Sarah began her acting career at age 4 when she was discovered by an agent while eating in a local restaurant. Three weeks later she was on the set of her first film, An Invasion of Privacy. This chance discovery was to lead to a professional career which has lasted 24 of her 28 years of life. In addition to having been one of the two regular hostesses of the TV talk show, "Girl Talk," Sarah is a veteran of TV, film, and stage. She has appeared with Matthew Broderick and Eric Stoltz in "The Widow Claire" at the Circle in the Square theater, and had a feature film open in which she co-starred with Sally Kirkland and Robert Lupone. She has appeared on Spenser: For Hire, Love, Sidney, The David Letterman Show and The Regis Philbin Show. She has done over 100 commercials and is a Wilhelmina Model. She has also appeared in Crossbow which she filmed in France and Switzerland. Sarah played Molly in the original cast of Neil Simon's Jake's Women and young Jacqueline Bouvier in the award winning NBC mini-series A Woman Named Jackie. Sarah started to gain a small, but loyal, fanbase when she played the lead role of Sydney Rutledge in the teen soap opera, Swan's Crossing.

On February 24th 1993, Sarah Michelle began work on the set of All My Children. She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 1994 and, although she lost, she was nominated again in 1995 and won in the Younger Leading Actress category. Although she had given the producers 6 months notice of her decision to leave the show, she made her decision public the day after the Emmy win. After 2 ½ years, Sarah left the set of AMC and moved to California to seek new fame in films or TV.

In 1996, Sarah was picked as the lead of a new series called Buffy the Vampire Slayer based on the movie by the same name. Warner Brothers bought 13 episodes of the show, and although ratings of the pilot were the highest ever of any of the WB lineup, it ranked 100th out of 107 programs in the Nielson ratings. Warner Brothers renewed the show for another 22 episodes which began airing September 15th, 1997.

In June of 1997, Sarah finished shooting I Know What You Did Last Summer which stars her and Jenniffer Love Hewitt as teens who try to cover up a hit and run. It was released on October 17th and became number one that weekend, earning a profit in just two days. Shortly after filming IKWYDLS, Sarah flew down to Atlanta, GA to film Scream 2, which had the largest December opening of a film and made more money in it's first weekend than the other top 9 films combined.

Sarah next took a break from the horror genre to film Cruel Intentions, Simply Irresistible and Harvard Man.

On March 10, 1998, Sarah won a Blockbuster Entertainment Award in the Best Supporting Actress - Horror category for her role in I Know What You Did Last Summer.

On August 12th, 1999, Sarah signed a contract with Maybelline to become the first celebrity spokeswoman since Lynda Carter in the late 70's, and can be seen in television and print advertising for the makeup company.
The new millennium has been very favorable to Sarah so far. In 2000, she won a few awards given out by the Teen Choice Awards and the MTV Movie awards.

2001 proved to be a great year for her personal and professional lives. First, she earned a nomination in the Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series - Drama category in the Golden Globe Awards. Then she became engaged to Freddie Prinze Jr. on her birthday in April. The Teen Choice Awards also honored Sarah that summer with an Extraordinary Achievement Award.

In 2002, Scooby Doo, the movie Sarah co-starred in with Freddie, Matt Lillard and Linda Cardellini, became a summer blockbuster earning a whopping $250 million worldwide. In June she co-hosted the MTV Movie Awards, which became the highest rated in the show's history. This year also marked the most memorable occasion in her personal life. On September 1, 2002, Sarah and Freddie exchanged their marriage vows in a private ceremony in Mexico. In October, Sarah was honored with a Woman of The Year Award by Glamour Magazine during their Annual Women of The Year Awards.

In 2003, after 7 successful seasons of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", Sarah Michelle Gellar called it quits. She then focused on several projects, including Scooby Doo 2 and The Grudge, both of which were realeased in 2004. Sarah has decided to move on to movies but still looks back fondly on her years on Buffy. She had hoped to guest star on the spin-off "Angel" when her schedule cleared up, but the cancellation of that show in 2004 prevented it.

