984 when he was seven years old and he started living with his mother on the Upper East Side. His relationship with his father remained estranged for many years; Upon his father's death in 2001, he expressed his feelings by saying, "My father is a person who does not exist."
Productions in which he took part
He took part in a total of 104 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) โ Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
- The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) โ Self - Guest
- The Simpsons (1989) โ Gina Vendetti (voice)
- American Dad! (2005) โ Jenny (voice)
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) โ Self - Guest
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
- The Daily Show (1996) โ Self - Guest
- The Late Show with David Letterman (1993) โ Self - Guest
- The View (1997)
- Saturday Night Live (1975) โ Self - Host
- Conan (2010)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
