Handling stardom at a young age can be a difficult task. Just ask Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears. Meanwhile, Sarah Michelle Gellar stands out as an example of a child star who has managed her success with grace and professionalism.
Gellar, who grew up with a role on the popular TV series All My Children, claims that her busy Hollywood schedule actually steered her away from the troubles that plague so many of Tinseltown’s youngsters. “You don’t party when you’re on a TV show. You got to bed for 10 hours and you learn your lines,” she said.
The Buffy Babe continued to say, “I never smoked and I didn’t drink alcohol until I was 21.” And Gellar, who’s married to actor Freddie Prinze Jr, doesn’t understand why anyone would want to have to deal with living their life in the public eye.
“I don’t understand the need to give in to excess and lead your life in public. It doesn’t make sense to me,” she said, adding, “I look at all these kids getting fame and attention now and they’re just not equipped to deal with success at such a young age.”
Sarah Michelle Gellar (born April 14, 1977) is an American actress. After appearing in several television roles during the 1990s, Gellar came to fame for playing the role of Buffy Summers in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She has since become known as a film actress, having starred in the family film Scooby-Doo (2002), the independent film Harvard Man (2001), and the horror films The Grudge (2004) and I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997).
Gellar was born in New York City, the only child of Rosellen Greenfield, a nursery school teacher, and Arthur Gellar. Both of her parents were Jewish, though Gellar's family had a Christmas tree during the holidays while she was growing up.[1] In 1984, her parents divorced and she was brought up by her mother on the Upper East Side. Gellar was estranged from her father from this time until his death from liver cancer on October 9, 2001. She attended New York's Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School and the Professional Children's School. Gellar held a straight-A average and became a competent figure skater. Her best friend was Melissa Joan Hart, who later was the star of the series Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.
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