 

Nicholas Brendon is best known for his stint as Xander on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He is currently starring on FOX's Kitchen Confidential. He turned to acting when his aspirations of playing professional baseball were squelched by a serious arm injury.

He first appeared on television in a handful of commercials and guest-starring roles including Married…with Children and Dave's World. Feeling slightly disenchanted with Hollywood, he took a personal hiatus to play the "real-life" roles of medical student, production assistant, plumber's assistant, veterinary janitor, food delivery guy, script delivery guy, day care counselor and waiter (at approximately 13 different establishments). During his seventh year in the food and beverage industry, Brendon decided to give acting another try. Soon after, he landed the role of Xander and hung up his apron for good - he hopes.

His feature film credits include Psycho Beach Party and the horror film Pinata (aka Demon Island), in which he co-stars with wife Tressa DiFiglia. (She also appeared in Amber Benson's film Chance.)

Nick has also starred in Los Angeles theater productions of The Further Adventures of Tom Sawyer at Theater West, My Own Private Hollywood at the Black Hole Theater, and Out of Gas on Lover's Leap at the Pasadena Playhouse.

Off-screen, the Los Angeles native enjoys attending Dodger games, camping and spending quality time with friends and family. He also enjoys daydreaming of world travel, writing poetry, philanthropy and watching anything on A&E.

 

Alyson was born in Washington, DC in 1974. Her parents divorced in 1976 when she was only 2, and by 1978 (at the tender age of 4) she was living in Atlanta and working in commercials for Oreos, McDonalds, and Six Flags Amusement Parks.

In 1985 she moved from Atlanta to Los Angeles and began to pursue her acting career in earnest. She was casted in many movies but none of them gained her fame, until she audioned for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Although the part for Willow had already been casted, everyone was so impressed by Alyson's audition, that they gave her the part. She worked on the series for seven seasons.

Her work on the big screen includes such hits as “My Stepmother is an Alien” (1988) and the successful “American Pie” trilogy (1999-2003). She is proud of the success that the "American Pie" movies have found, and she is now widely known for being the "Band Camp Girl."

She and “Buffy” co-star Alexis Denisof were married in October of 2003. She can currently be seen on the televion show "How I Met Your Mother." Along with that, she can be also be seen guest starring on UPN's Veronica Mars

 

Anthony Stewart Head was born on Februaty 20th 1954 in Camden,(UK). His mother is actress Helen Shingler, and his father is Seafield Head, a producer and the founder of "Verity Films". He's got an elder brother (Murray), who is alo an actor. His lifecompanion is Sarah Fisher. Sarah and Anthony met when he was 28 and she was 18.Anthony and sarah have two
daughters; Emily Rose (born 1989) and Daisy May (born 1991).

Anthony was the Herald in the "Jackdaw of Rheims" at six, and the Emperor in the "Emperor's New Clothes" at seven. In junior high school he participated in house drama competitions and won three years running. while in scool he used to write plays. After high school, he worked for his father's company for a year as an assisting editor.

Head originaly wanted a career in music, and so he attended London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, where he stayed until 1976. Like many actors, he started his career on stage.
His debut was as Jesus in "Godspell" in London's West End. He really got his fame from a series of commercials for "Gold Blend coffee". This was a career booster, but now he was labeled as "a smooth talking, romantic leading man".

After his comercial hit, he decided to try his luck in the USA. He moved to Los Angeles and struggled for some time, not being able to get any TV jobs, until he landed the role as Oliver Sampson in the scifi series VR5. He also managed to land the role as Giles in the series Buffy The Vampire Slayer. In what free time he had from Buffy, Head was working on a Gothic musical. Anthony chose to become a recurring character in Buffy's sixth season, so that he could spend more time in England.

Head has appeared in many British television shows since then, such as the BBC's MI5 drama, Little Britain and Manchild.

