The 14 Saddest Things About Sarah Michelle Gellar's Life

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BY TREVA BOWDOIN/JAN. 19, 2023 5:29 PM EST

For Sarah Michelle Gellar, high school was hell on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." As the titular heroine, she battled actual demons while also dealing with bullies, the pressure to get passing grades, and other stressors amplified by teen angst. Gellar went on to establish herself as a scream queen in horror movies including "I Know What You Did Last Summer" and "The Grudge," and she built quite a life for herself with the fruits of all that fake blood spatter.

Gellar and her "Scooby-Doo" co-star, Freddie Prinze Jr., started a family together and celebrated two decades of marriage in 2022. They've gone the distance, but not without some snags: Gellar did confess on "Harry" that Prinze Jr. once got so obsessed with "World of Warcraft" that she had to join a "Widows of Warcraft" support group, but their marriage survived. Gellar has also avoided some of the tragedies that often befall other former child stars who grow up in the spotlight, including battles with addiction and bad press for partying too hard. "I never smoked and I didn't drink alcohol until I was 21," she told Metro in 2008. And instead of celebrating with a splurge the first time she got paid for her "Buffy" work, she told CNBC Make It that she put her paycheck into savings. "You heard all those stories about actors that make money and people run off with it," she said.

But as cautious and careful as Gellar has been, she hasn't been able to keep her life devoid of misfortune.