Sarah Michelle Gellar Quick Info | |
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Height | 5 ft 4 in |
Weight | 55 kg |
Date of Birth | April 14, 1977 |
Zodiac Sign | Aries |
Eye Color | Green |
Sarah Michelle Gellar is an American actress, voiceover artist, producer, and entrepreneur who has been cast in a wide range of movies and shows which include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Swans Crossing, The Crazy Ones, Cruel Intentions, Robot Chicken, The Big Bang Theory, Star Wars Rebels, King of the Hill, A Woman Named Jackie, All My Children, Beverly Hills Family Robinson, TMNT, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, The Grudge, The Grudge 2, Southland Tales, Veronika Decides to Die, Simply Irresistible, She’s All That, Harvard Man, Happily N’Ever After, and The Air I Breathe.
Born Name
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Nick Name
Sassy
Sun Sign
Aries
Born Place
Long Island, New York, United States
Residence
Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality
Education
Sarah attended Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School at Upper West Side of Manhattan with a partial scholarship.
Sarah also went to Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, but later dropped because she had many absences in school (due to acting/drama classes) and her teachers threatened her to fail. Though, she was getting really good grades.
In 1994, she finally graduated from Professional Children’s School in New York City as a straight-A student and got a 4.0-grade average.
Occupation
Actress, Voiceover Artist, Film Producer, Entrepreneur
Family
- Father – Arthur Gellar (Garment Worker) (Died in 2001)
- Mother – Rosellen (Greenfield) (Nursery School Teacher)
- Siblings – She is an only child.
- Others – Henry Gellar/Geller (Paternal Grandfather), Beatrice Glaser (Paternal Grandmother), Morris Greenfeld (Maternal Grandfather), Irene Schwartz (Maternal Grandmother)
Manager
She has been represented by these agencies –
- Brillstein Entertainment Partners
- Markham, Froggatt & Irwin, Talent Management Company, London, England, United Kingdom
- Foodstirs, Inc., Company, Los Angeles, California, United States
Build
Athletic
Height
5 ft 4 in or 163 cm
Weight
55 kg or 121 lbs
Boyfriend / Spouse
Sarah Michelle Gellar has dated –
- David Boreanaz (1998-1999) – From 1998 to 1999, actors David Boreanaz and Sarah Michelle Gellar were RUMORed to be an item. At that time, they were starring in the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- Jerry O’Connell (1998-1999) – From 1998 to 1999, she dated actor, Jerry O’Connell for a short time. Sarah and Jerry had gone to the same high school.
- Freddie Prinze Jr. (2000-Present) – She met actor Freddie Prinze, Jr. in 1997 at the set of I Know What You Did Last Summer. The actors didn’t start dating until 2000. In April 2001, the couple got engaged. On September 1, 2002, the couple tied knots in Mexico. They have two children, daughter Charlotte Grace (b. 2009) and son Rocky James (b. 2012).
Race / Ethnicity
White
She is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.
Hair Color
Sarah is naturally a brunette (Brown colored hair).
She has dyed her hair “Blonde.”
In 1997, Sarah dyed her hair “Blonde” to play the role of Buffy Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She liked it so much on her hair that she never went back.
Eye Color
Green
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
- Athletic figure
- Nose shape
- Often plays the strong and independent women type characters
Measurements
34-24-34 in or 86-61-86 cm
Dress Size
6 (US) or 38 (EU)
Shoe Size
6.5 (US) or 4 (UK) or 37 (EU)
Brand Endorsements
She has appeared in numerous TV commercials such as Shake ‘n Bake, Avon (1991), Lee Jeans (1999), Maybelline cosmetics (1999-2003), September 11th fundraising, Burger King (1980s), Rose Petal Place Books, etc.
She also voiced the care.org commercial.
In 1998, Sarah was also seen in print advertisements for National Dairy Producers “Got milk?, Maybelline products, Gemey” lipstick in 2001, etc.
She was also announced as the brand advocate of Proactiv in 2015.
Religion
Judaism
Best Known For
- Playing Buffy Summers in UPN and The WB’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer from 1997 to 2003. For this role, she won the Teen Choice Award for “Choice TV Actress”, Kids’ Choice Award for “Favorite Female Butt Kicker”, and SFX Award for “Best Television Actress”.
