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Sarah Michelle Gellar
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April 14, 1977 in New York City, NY
Biography:The 5' 3," sandy blonde-haired Gen-Y icon Sarah Michelle Gellar's life story reads like a preteen wish fulfillment fantasy. Born in Manhattan in 1977 and discovered by an agent in a Manhattan restaurant at the age of four, Gellar signed for her first role (in the 1983 telemovie An Invasion of Privacy) not one week later. A plethora of bit parts in television series (Spenser: For Hire) and theatrical films (Over the Brooklyn Bridge, 1984; Funny Farm, 1988; High Stakes, 1989) followed, before Gellar landed a recurring role, in the early '90s, on the decades-long daytime soap opera All My Children. Throughout the early years of her career, Gellar was managed and supervised by her mother, a former nursery school teacher who insisted on straight A's as a prerequisite of an acting career. Sarah Michelle delivered, time and again.

Despite the apparent fairy tale-like quality of her rise, Gellar reportedly... Full Biography

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Sarah Michelle Gellar attends a Self Magazine event in New York on Oct. 4, 2007.
Sarah Michelle Gellar photographed in 2004
Sarah Michelle Gellar in a promo shot from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar attends the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in Santa...
Sarah Michelle Gellar attends the premiere of "The Grudge" at the Mann Village Theatre in Westwood,...
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Charisma Carpenter and Alyson Hannigan in a promo shot for "Buffy the Vampire...
Sarah Michelle Gellar photographed in 2002
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