SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR
BIOGRAPHY:
Born April 14, 1977 in
New York City, Sarah Michelle Gellar has become sort of a pseudo 'feminist'
for her generation, although she cringes at the word herself. But her
role as a beautiful female who kicks ass on television certainly has made
herself a role model to her female generation. While many of Gellar's scenes
as Buffy in Buffy the Vampire Slayer use stunt double Sophia Crawford, Gellar
does carry a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do. Sarah was seen on TV as early as three
years old, where she played Valerie Harper's daughter in An Invasion of Privacy,
a made for TV movie. Afterwards, she appeared in scores more commercials,
which also helped land her roles in movies like Over The Brooklyn Bridge,
Funny Farm, High Stakes, and TV's Spencer for Hire. Further roles include
A Woman Named Jackie and Swan's Crossing. At the age of 16, Gellar played
as a 22 year old (!) in All My Children. She played as Erica Kane's (Susan
Lucci) daughter, and was in a role which had her seduce her stepfather, break
up her mother's marriage, shooting people, and faking pregnancies! The role
got her something Susan Lucci almost never did, an Emmy in 1994 for Outstanding
Younger Actress.
1996 Brought on her most
well known roll, cast as Buffy in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which was based
on the movie that starred Kristy Swanson. Buffy has become sort of a cult
favorite and gets decent ratings despite being relegated to the WB Network.
Her starring role has helped her land jobs in I Know What You Did Last Summer
and Scream. In 1999 she played in the comedy Simply Irresistible. Its ironic
given that Gellar is apparently anything but irresistible according to gossip
which suggests she has running feuds with not only Lucci, but Neve Campbell,
former lover Matthew Perry, Julia Roberts, and The Spice Girls (we can forgive
her for that!). The latest feud apparently exists with fellow WB star Kerri
Russell, whom Gellar says she's sick about hearing Russell's story of losing
her virginity in the press, a statement we'd wholeheartedly agree with!
Besides her romantic
ties to Mathew Perry and Boreanaz, Gellar has also been linked to ex-Slider
star Jerry O'Connell and has dated tennis player Jan Michael Gambill. The
latest man involved with Sarah is Freddie Prinze Jr., who publically was slobbering
all over Prinze at the MTV Movie awards, where Sarah landed two awards for
Best Kiss (with Selma Blair) and Best Female Performance in the film Cruel
Intentions. There have been alot of stories of Sarah's controlling behavior
around Freddie that has resulted in concerns amongst his friends (according
to tabloids, anyways). But before we get too rough on Sarah, it should be
noted that she is not the wild party type and in fact spends so much time
working she hasn't had much time for relationships, often working 15 hour
days on the Buffy set.
