ACTOR
Sarah Michelle Gellar
- Known for
- I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), The Grudge (2004), Scooby-Doo (2002), Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
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Sarah Michelle Gellar is an actor best known for I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Grudge and Scooby-Doo.
All facts (106)
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Sarah Michelle Gellar trained in Tae Kwon Do for five years and also trained in kickboxing, boxing, street fighting and gymnastics.
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While filming The Grudge (2004), she had an allergic reaction to the Japanese water. During the shower scene in the film, the allergic reaction forced the crew to put garbage bags over her legs.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar remains good friends with David Boreanaz.
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She changed her surname to Prinze for her and Freddie's fifth anniversary. On their anniversary, she showed him her new driver's license.
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She is a natural brunette. She dyed her hair blonde for her role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997).
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Since taking the lead role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), she has earned a reputation as a "stickler" for set safety. This came to light when Charles Cyphers guest-starred in Go Fish (1998): during filming he was accidentally struck on the head by a piece of pipe. Although Cyphers was not seriously injured, Gellar "snapped to it" and angrily lectured the BTVS crew about the mishap.
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She first auditioned for the role of Buffy in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), but the producers thought she was better suited to play Cordelia. She auditioned for the role of Cordelia but stayed with the role of Buffy and ultimately beat out many other girls.
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Director Raja Gosnell wanted Fred and Daphne in Scooby-Doo (2002) to be played by a real-life Hollywood couple — Sarah and her real-life boyfriend Freddie Prinze Jr. She was his first choice.
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Asked which of her films she would not let her children watch, I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) or Cruel Intentions (1999), she chose Scooby-Doo (2002).
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In 1999 she signed a contract with Maybelline, becoming the company's first celebrity spokesperson since Lynda Carter in the late 1970s.
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She told Wes Craven during the filming of Scream 2 (1997) that she always did her own stunts on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), but that she was too afraid of being thrown off the balcony for her death scene in the film.
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She and actress Mila Kunis have a special credit at the end of every episode of Robot Chicken (2005).
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In Entertainment Weekly.com's countdown of the 25 most Emmy-nominated contenders, she ranked 22nd for her lead role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997); the series itself ranked 3rd.
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She did not like the sixth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) because of the darker tone of the stories.
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Her classmates at the Professional Children's School included Tara Reid, Ben Taylor, Jerry O'Connell, Donald Faison, Cari Shayne and Macaulay Culkin.
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She signed on to Scream 2 (1997) before even reading the script.
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She is a big fan of Dr. Seuss. Her hobbies include collecting rare books, especially editions of classic children's literature.
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She lists her favorite "Buffy" episodes as The Prom (1999), The Body (2001), Who Are You? (2000), Becoming: Part 1 (1998) and Becoming: Part 2 (1998).
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She has two children with her husband Freddie Prinze Jr.: Charlotte Grace, born 19 September 2009, and Rocky James, born 19 September 2012 (they share the same birthday).
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Sarah Michelle Gellar has been a longtime friend of actor Seth Green, and the two have collaborated many times. They can be seen together in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) and Robot Chicken (2005).
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She was invited to reprise the role of "Buffy Summers" in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (2003). She turned down both projects because she insisted on seeing the scripts and never did.
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Her tattoos include a Celtic symbol on her left hip, a Chinese symbol of integrity on her lower back, and a heart with a dagger through it on the inside of her right ankle.
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Her favorite film is Heathers (1989).
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She turned down the roles in The Faculty (1998) and The Fast and the Furious (2001) that went to Jordana Brewster.
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She is allergic to cats and has a phobia of broken glass.
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Her biological father, Arthur Gellar, 60, from whom she had long been estranged, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment under unverified circumstances.
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Her idol is Stockard Channing.
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She turned down roles in both Stardust (2007) and Romeo + Juliet (1996). Both roles later went to Claire Danes.
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She is close friends with actresses Shannen Doherty, Lindsay Sloane, Alyson Hannigan and Eliza Dushku.
