Sarah Michelle Gellar Biography
Emmy Award winning Sarah Michelle Gellar, now known as Sarah Michelle Prinze was born on the 14th of April, 1977.
She is one of Hollywood's most versatile actresses, most commonly known for her role as Buffy in the Golden Globe nominated show, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". She also won an Emmy award for her fantastic performance as Kendall Hart in "All my Children".
Sarah has since been in several movies including, the romantic comedy "Simply Irresistable", the thrilling "Cruel Intentions" and the "Scooby Doo" movies as the lovable Daphne Blake. She has also provided her voice to several movies, including the new "TMNT", "Happily N' Ever After" and "Small Soldiers".
She currently resides in Los Angeles, with her husband Freddie Prinze Jr - they have been married 5 years this year (2007).
Salary
The Grudge (2004): $6,000,000
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004): $4,500,000
Scooby-Doo (2002): $1,500,000
Cruel Intentions (1999): $500,000
Trivia

Pets: Maltese terrier named Thor; Akita named Tyson.

Big fan of Dr. Seuss. Hobbies: collects rare books, especially editions of classic children's literature.

The Burger King commercial she did in 1982 was the first commercial to ever mention a competitor by name. Consequently, McDonald's sued her as well as Burger King. She also couldn't enter a McDonald's unless she was in disguise due to truth in advertising ("I only eat at Burger King" was one of her lines in the commercial). Ironically, McDonald's was a sponsor of the WB's hit TV show
Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

She studied Tae Kwon Do for five years, and now she's taking kickboxing, boxing, street fighting and gymnastics.

One of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. [1998]

Tattoos: Celtic symbol on her left hip, Chinese symbol for integrity on her lower back and a heart with a dagger hanging over it tattooed on the inside of her right ankle.

Voted by FHM readers the No 1 sexiest woman in the world (1999) and the No 3 sexiest woman in the world (2000).

Won 4 online Tv Guide awards.

Was offered the role of Brittany Foster in the
The In Crowd but turned it down. The role went to
Susan Ward.

Her high school classmates include:
Tara Reid,
Jerry O'Connell, and
Macaulay Culkin.

Her idol is
Stockard Channing.

Attended the Professional Children's School in New York City; graduated with a 4.0 Grade Average.

Her favorite movie is
Heathers.

Director
Raja Gosnell wanted a real life Hollywood couple to play Fred and Daphne in
Scooby-Doo - Sarah and real life boyfriend
Freddie Prinze Jr. were his first choice.

Publicly announced that she is engaged to
Freddie Prinze Jr.. [14 April 2001]

Roles she turned down: was offered the role of Juliet in
Romeo + Juliet but had to turn it down because of scheduling conflicts with
All My Children. Also due to "All My Children", she was forced to give up a role in
Clueless, which she had really wanted. Turned down a role in
The Faculty. Was offered the role of Brittany Foster in the
The In Crowd but turned it down. The role went to
Susan Ward.

Roles considered for: Rogue in
X-Men, Was offered
Portia de Rossi's role in
Who Is Cletis Tout?, Was
James Toback's first choice to play Cindy Bandolini in
Harvard Man, She beat out
Rebecca Gayheart for the role of Cici in
Scream 2.

Her biological father (Arthur Gellar, 60) was found dead from unconfirmed circumstances in his Manhattan apartment. [9 October 2001]

#15 on the Maximum Hot 100 List.

Her favourite food is sushi.

Has said that if she wasn't an actress she'd want to be a journalist or a writer of childrens books.

On October 17 2002, her wax model, by Madame Tussaud, was unveiled at the "Trail of Vampires" exhibition.

Voted 9th most beautiful person in the world in South Africa's People magazine (2002).

#8 on Google.com's most searched women in 2002.

Presented an award at the Glamour Awards 2003.

Guests at Sarah and Freddie's wedding included actors
Dulé Hill,
Shannen Doherty,
Eva La Rue and close friend and bridesmaid to Sarah,
Lindsay Sloane.

In 1999, she signed a contract with Maybelline to become the company's first celebrity spokeswoman since
Lynda Carter in the late 1970s.

Was offered
Portia de Rossi's role in
Who Is Cletis Tout?.

Was
James Toback's first choice to play Cindy Bandolini in
Harvard Man.

