Although an actress from age 4 and playing parts in the TV series All My Children, Sarah rose to fame for her part as Buffy in Joss Whedon's TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A confirmed workaholic, Sarah managed to squeeze in no less than four movies during breaks in shooting seasons of Buffy.
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Year |
Event |
| 1977 | Born on April 14th in New York City |
| 1981 |  Starred in the infamous Burger King commercial which compared their burgers against those of McDonalds starting The Battle of the Burgers. The case was settled out of court in 1982. |
| 1983 | Appeared as Valerie Harper's daughter in the TV movie An Invasion of Privacy |
| 1984 | Sarah's father, Arthur Gellar divorced her mother Appeared in the movie Over the Brooklyn Bridge |
| 1986 | Appeared in the TV movie Spenser : For Hire |
| 1988 | Appeared in the movie Funny Farm |
| 1989 | Appeared in the movie High Stakes |
| 1991 | Starred in the TV mini-series A Woman Named Jackie |
| 1992 | Starred in the TV series Swan's Crossing |
| 1993 | Starred in the TV series All My Children Nominated
for the Young Artist Award, Best Young Actress in a Television Series and Best Young Actress in an Off-Primetime Series, both for Swans Crossing |
| 1994 | Nominated for Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Leading Actress in a Drama Series Nominated for the Young Artist Award, Best Youth Actress in a Soap Opera for All My Children |
| 1995 |
Turned down a role in Clueless (1995), which she had really wanted, due to scheduling conflicts with All My Children |
| 1996 | Auditioned for the part of Cordelia in Buffy the Vampire Slayer but the producers Offered the role of Juliet in Romeo + Juliet (1996) but had to turn it down because of scheduling conflicts with All My Children |
| 1997 | March 10, first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer screened : 4V01 - Welcome to the Hellmouth Starred in the movies I Know What You Did Last Summer and Scream 2 |
| 1998 |
Turned down a role in The Faculty (1998). |
| 1999 |
Celebrated New Years Eve 1999 on the shores of Sydney Harbour, Australia. |
| 2000 |
Was offered the role of Brittany Foster in the The In Crowd but turned it down. The role went to Susan Ward. Considered for the role of Rogue in X-Men |
| 2001 |
Publicly announced that she is engaged to Freddie Prinze Jr.. (14 April) Offered the role of Portia de Rossi's role in Who Is Cletis Tout? Her biological father (Arthur Gellar, 60) was found dead from unconfirmed circumstances in his Manhattan apartment. (October 9) |
| 2002 |
On October 17, her wax model, by Madame Tussaud, was unveiled at the "Trail of Vampires" exhibition #8 on Google.com's most searched women in 2002 Married Freddie Prinze Jr, September 1 |
| 2003 | May 20, Season 7 (and series) Finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer  Won the Teen Choice Award, Choice TV Actress, Drama/Action/Adventure for Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Nominated for the Saturn Award, Best Actress in a Television Series for Buffy the Vampire Slayer Nominated for Kid's Choice Blimp Award, Favorite Female Butt Kicker for Buffy the Vampire SlayerNominated for the Golden Satellite Award, Best Performance for an Actress, Drama for Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| 2004 | Starred in the movies The Grudge and Scooby Doo 2 Nominated for the Saturn Award, Best Actress in a Television Series for Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| 2005 | Nominated for the MTV Movie Award, Best Frightened Performance for The Grudge Nominated for the Teen Choice Award, Choice Movie Actress : Action/Adventure/Thriller for The Grudge |
| 2007 | For her and Freddie's fifth wedding anniversary, she changed her last name to Prinze. |