An Emmy
In 1993, Sarah Michelle Gellar got the part of Kendall Hart (Erica Kane's long-lost bad daughter) on the daytime soap-drama All My Children.
In this character, Gellar gained some valuable acting experience: seducing her stepfather, forcing the breakup of one of her mother's numerous marriages, faking a pregnancy, shooting people, attempting suicide and falling into a coma.
She was nominated for an Emmy in 1994, although didn't win the award. But in 1995 she was nominated again and this time went home with the Emmy award for Outstanding Younger Actress.