Biography

The Younger Years

Sarah Michelle Gellar was born on April 14th, 1977 in New York City to Rosellen and Arthur Gellar. Sarah’s Parents divorced in 1984. When Sarah was four she was spotted in a Restaurant in Uptown Manhatten by an Agent. This was the start of her career two weeks after she was spotted she auditioned for a role in a made for tv movie called An Invasion of Privacy she impressed the directors enough to where they casted her in the movie. Sarah has appeared in commercials and modeled for Magazines growing up , one commercial though that got a lot of talk was her Burger King one in which she was sued for.  She also appeared in a few tv series along with a few small roles in some minor films.

The Teen Years

Sarah’s major break came when she was 15 years old and starred in the short lived series Swans Crossing as “Sydney Rutledge”. Thankfully when that ended she didn’t stop there she was casted as “Kendall Hart” the daughter of  “Erica Kane”  in the ABC Daytime Drama All My Children. Sarah won a Daytime Emmy for her Role as Kendal in 1995 shortly after she announced she was leaving the show.

Her Big Break

Sarah landed the lead in Buffy The Vampire Slayer even though she screen tested eleven times for the role of Cordelia. Buffy became a huge hit everywhere and Sarah became most popular for her role that she ended up playing for 7 wonderful years. During her time on Buffy she also landed roles in such hit teen movies like I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream 2, Cruel Intentions and many more. Sarah was moving on up and becoming known all over.

Freddie & Sarah

Sarah & Freddie met during the filming of I Know What You Did Last Summer which came out in 1997  but did not start dating till 2000.  They got engaged in April of 2001 and got married September 1,2002.  Freddie & Sarah are one of Hollywoods best couples who haven’t really been gossiped about and managed to keep their private life pretty private, kudos to them they are truly an inspiration.  For their 5th Wedding Anniversary Sarah changed her last name to Prinze.  In April of 2009 the happy couple announced that they were expecting their first child in the fall of 2009. On September 19th, 2009 they welcomed baby girl Charlotte Grace Prinze into the world.

More on Her Career

During and After BTVS ended Sarah went on to do many other films such as The Grudge , Scooby Doo 1&2 , The Return, The Air I Breathe and many others. Though not all of Sarah’s movie’s have been hits they have been pretty powerful films and well enjoyed by her fans. Sarah is currently taking some time off right now from her career to enjoy motherhood.

Charities

Sarah is very active in many charities a big one she is part of is Care a charity that fights global poverty for Women and Children. Sarah also participates in other charities as well like Make a Wish , Habitat for Humanity and Breast Cancer Awareness and many others.