Though "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" never achieved high ratings, the show's cult status made Sarah Michelle Gellar one of the most popular actresses on TV.
Married to actor and fellow "Scooby-Doo" star, Freddie Prinze Jr.
March 19, 2004 - Determined and accomplished are two words that best describe Sarah Michelle Gellar ('Daphne' in "Scooby-Doo 2"). A veteran of television, theater and the big screen, Gellar, a Golden Globe nominee, just recently closed the door on the critically acclaimed drama series, "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" after seven seasons of playing longtime character Buffy Summers. Reprising her role as Daphne from the smash hit "Scooby-Doo," Gellar most recently lent her voice for the animated features "Happily N’Ever After" and "2004: A Light Knight’s Odyssey" and on the big screen for James Toback’s "Harvard Man," which premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival.
Gellar also starred in the tremendously successful "I Know What You Did Last Summer" and the blockbuster "Scream 2." She won a 1998 Blockbuster Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Summer" and was nominated for a 1998 MTV Movie Award for her role in "Scream 2." She also starred opposite Ryan Phillippe in 'Cruel Intentions" which garnered her 2 MTV Awards: Best Actress and Best On-Screen Kiss.
Starring in "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" had its pressures even for a veteran actor like Gellar. For the grueling schedule, Gellar utilized all of her skills as an actor and coupled them with her talents in gymnastics, Tae Kwon Do and other martial arts in order to play her role as the teenage vampire slayer.
With a career in the world of entertainment that has spanned nearly 20 years, the precocious Gellar won an Emmy in 1994 for her role on the ABC daytime drama "All My Children" and completed classes at the High School for the Performing Arts in New York one year ahead of schedule.
A New York native, Gellar resides in Los Angeles. She is currently working on the thriller "The Grudge," to be released in 2005.
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