Sarah Michelle Gellar

ActorProducerProduction Apr 14 (age 48) New York City, New York, USA 1983–2026 (43 year career)

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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 Younge…

Known For

Film

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy Summers

Film

Cruel Intentions

Kathryn Merteuil

Film

Scream 2

Cici Cooper

Film

Scooby-Doo

Daphne

Film

Small Soldiers

Gwendy Doll (voice)

Film

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

Daphne

Film

She's All That

Cafeteria Girl

Film

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Helen Shivers

Filmography

Acting (91)

Movies (38)

Ready or Not: Here I Come

2026

as Ursula Danforth

7.5

STOP! THAT! TRAIN!

2026 Upcoming

as Self

Jun 12

I Know What You Did Last Summer

2025

as Helen Shivers

5.7

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

2025

as Self - (archive footage)

Do Revenge

as The Headmistress

Clerks III

as Auditioner

Cruel Intentions

as Kathryn Merteuil

Possession

as Jessica

Veronika Decides to Die

2009

as Veronika

5.9

USIDent TV: Surveilling the Southland

2008

as Self

Suburban Girl

2007

as Brett Eisenberg

5.5

TMNT

2007

as April O'Neil (voice)

6.2

Southland Tales

2007

as Krysta Kapowski / Krysta Now

Happily N'Ever After

as Ella (voice)

The Air I Breathe

as Sorrow

The Grudge 2

as Karen Davis

The Return

as Joanna Mills

The Grudge

as Karen Davis

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

2004

as Daphne

6.1

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

as Self

Scooby-Doo

as Daphne

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell

2002

as Karen (archive footage)

7.7

Jack Black: Spider-Man

2002

as Mary Jane Watson / Wonder Woman

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

as Self

Harvard Man

as Cindy Bandolini

Britney Spears: Live and More!

as Self

Cruel Intentions

as Kathryn Merteuil

Simply Irresistible

as Amanda Shelton

She's All That

as Cafeteria Girl

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

1999

as Self

6.8

Small Soldiers

1998

as Gwendy Doll (voice)

6.6

Scream 2

1997

as Cici Cooper

6.5

I Know What You Did Last Summer

1997

as Helen Shivers

6.0

Beverly Hills Family Robinson

as Jane Robinson

High Stakes

as Karen Rose

Over the Brooklyn Bridge

1984

as Phil's Daughter (uncredited)

4.8

An Invasion of Privacy

1983

as Jennifer Bianchi

1.0

Once More, With Feeling

as "Buffy"

Television (53)

Star Search

as Self - Panelist

Dexter: Original Sin

as Tanya Martin

Wolf Pack

as Kristin Ramsey

Masters of the Universe: Revelation

2021

as Teela (voice)

6.5

Revelations: The Masters of the Universe: Revelation Aftershow

2021

as Self

3.5

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Those Who Can't

as Gwen Stephanie

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015

as Self - Guest

5.2

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self - Guest

5.2

Star Wars Rebels

2014

as Seventh Sister (Voice)

7.7

The Crazy Ones

2013

as Sydney Roberts

6.1

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

2012

as Self - Guest Judge

7.2

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED

2012

as Self - Guest Judge

5.5

The Jonathan Ross Show

2011

as Self - Guest

5.3

Ringer

2011

as Bridget Kelly / Siobhan Martin

6.0

Conan

2010

as Self

7.1

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

2010

as Self - Guest Judge

6.1

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

as Self - Guest

5.1

RuPaul's Drag Race

2009

as Self - Guest Judge

7.5

The Graham Norton Show

2007

as Self

7.2

The Big Bang Theory

2007

as Sarah Michelle Gellar

American Dad!

as Phyllis (voice)

Robot Chicken

as Bambi's Mother (voice)

The Reichen Show

as Self

American Idol

as Self

Good Day Live

as Self

Grosse Pointe

as Sarah Michelle Gellar

7.8

God, the Devil and Bob

2000

as That Actress on That Show (voice)

Angel

as Buffy Summers

Teen Choice Awards

as Self

Sex and the City

as Debbie

Hercules

as Andromeda (voice)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1997

as Buffy Summers

8.1

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

as Buffy Summers

King of the Hill

as Marie (voice)

The Daily Show

as Self

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996

as Self - Guest

3.9

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

as Self - Guest

6.4

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

as Self - Guest

7.2

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

5.4

MTV Movie & TV Awards

1992

as Self

8.1

Swans Crossing

1992

as Sydney Orion Rutledge

5.5

A Woman Named Jackie

1991

as Teenage Jacqueline Bouvier

9.2

The Simpsons

1989

as Gina Vendetti (voice)

Crossbow

as Sara Guidotti

Spenser: For Hire

as Emily

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

7.0

People's Choice Awards

as Self - Presenter

All My Children

as Kendall Hart

Breaking Bear

as Blair (voice)

Cruel Intentions

as Kathryn Merteuil

8.0

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale

as Buffy Summers

Crew (2)

Television (2)

Wolf Pack

2023

Executive Producer

7.8

Ringer

2011

Co-Executive Producer

6.0