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Her favorite actors are Tom Cruise, Daniel Day-Lewis, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Uma Thurman and Sandra Bullock.
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She was believed to appear as an "undercover" cameo in an episode of Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008), a rumor fueled by Whedon's joke in his DVD commentary noting the resemblance. Both she and Whedon stated that the extra was a look-alike, not her.
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She played the same character (Buffy Summers) in three different television series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), Angel (1999) and Robot Chicken (2005).
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She signed on to Southland Tales (2006) before even reading the script. She felt that writer/director Richard Kelly presented her with a world, an idea and a concept, so she could not say no.
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She strongly believes that Buffy and Angel should be together, and this reduced her to tears when the farewell scenes between Buffy and Angel were filmed. She also stated that she believes Joss Whedon's original intention was for Buffy and Xander to be a couple.
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Because of her commitment to Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), she had to turn down the roles of Angela in American Beauty (1999), Marla Singer in Fight Club (1999), Mary Fiore in The Wedding Planner (2001) and Jenny in Gangs of New York (2002).
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Sarah is a staunch shipper of the Buffy and Angel relationship, known as Bangel, from the first episode to this point.
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She has said that if she were not an actress, she would want to be a journalist or a writer of children's books.
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Among the guests at Sarah and Freddie's wedding were actors Dulé Hill, Shannen Doherty, Eva LaRue and Adam Shankman, as well as Sarah's close friend and maid of honor Lindsay Sloane.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Freddie Prinze Jr.
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She was Charles Randolph's first choice for the role of Alice Maladay in The Wonderful Maladys (2010), an HBO series that was not picked up.
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She was considered for the role of Rogue in X-Men (2000).
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She attended the Professional Children's School in New York City and graduated with a 4.0 grade point average.
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She threw a baby shower for her first child, and among the guests were Michelle Trachtenberg, Kristin Chenoweth, Shannen Doherty and Eva LaRue [1 August 2009].
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She threw a baby shower for Selma Blair, her co-star in Cruel Intentions (1999). Actress Jaime King also helped Gellar at the event. [21 May 2011].
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Her wedding dress was designed by Vera Wang.
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She ranked 18th among the Top 100 TV Teen Stars.
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In 2002 she co-hosted the MTV Movie Awards with Jack Black.
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She returned to work to begin filming The Crazy Ones (2013) seven months after giving birth to her son Rocky.
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Like her title character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), Gellar was a successful ice skater from childhood… she skated competitively for a while, until her mother made her quit to focus more on school and acting. Coincidentally, Sarah was born within 5 months of figure skating legend Nicole Bobek in the same year.
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She spent a lot of time in Australia filming movies and visiting friends on holiday. On 31 December 1999 she attended New Year's Eve celebrations on the shore of Sydney Harbour.
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In 2015 she founded Foodstirs Modern Baking together with Galit Laibow, Greg Fleishman and Gia Russo. She sold her remaining shares in 2022.
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She is a big fan of pop singer Kylie Minogue. While filming a movie in Australia, she attended the Fever2002 tour.
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She was considered for the character of Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries (2001).
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She is a fan of the New York Yankees (baseball), the New York Knicks (basketball), the New York Giants (football), the Los Angeles Dodgers (baseball) and the English football team Arsenal.
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She graduated from Columbia Preparatory School in New York City.
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She has said that she is constantly mistaken for actress Kellie Martin because of her appearance and voice, and that if fans asking for an autograph confuse her with Martin, she signs it "Kellie Martin." Coincidentally, both actresses were set to play Daphne Blake in the Scooby-Doo series. (Martin voiced Daphne in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988); Gellar was set to play Daphne in the first two live-action Scooby films, Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004).)
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Sarah Michelle Gellar replaced Kate Bosworth in the 2009 film Veronika Ölmeye Karar Veriyor.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar is an ambassador for CARE, a relief organization that helps fight poverty around the world. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama donated $25,000 to CARE.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar is a friend of Mädchen Amick. The two actresses became friends when Amick appeared with Gellar's husband, Freddie Prinze Jr., on the ABC sitcom Freddie (2005).
