Sarah Michelle Gellar Biography (3)
New York native Sarah Michelle Gellar is perhaps best known for her lead role in the Warner Bros. hit television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and her feature film successes I Know What You Did Last Summer, starring Gellar along with Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ryan Phillippe and Freddie Prinze Jr., and Scream 2 with Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courtney Cox. In Buffy, Gellar plays a typical high-schooler by day and a martial arts expert by night who takes on a legion of evil foes.
Gellar's acting career has spanned nearly 15 years. She won an Emmy in 1994 for her role as Kendall Hart on the ABC daytime drama All My Children, and completed classes at the High School for the Performing Arts in New York a year ahead of schedule. Her impressive list of starring roles in television includes An Invasion of Privacy (CBS telefilm), A Woman Named Jackie (CBS miniseries) and All My Children (ABC). Gellar's film credits include Funny Farm, Over the Brooklyn Bridge and High Stakes. On stage, Gellar has appeared in Jake's Women and The Widow Claire.
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