Sarah Michelle Prinze, Kaplan, Don. prinze_296175.htm" target="_blank">FRESH PRINZE: 'BUFFY' TAKES HER HUBBY'S NAME. _New York Post. November 16 2007. id=21980" target="_blank">Gellar Takes Prinze's Name. _SFGate.com. November 16 2007. (born April 14, 1977) better known by her birth name of Sarah Michelle Gellar, is an American actress. She is best known for her role as the fictional character Buffy Summers in the acclaimed television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, for which she won the Saturn Award for Best Genre TV Actress and received a Golden Globe Award nomination. She won a Daytime Emmy Award for her role in All My Children.
She has since become known as a film actress, having starred as Daphne Blake in the family film Scooby-Doo (2002) and the sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), the romantic comedy Simply Irresistible (1999), the independent film Harvard Man (2001), the teen drama Cruel Intentions (1999) and the horror films The Return (2006), The Grudge (2004), The Grudge 2 (2006), I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and Scream 2 (1997). She was in the TV movie Beverly Hills Family Robinson (1998) and provided the voice of April O'Neil in the film TMNT and Ella (better known as Cinderella) in the film Happily N'Ever After. She also played an ex-porn star in Richard Kelly's "Southland Tales" (2007) and appeared as part of an ensemble cast in The Air I Breathe, 2008.
She has one film completed Possession which will be released sometime in 2008.
She is currently attached to the film version of the video game American McGee's Alice.
Eating in a local restaurant, she was discovered by an agent when she was 4 years old. Soon after she was making her first movie, Invasion of Privacy, An (1983) (TV). Besides a long list of movies, she has also appeared in many TV commercials and on the stage. Her breakthrough came with TV-series "Swans Crossing" (1992). During 1997 she became known to the cinema audience when she appeared in two movies at the cinema I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) and Scream 2 (1997). But she is arguably still most associated with her title role in the long-running TV series, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997).
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).
