Sarah Michelle Gellar
American actress and entrepreneur, Sarah Michelle Gellar started her career in acting from the TV movie, An Invasion of Privacy in 1983. Following her debut, she worked in several movies and TV series from where she has been nominated for several prestigious awards and won some of them as well which include Teen Choice Awards, Daytime Emmy Awards, and MTV Movie Awards among others.
Active in the industry for decades has earned $ million net worth and $ thousand salary. She also made her income from her businesses.
Regarding her personal life, she is married to her actor husband, Freddie Prinze Jr. with whom she welcomes two children, a son, and a daughter.
Early Life And Education Of Sarah Micelle Gellar
Sarah Michelle Gellar was born on 1997, 14th April in New York City, New York, the U.S.A under the birth sign Aries. Gellar is American as per nationality and as far as her ethnicity is concerned, she is White.
Gellar is the only child of Rosellen Gellar, a nursery school teacher, and Arthur Gellar, a garment worker. Both of her parents were Jewish. Although they had a Christmas tree on holiday and Christmas festival during Gellar’s childhood. She followed “Judaism” religion.
Moreover, when she was seven-years-old, her parents got divorced and she started living with her mother on the city's Upper East Side. After she started living with her mother, she completely lost the contact with her father.
When she was young, she was a competitive figure skater who finished third at New York State regional competition. Regarding her academics, she studied at the Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School where she was given a partial scholarship as her mother could not pay tuition fees for which she was bullied.
Later, she joined Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts but dropped out due to acting obligation. In 1994, she graduated from teh Professional Children's School where she earned a 4.0-grade average,
Sarah Michelle Gellar's Career - Movies And TV Series
Sarah Michelle Gellar started her career of acting at the age of 4 she was discovered by an agent while eating in a local restaurant. Later on about three weeks, In 1983 she made a doubt by the first TV movie An Invasion of Privacy. She got a chance of leadership role as Sydney Rutledge on the movie Awans Crossing(1992).
On the ABC daytime teen soap opera All My Children in 1970 she has originated the role of Kendall Hart, later on, she was awarded by the Emmy Award on category Outstanding Younger Actress(1995). The series starred Susan Lucci, Cameron Mathison, and Kelly Ripa.
During her acting career in 1997, she acts on two horror movies I Know What You Did Last Summer & Scream 2. She played as the role of Buffy Summers on the hit television series WB/UPN “Buffy the Vampire Salyer”. Her performance was highly appreciated and was a s sociated in the series from 1997 to 2003 appearing in 144 episodes.
She appeared on the show along with Nicholas Brendon, Mercedes McNab, Alyson Hannigan, and Seth Green.
Sarah Michelle Gellar's Awards and Nomination
Sarah Geller has been nominated for several awards for her works and won some of them as well. Here is the list of her won awards:
- 1995 = Daytime Emmy Awards for All My Children.
- 1998 = Blockbuster Entertainment Awards for I Know What You Did Last Summer.
- 1999 = Saturn Awards and Teen Choice Awards for Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- 1999 = Teen Choice Awards for Cruel Intentions.
- 2000 = MTV Movie Awards twice for Cruel Intentions.
- 2000 = Saturn Awards and Teen Choice Awards for Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- 2001 = Teen Choice Awards.
- 2002 = Kids' Choice Awards, Teen Choice Awards, and SFX Awards for Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- 2002 = Young Hollywood Awards.
- 2002 = Teen Choice Awards for Scooby-Doo.
- 2003 = Teen Choice Awards for Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- 2004 = SFX Awards for Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- 2012 = E! Golden Remotes Awards for Ringer.
- 2014 = People's Choice Awards for The Crazy Ones.
Besides, some of her other nominated awards include Zap2it Awards, Teen Choice Awards, Entertainment Weekly Entertainers of the Year Award, MTV Movie Awards, and Daytime Emmy Awards.
Sarah Michelle Gellar's Net Worth
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Sarah Michelle Gellar has an estimated net worth of $20 million whereas as per The Richest, her net worth is estimated to be $15 million.
Gellar worked in several movies with an impressive box office collection:
| Movies | Budget | Box Office Collection | IMDB Rating | Cast Members |
| I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) | $17 million | $125.2 million | 5.7 | Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., and Ryan Phillippe. |
| Scream 2 (1997) | $24 million | $172.4 million | 6.1 | Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, and David Arquette. |
| She's All That (1999) | $10 million | $103.2 million | 5.8 | Racheal Leigh Cook, Freddie Prinze Jr., and Paul Walker. |
| Scooby-Doo (2002) | $84 million | $275.7 million | 5.0 | Matthew Lillard, Frank Welker, and Linda Cardellini. |
| The Grudge (2004) | $10 million | $187.2 million | 5.9 | Takako Fuji, Yuya Ozeki, and Takashi Matsuyama. |
Gellar earns a salary of $100k per episode from her TV series.
Investments
Besides, she also owns her fortune to smart stock investments substantial property holdings, lucrative endorsement deals with Covergirl cosmetics. Moreover, she launched her own brand of Vodka which is tackling the junior market with top-selling perfume. She also has a fashion brand, Sarah Michelle Gellar Seduction.
Gellar co-founded Foodstirs in October 2015 which is a food crafting brand and e-commerce startup selling easy to make banking kit for families and children. She also released a cookbook, Stirring up Fun with Food in 2017 costs $15.24 in Kindle and $16.04 in Hardcover.
Property
Regarding her properties, she owns a Bel Air House worth $5.5 million. She has a collection of cars including
- Lexus RX 350 = $43k.
- Toyota Prius = $26k.
Charity
The talented actress is also involved in several charitable activities. She is an active advocate for breast cancer research, Habitat for Humanity, and CARE among others.
Gellar also raised funds for Project Angel Food and Make-A-Wish Foundation. Moreover, she along with John Leguizamo, Hilary Duff, and Amanda Bynes were features on Vaseline's Skin Is Amazing campaign in 2007. Similary, she agreed to auction her nude pictures on eBay so that to raise fund for the Coalition of Skin Diseases.
Sarah Michelle Gellar's Personal Life
Sara Michelle Gellar is a married woman who tied the knot to her boyfriend turned husband Freddir Prinze Jr., an American actor famously known for his works in What You Did Last Summer and Summer Catch.
The couple met for the first time while filming the teen horror 1997's movie, I Know What You Did Last Summer. Gellar did not date her husband until 2000 instead of they have been met before during the movie “I know You Did Last Summer”(1997). The following year, they got engaged and married on 1st September 2002 in a ceremony by a director, Adam Shankman. The couple worked in several movies together.
Furthermore, they share two children, a daughter, and a son. Their daughter, Charlotte Grace was born in 2009 whereas their son, Rocky James was born in 2012. The family currently resides in Los Angeles.
Besides, In 2007 she automatically changed her name Sarah Michelle Gellar to Sarah Michelle Prinze. The couple is inseparable since they started dating and they together are really making a good family. They are together for years without any divorce rumor.
Sarah Michelle Gellar's Body Measurement
- Height = Sarah Michelle Gellar stands at the height of 5 feet and 4 inches.
- Weight = According to the information from different sources, her weight is about 55 kg.
- Body Measurement = Her body measurement is 32-23-32 inches.
- Age = As of 2018, her age is 41.
- Nickname = Her nickname is “Sa s sy”.
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