- She is also known for playing Daphne Blake in the Scooby-Doo film series, and as Karen Davis in the supernatural horror film series The Grudge.
First Film
She appeared in the 1984 comedy film Over the Brooklyn Bridge where she played the role of Phil’s daughter. But, her role was not given any credit.
As a voiceover artist, she made her theatrical film debut by providing vocals to the character of Gwendy Doll, a doll owned by Christy who is engineered to assist the Commando Elite, in the 1998 science fiction film, Small Soldiers.
First TV Show
In 1988, she appeared in ABC’s mystery television series Spenser: For Hire for her role as Emily.
In September 1998, she made her TV show debut as a voice artist by voicing Marie in an episode titled And They Call It Bobby Love of the animated sitcom, King of the Hill.
Personal Trainer
Sarah does running and Pilates to stay fit. She likes to work out outdoors but is as comfortable running on the treadmill also.
For two years in the past, she has also worked with celebrity trainer, Phong Tran who runs Joe’s Gym. They worked mainly on Plyometrics.
Sarah Michelle Gellar Favorite Things
- Food – Sushi
- Film – Heathers (1988), The Princess Bride (1987
- Books – The Princess Bride (By William Goldman), Gone with the Wind (By Margaret Mitchell)
- Colors – Red, pink
- Pizza – Thin crust (New York Style) Mushroom pizza with extra cheese
- Actors – Daniel Day-Lewis, Tom Cruise
- Actresses – Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Uma Thurman
- Singer – Mariah Carey
- Sandwich Filling – Burrata
- Screwball Comedy – Showgirls (1995)
Source – IMDb, Wikia.com, Reddit
Sarah Michelle Gellar Facts
- Sarah has been primarily raised by her single mom as her parents got divorced when she [Sarah] was 7 (in 1984).
- Sarah has always remained alienated from her dad until he died in 2001.
- While young, she was active as a figure skater and even competed at New York State regional competition where she came third.
- She has a black belt in the Korean martial art Tae Kwon Do.
- She faced the situation of bullying in high school because her mom was not fully capable to pay her tuition fees in school.
- Sarah’s maternal grandparents were Hungarian Jewish immigrants.
- Sarah has a body dysmorphic disorder (BDD).
- Film actress Stockard Channing is her idol.
- Ben Taylor, Macaulay Culkin, Jerry O’Connell, and Tara Reid were her high school classmates.
- She is an avid fan of the English football team Arsenal.
- Actresses Shannen Doherty and Lindsay Sloane are her close friends.
- She has a phobia of broken glass.
- Sarah is allergic to cats.
- She was mentioned in Xzibit‘s song Harder.”
- Sarah has major scoliosis.
- In October 2020, Sarah revealed that her son Rocky who was 8 years old at that time, was having eyesight issues due to lots of screen time as the school had turned online (due to Zoom classes). Rocky was not used to a lot of screen time before coronavirus quarantine.
- In December 2020, she won the “Legendary Lip Lock” award along with Selma Blair at the 2020 MTV Movie & TV Awards: Greatest of All Time for their popular kiss in the 1999 romantic drama, Cruel Intentions.
- In June 2022, it was revealed that Sarah had tested positive for COVID-19.
- She can juggle. She learned it while working on a set because she was feeling bored.
- The thing which excites her the most is getting straight 6 hours of sleep.
- Her go-to dish is anything with kale. Growing up, her kids also liked kale very much.
- Her first job was appearing in a Burger King commercial.
- Her go-to movies to watch on an airplane are Sixteen Candles (1984) and Soapdish (1991).
- She describes herself as empathetic and kind.
- Sarah’s biggest pet peeve is the misuse of grammar by people.
- She cannot sleep when she is wearing makeup.
- She would like to play the piano.
- Sarah’s first-ever car was a green-colored Chrysler LeBaron convertible.
- If she wasn’t an actress, she would have been either journalist Diane Sawyer or newscaster Robin Roberts. This is because she would like to take interviews of many people.
- John Kennedy Jr. was his celebrity crush.
- In February 2023, Sarah was honored with the “Icon Award” at the 2023 SCAD TVfest.