Sarah Michelle Gellar wallpapers & Biography

Sarah Michelle Gellar wallpapers & Biography

Sarah Michelle Prinze born April 14, 1977 is an American actress. After being recognized by a talent agent in her childhood, she made her film debut at the age of six in the television film An Invasion of Privacy (1983). She had her first major role in the syndicated teen drama series Swann's Crossing (1992), followed by a successful role as Kendall Hart on the ABC soap opera All My Children (1993–1995), for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award.

 Gellar gained international recognition for her portrayal of Buffy Summers on the WB/UPN supernatural series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003), which earned her four Teen Choice Awards, a Saturn Award, and a Golden Globe nomination. Her film credits include I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), Scream 2 (1997), Cruel Intentions (1999), Scooby-Doo (2002), Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), The Grudge (2004), Southland Tales (2006), TMNT (2007), and Doo's Revenge (2022). 

On television, Gellar has starred in Ringer (2011–2012), The Crazy Ones (2013–2014), Wolf Pack (2023), and Dexter: Original Sin (2024–present), and has provided voices for Robot Chicken (2005–2018), Star Wars Rebels (2015–2016), and Masters of the Universe: Revelation (2021). In 2015, she co-founded the e-commerce baking company FoodStirrs.  Her cookbook, Stirring Up Fun with Food, was published in 2017.

Early life

Geller was born on April 14, 1977, in New York City. She is the only child of nursery school teacher Rosaleen  and textile worker Arthur Geller. Both her parents are Jewish.  In 1984, when she was seven, her parents divorced, and she was raised by her mother on Manhattan's Upper East Side.  While growing up, she lost contact with her father, from whom she remained estranged until his death in 2001.  She once described him as "non-existent",saying: "My father, all you can say, is not in the picture. Geller was a competitive figure skater, once placing third at the New York State regional competition,and also held a black belt in Taekwondo.

With her single mother working "a little above the poverty line",Gellar received a partial scholarship to study at Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, where she experienced bullying. She commented: "I was different and that's the one thing you can't do in school, because you're ostracized. I didn't have the money that these kids had" As a working child actress, she spent significant periods of time not attending class, and recalls having "more absences in the first month than I should have" She then briefly attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, Gellar graduated from the Professional Children's School in 1994 as a "straight A" student with a 4.0 grade average. Since she spent a significant amount of time working on All My Children while "trying to graduate",much of her senior year was completed through directed study.

Personal life

Gellar met her future husband, Freddie Prinze Jr., while they were filming the 1997 teen horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer, but the two did not begin dating until 2000. She and Prinze have worked together several times, playing each other's respective love interests as Fred and Daphne in Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.They became engaged in April 2001 and married in Mexico on September 1, 2002, in a ceremony officiated by Adam Shankman, a director and choreographer with whom Gellar had worked on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  Together, she and Prinze have two children, a daughter born in 2009 and a son born in 2012.  The family resides in Los Angeles. 

On February 10, 2021, Gellar expressed support for her Buffy the Vampire Slayer co-star Charisma Carpenter after Carpenter made allegations of abuse against series creator Joss Whedon. She also stated, "Although I'm proud to have my name associated with Buffy Summers, I do not want to be forever associated with the name Joss Whedon."In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published on January 18, 2023, Gellar is quoted as saying, "I will never tell my full story because I have nothing to gain from it.