Sarah Michelle Gellar

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

Known For

The Simpsons

American Dad!

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Daily Show

Late Night with Seth Meyers

All Movies (37)

Stop! That! Train!2026 · as Famous Actress
Ready or Not: Here I Come2026 · as Ursula Danforth
I Know What You Did Last Summer2025 · as Helen Shivers
Do Revenge2022 · as The Headmistress
Clerks III2022 · as Auditioner
Cruel Intentions2016 · as Kathryn Merteuil
Possession2009 · as Jessica
Veronika Decides to Die2009 · as Veronika
USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland2008 · as Self
Southland Tales2007 · as Krysta Kapowski / Krysta Now
Suburban Girl2007 · as Brett Eisenberg
TMNT2007 · as April O'Neil (voice)
The Air I Breathe2007 · as Sorrow
Happily N'Ever After2007 · as Ella (voice)
The Return2006 · as Joanna Mills
The Grudge 22006 · as Karen Davis
The Grudge2004 · as Karen Davis
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed2004 · as Daphne
Mayor of the Sunset Strip2003 · as Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell2002 · as Karen (archive footage)
Scooby-Doo2002 · as Daphne
Harvard Man2001 · as Cindy Bandolini
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored2001 · as Self
Britney Spears: Live and More!2000 · as Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special1999 · as Self
Cruel Intentions1999 · as Kathryn Merteuil
Simply Irresistible1999 · as Amanda Shelton
She's All That1999 · as Cafeteria Girl
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later1998 · as Cici Cooper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Small Soldiers1998 · as Gwendy Doll (voice)
Scream 21997 · as Cici Cooper
I Know What You Did Last Summer1997 · as Helen Shivers
Beverly Hills Family Robinson1997 · as Jane Robinson
High Stakes1989 · as Karen Rose
Over the Brooklyn Bridge1984 · as Phil's Daughter (uncredited)
An Invasion of Privacy1983 · as Jennifer Bianchi
Thud— · as Grim Reaper

All TV Shows (67)

Breaking Bear2026 · as Blair (voice)
Star Search2026 · as Self - Panelist
Dexter: Original Sin2024 · as Tanya Martin
Wolf Pack2023 · as Kristin Ramsey
Masters of the Universe: Revelation2021 · as Teela (voice)
Revelations: The Masters of the Universe: Revelation Aftershow2021 · as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
Those Who Can't2016 · as Gwen Stephanie
The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
Star Wars Rebels2014 · as Seventh Sister (Voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
The Crazy Ones2013 · as Sydney Roberts
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED2012 · as Self - Guest Judge
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars2012 · as Self - Guest Judge
Ringer2011 · as Bridget Kelly / Siobhan Martin
The Jonathan Ross Show2011 · as Self - Guest
Conan2010 · as Self
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked2010 · as Self - Guest Judge
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
RuPaul's Drag Race2009 · as Self - Guest Judge
The Big Bang Theory2007 · as Sarah Michelle Gellar
The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
The Reichen Show2005 · as Self
Robot Chicken2005 · as Daphne Blake / Samara Morgan / Soccer Player (voice)
Robot Chicken2005 · as Hermione Granger / Betty Crocker / Sarah Connor (voice)
Robot Chicken2005 · as Surgeon / Woman (voice)
Robot Chicken2005 · as Buffy Summers (voice)
Robot Chicken2005 · as Blair Warner (voice)
Robot Chicken2005 · as Baroness (voice)
Robot Chicken2005 · as Ellen Ripley (voice)
Robot Chicken2005 · as Prostitute / Vanessa Alston (voice)
Robot Chicken2005 · as Girl / Princess Allura / Lioness (voice)
American Dad!2005 · as Jenny (voice)
American Dad!2005 · as Phyllis (voice)
The Tony Danza Show2004 · as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
American Idol2002 · as Self
Good Day Live2001 · as Self
Grosse Pointe2000 · as Sarah Michelle Gellar
God, the Devil and Bob2000 · as That Actress on That Show (voice)
Angel1999 · as Buffy Summers
Teen Choice Awards1999 · as Self
Hercules1998 · as Andromeda (voice)
Sex and the City1998 · as Debbie
The View1997 · as Self
Buffy the Vampire Slayer1997 · as Buffy Summers
King of the Hill1997 · as Marie (voice)
The Daily Show1996 · as Self - Guest
The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
Swans Crossing1992 · as Sydney Orion Rutledge
MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
A Woman Named Jackie1991 · as Teenage Jacqueline Bouvier
The Simpsons1989 · as Gina Vendetti (voice)
Crossbow1987 · as Sara Guidotti
Spenser: For Hire1985 · as Emily
Late Night with David Letterman1982 · as Suzy Walker
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live1975 · as Brandi Lane (uncredited)
People's Choice Awards1975 · as Self - Presenter
All My Children1970 · as Kendall Hart
Cruel Intentions— · as Kathryn Merteuil