Into every generation a slayer is born, but there’s only one Buffy Summers – and there’s certainly only one Sarah Michelle Gellar. The Scooby-Doo, Cruel Intentions and Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress has been a fixture on our screens since the early ’90s but has retained her signature grin and covetable style all through her career.
Join us for a look back at the actress’ enviable transformation ahead of her 49th birthday. Hopefully this one won’t require any snooker cue stakes or release any vampires from the curse against their soul.
© FilmMagic via Getty ImagesBuffy Summers made Sarah Michelle Gellar a household name to this day
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 1997
Sarah is probably best-known as Buffy Summers but the same year she debuted as the stake-wielding high-schooler, she also appeared in iconic teen horror I Know What You Did Last Summer and horror sequel Scream 2.
© WireImage via Getty ImagesWhat’s new Scooby-Doo? Nothing much, just a Fred and Daphne who married offscreen
Scooby-Doo, 2002
Sarah met her now-husband and father of her two children on the set of I Know What You Did Last Summer but Scooby-Doo had them bringing the Mystery Gang’s iconic Fred and Daphne to the screen in a live-action feature.
© FilmMagic via Getty ImagesSarah had three credited roles in 2007, including a star part with Brendan Fraser
The Air I Breathe, 2007
Sarah had a busy year in 2007, starring alongside Brendan Fraser and Andy Garcia in The Air I Breathe, Suburban Girl and voice acted as April in TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).
© NBCUniversal via Getty ImagesBridget takes over her dead twin’s life in ‘Ringer’
Ringer, 2011
Between 2011 and 2012, Sarah starred in Ringer, a psychological drama following sober Bridget who flees when she becomes a key witness to a murder and takes her twin sister’s glamorous life in New York.
© Getty ImagesThose Who Can’t, 2016
Sarah Michelle Gellar was up to a lot in the mid-2010s, gaining viral fame in Princess Rap Battle, an episode appearance in Those Who Can’t and a role in Star Wars: Rebels (2015-2016).
© FilmMagic via Getty ImagesRecently, Sarah appeared in the hit teen comedy ‘Do Revenge’
Do Revenge, 2022
Sarah Michelle Gellar returned to the high school halls with dark comedy Do Revenge in 2022, credited as The Headmaster. The movie follows Camila Mendes’ Drea and Maya Hawke’s Eleanor as they agree to fight back against each other’s bullies.
© Corbis via Getty ImagesSarah Michelle Gellar most recently appeared in ‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’
Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come, 2026
Sarah most recently appeared in horror comedy Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, signature blonde locks and acting talent ever present. Alongside Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton and Elijah Wood, Sarah heads up the sequel to the hit 2019 horror.
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