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Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle Gellar, (born April 14, 1977) now known by her married name of Sarah Michelle Prinze, is an American actress. She is best known for her role as the character Buffy Summers in the acclaimed television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Other horror projects she has worked on are the films The Return (2006), The Grudge (2004), The Grudge 2 (2006), I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and Scream 2 (1997). Gellar was born in New York City, the only child of Jewish parents Rosellen Greenfield, a nursery school teacher, and Arthur Gellar, a garment worker. In 1984, her parents divorced and she was brought up by her mother on the Upper East Side. Gellar was estranged from her father from this time until his death from liver cancer on October 9, 2001. She attended New York's Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School and the Professional Children's School. Gellar held a straight-A average and became a competent figure skater. Her best friend was Melissa Joan Hart, who later was the star of the series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. At the age of four, Gellar was spotted by an agent in a restaurant in Uptown Manhattan. Two weeks later, she got her first acting job. A short while later, she got a part in a controversial television commercial for Burger King, in which she criticized McDonald's and claimed to eat only at Burger King. This led to a lawsuit against Burger King ad agency J. Walter Thompson, and Gellar herself, who appeared in court as a witness for the defense. The dispute was eventually settled out of court. Gellar continued to make commercials while appearing in acting roles. In 1995 she landed the lead in the 1997 TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, playing a teenager burdened with the responsibility of fighting numerous of mystical foes. The show was well received by critics and audiences alike, spawning a spinoff series (Angel). Throughout its seven seasons and a total of 144 episodes, Buffy, and Gellar along with her, became cult icons in the United States, the UK and Australia, particularly as archetypes of "empowered" women.

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Yum. I could lie around in bed with her all day.

JamesN16 - 2/26/2010, 6:39 PM

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