During the 2001 Teen Choice Awards (August 20, 2001),
Buffy the Vampire Slayer co-star
Michelle Trachtenberg presented her with the Extraordinary Achievement Award for being a good role model and for her charity work (especially for Habitat for Humanity).

She auditioned first for the role of Buffy on
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but the producers thought she was better suited to play Cordelia. She auditioned as Cordelia, but pursued the role of Buffy, ultimately winning it over many other girls.

Her wedding gown was designed by
Vera Wang.

She signed onto
Scream 2 before even reading the script.

She told
Wes Craven while filming
Scream 2 that she does her own stunts all the time on
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but she was far too scared to be thrown off a balcony for her death scene in the film.

She beat out
Rebecca Gayheart for the role of Cici in
Scream 2.

Daughter-in-law of the late
Freddie Prinze and
Kathy Prinze.

Was once considered for the role of Wonder Woman in a proposed film by Warner Brothers.

Is an avid fan of the New York Yankees and the New York Knicks.

Her favorite countries are Australia and Japan.

Is an only child; coincidentally, so is the original "Buffy Summers,"
Kristy Swanson.

Her most frequent collaborator to date has been husband
Freddie Prinze Jr., working with him six times:
I Know What You Did Last Summer;
She's All That;
Scooby-Doo;
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed and; _Happily N'Ever After (2005). Incidentally, she has also worked with Freddie's frequent collaborator
Matthew Lillard three times:
She's All That;
Scooby-Doo; and
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

Ever since playing the title role in
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she has had a reputation as a "stickler" for on-the-set safety. This showed when
Charles Cyphers guest-starred in an episode of BTVS: while filming, he accidentally got hit on the head with a piece of pipe. Although Cyphers was not seriously injured, Gellar "snapped to it," and angrily lectured the BTVS crew about said mishap.

Ranked #45 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).

Is a natural brunette. Dyed her hair blonde for her role in
Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Her favorite singer is
Mariah Carey.

Was voted #26 on Maxim's Hot 100 list (2005).

Hosted the MTV Movie Awards in 2002 along with
Jack Black.

Shares her birthday with
Adrien Brody, and also with
Brian Forster...who, like Gellar, is an only child.

Is a fan of English soccer team Arsenal.

Was rated #5 of the top 5 sexiest female TV stars of all time.

In addition to liking the Yankees, Knicks and Giants she is also a fan of the Dodgers.

Has spent a lot of time in Australia, filming, and on holiday visiting friends. Attended New Years Eve celebrations on the shores of Sydney Harbour, December 31, 1999.

Named #26 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.

Ranked #18 in the Top 100 TV Teen Stars.

Ranked as #64 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement (2005).

Was featured as #16 in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2002" supplement (2002).

Like her title character on
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gellar has been an accomplished ice-skater since childhood...when she skated competitively for some time, until her mom made her quit to focus more on school and acting. Coincidentally, Sarah was born within 5 months of figure-skating legend
Nicole Bobek, during the same year.

Named #94 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement (2006).

Was invited to reprise the role of "Buffy Summers" in
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and also in
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds. Turned down both jobs because she had insisted on seeing their scripts, and never did.

Is a longtime friend of
Britney Spears.

For her and Freddie's fifth anniversary, she changed her last name to Prinze. "On their anniversary, she showed [Freddie] her new driver's license,".

Was named Maxim magazine's woman of the year 2008.

Ranked #1 on Maxim's "Hottest Women of Horror Movies" list.

On her recent vacation to Hawaii with her husband,
Freddie Prinze Jr., she took surfing lessons [January 21, 2008].

Friend of
Mädchen Amick (the actresses became pals when Amick costarred with Gellar's husband
Freddie Prinze Jr. in his ABC sitcom
Freddie).

Had an allergic reaction to the Japanese water while filming The Grudge. They had to put garbage bags over her legs for her shower scene in the movie due to this allergic reaction.

Her favorite books are The Princess Bride and Gone with the Wind. The Princess Bride is also one of her favourite movies.

She broke a bone in her hand while filming the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Homecoming".

Signed onto Southland Tales before even reading the script, she thought the director presented a world and an idea and a concept to her so thoroughly that she couldn't say no.
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