 

Michelle has been acting since she was very young and was most recently in the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

For the past five years, Trachtenberg has been an active spokesperson for R.A.D.D., DARE America, The Starlight Foundation and many others. Her contributions to the fight against drugs earned her the prestigious responsibility of representing the youth of America at CNN's headquarters in Atlanta, where she helped President Clinton launch "The Coalition for a Drug Free America" campaign.

In her spare time, Trachtenberg enjoys yoga, swimming, bicycling, ice-skating, crafts, writing short stories and spending time with her family and friends and her two cats.

 

James Wesley Marsters was born August 20, 1962. He is originally from Greenville, California, but grew up in Modesto. His father used to be a minister, and his mother, a social worker, almost became a nun. He has one brother and one sister and graduated from Davis High School in Modesto. He studied at Juilliard, the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and the American Conservatory Theatre. While doing regional theatre in Chicago, he co-founded the New Mercury Theatre company (named after Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre). In 1990, New Mercury's founders packed the operation up and relocated to Seattle in the hopes of finding more opportunity. They played there for a number of years, using any available space, including the basements of restaurants and churches, but eventually found themselves a more permanent space near Pioneer Square. Acting on advice from fellow actors and seeing only meager future earnings on the stage, Marsters eventually departed to seek a more solid salary in Hollywood.

After taking several small guest starring roles on shows like Northern Exposure and Moloney, he landed the role of a vampire named Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. That short-term guest role turned into a long-term contract and James became a regular on the series in its fourth season. He also guest starred on Millennium on the FOX network and had a role in the 1999 horror film The House On Haunted Hill. In 1998, he filmed only a single episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but kept himself busy with a fairly large role in an independent film called Winding Roads.

Currently, he is appearing as a guest star on Smallville. James also spends much of his time doing convention appearances around the world and filming guest-starring roles for other series.

When he's not on camera, he works on his car, drives in the desert, paints, and writes. He also plays guitar and sings on stage at the Santa Monica nightclub 14 Below. James lives in the greater Los Angeles area and is currently single.
In addition to his acting talents, James is also a musician and performs regularly at California nightclubs. Typically, he sings his original compositions with a few cover songs thrown into the mix. Some of the artists he covers include Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Neil Young, and Nirvana.

James has traditionally been a solo act, but recently he's formed a band with Buffy the Vampire Slayer writers Steve DeKnight and Doug Petrie, as well as Soccer Hooligans guitarist Charlie DeMars. The band is called Ghost of the Robot and they have been touring around a bit.

 

David was born in Buffalo, New York and grew up in Philadelphia. As a child he dreamed of becoming an actor, and when he graduated high school he moved to New York and studied acting at Ithica College. After college, he moved to Los Angeles.

He got his first break when he played Kelly Bundy's boyfriend on the sitcom Married... With Children, but he was thrust into the limelight when he was tapped to play the vampire Angel in the successful Buffy, The Vampire Slayer series and it's spin-off, Angel.

David currently stars in the hit Fox series Bones with Emily Deschanel.

 

Charisma carpenter studied classical ballet as a child. After moving and changing high schools often, she attended Vista School of Creative and Performing Arts. After high school, she became a cheerleader for the San Diego Chargers.

In 1992, she moved to L.A. and attended classes at Playhouse West, where she appeared in many plays and telelvison commercials.

She got small roles in shows like 'Baywatch,' and appeared in the short-lived series 'Malibu Shores.' Later, she landed the role of Cordeila Chase on 'Buffy, the Vampire Slayer' and it's spin-off, 'Angel.'

In 2002 she wed Damian Hardy, and in 2004, the couple welcomed their son, Donovan, into the world.  

 

Emma has started her acting career in 1994 with a guest spot on an episode of Burke's Law. In 1995, Emma has a recurring role as Susan on Beverly Hills, 90210 in the show's sixth season.

After her stint on Beverly Hills, 90210, Emma then landed a part on the soap opera General Hospital.

Emma is best known for her portrayal of vengeance demon turned human, Anya, on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She joined the cast in their thirdt season (1998), and she was a star of the show until its ending in 2003.