Sarah Michelle Gellar is an American actress born in New York City, New York on April 14th, 1977. Sarah is best known for playing the titular hero Buffy Summers in the popular WB Network television program Buffy the Vampire Slayer (a role previously played by Kristy Swanson in the 1992film of the same name). Gellar appeared in all 145 episodes of the series as well as 3 episodes of the spin-off series Angel where she reprised the role of Buffy Summers.
Her first role in a feature-length genre film was 1997's Scream 2 where she played Cici, one of several characters to lose their lives to the mysterious Ghostface killer(s). That same year, Sarah played victim to another mysterious blade-wielding killer in I Know What You Did Last Summer as Helen Shivers. In 2004, she played the lead role of Karen in the ghostly horror film The Grudge (a remake of the Japanese movie Ju-On). Gellar returned to the franchise, reprising the role of Karen for the film's sequel The Grudge 2.
Gellar's character Buffy Summers and her friends are frequently referred to as the "Scooby Gang". This is a nod towards the characters featured in the Hannah-Barbera Scooby-Doo cartoons. Ironically, Gellar played the role of Daphne Blake in the live-action Scooby-Doo films.
Sarah Michelle Gellar played Faith Lehane in the two-part season four body-swap episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer entitled "This Year's Girl" and "Who Are You?".
Sarah Michelle Gellar was asked to appear on the "Power Play" episode of Angel as Buffy Summers, but she was unavailable due to her shooting schedule on The Grudge.
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