Sarah Michelle Gellar's career in the entertainment world has already spanned nearly 23 years, and the former child actress has grown into a successful veteran of television, theater and film.
She won a Daytime Emmy Award for her memorable role on the ABC drama serial All My Children, while also completing classes at NYC's High School for the Performing Arts one year ahead of schedule.
Ms. Gellar is best known for her Golden Globe Award-nominated portrayal of Buffy Summers on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which ran for seven seasons and remains one of the most talked-about programs of recent years.
During the series' successful run, she starred in several feature films. These included Jim Gillespie's I Know What You Did Last Summer (for which she won a Blockbuster Entertainment Award and was an MTV Movie Award nominee); Wes Craven's Scream 2; Roger Kumble's Cruel Intentions (for which she won two MTV Movie Awards); James Toback's Harvard Man; and, as Daphne, in Raja Gosnell's hit pair of Scooby-Doo movies.
Ms. Gellar co-hosted the 2002 MTV Movie Awards with Jack Black, garnering the highest ratings in the show's history. She has also been a popular host of NBC's Saturday Night Live, appearing several times on the program.
Her most recent feature credits included starring in Takashi Shimizu's blockbuster thriller The Grudge, filmed on location in Japan, and making a special appearance for the same director in the film's sequel; and starring as part of the ensemble in Richard Kelly's Southland Tales.
Ms. Gellar's stage credits include starring opposite Matthew Broderick in Neil Simon's Jake's Women, and in Horton Foote's The Widow Claire.
She is active with many charitable organizations. As an advocate for breast cancer awareness, she participated in Ford's “Tied to the Cause” campaign benefiting the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and was honored by the Young Survivors Coalition. She has also worked with the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and traveled to the Dominican Republic as a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity. A partial list of the other groups that she has lent her time and talent includes Project Angel Food, the Starbright Foundation, Planned Parenthood, and the Los Angeles Free Clinic.
Upcoming feature projects for Ms. Gellar include starring in the lead roles in Marc Klein's The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing and Paul J. Bolger's CG animated feature Happily N'Ever After; and as part of the ensemble of Jieho Lee's The Air I Breathe.
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