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Sarah Michelle Gellar voices the Seventh Sister/Inquisitor in Star Wars: Rebels (2014). Interestingly, George Lucas's original name for Yoda was "Buffy."
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Sarah Michelle Gellar beat out Rebecca Gayheart for the role of Cici in Scream 2 (1997).
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In 2002, Sarah Michelle Gellar ranked 8th on Google.com's list of most-searched women.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar is mentioned by name in Xzibit's song "Harder."
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When Sarah Michelle Gellar finished filming the unsold HBO pilot The Wonderful Maladys (2010), she was five months pregnant with her daughter Charlotte.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar was considered for the lead role of Wonder Woman (2017) in a film proposed by Warner Brothers.
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There were major rumors among fans that Sarah Michelle Gellar would star in The Dark Knight (2008): it was said she would play Harley Quinn, the Joker's slave, or replace Katie Holmes as Batman's love interest Rachel Dawes.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar's father was of Russian Jewish descent, and her maternal grandparents were Hungarian Jewish immigrants.
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In Los Angeles, Sarah Michelle Gellar led a screening of A Powerful Noise (2008), a documentary about women struggling against hardship. Actress Natalie Portman organized another screening in New York [March 6, 2009].
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In October 2015, Sarah Michelle Gellar founded Foodstirs with entrepreneurs Galit Laibow and Greg Fleishman. Foodstirs is a new brand that produces organic baking mixes and food preparation kits for families. Foodstirs is sold in more than 7,500 stores nationwide, as well as at 8,000 Starbucks locations and on foodstirs.com.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar ranked 32nd on FHM magazine's 2008 list of the 100 sexiest women, which earned her the title Comeback Queen, since she had not even appeared on the list the previous year and had released four films.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar was initially considered for the role of Alice in Resident Evil (2002).
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Sarah Michelle Gellar turned down roles in Clueless (1995), The Crucible (1996) and Romeo + Juliet (1996) because of scheduling conflicts with All My Children (1970).
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Sarah Michelle Gellar is the daughter-in-law of the late Freddie Prinze and Kathy Prinze.
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Director Chloé Zhao, said to be a big fan of the series, spoke about returning to the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997).
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She won 4 online TV Guide awards.
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She ranked 39th on FHM magazine's 100 Sexiest Women of 2009, which earned her the title of Eternal Flame, because after being number 1 for many years in 1999 she still placed near the top of the list.
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She ranked 18th on Wizard magazine's TV's Sexiest Women list (March 2008).
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She turned down the role of Rose-Marie in The Vampire Diaries (2009), which went to Lauren Cohan.
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She was considered for the role of Alex in 8 Mile (2002).
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She ranked 1st on FHM magazine's 1999 list of the 100 Sexiest Women in the World, and 3rd in 2000.
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When she appeared as a guest star in Moonshine River (2012), she was 5 months pregnant with her son Rocky.
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In the 2016 presidential election she supported and voted for the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
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She also turned down the lead role in the film Stardust (2007).
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In 1995, at the 22nd Daytime Emmy Awards, she won the award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Kendall Hart on All My Children. One of the two submissions she presented to voters was the episode that aired on 4 March 1994 (the other submitted episode is unknown). Her category was presented by Christopher Douglas, Michael Sabatino and Mark Valley.
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She ranked 9th on TV Guide's Sexiest Sci-Fi Women of All Time list [2009].
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She ranked 64th on FHM magazine's 2005 list of the 100 Sexiest Women in the World.
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She was in talks to play the role of Ranger in the film Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010).
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She was considered for the role of the Princess of Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels (2010).
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She ranked 45th on Maxim magazine's 2003 Hot 100 list.
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She ranked 94th on FHM magazine's 2006 list of the 100 Sexiest Women in the World.
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During a vacation to Hawaii with her husband Freddie Prinze Jr., she took surfing lessons [21 January 2008].
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She ranked 16th on Maxim Magazine's 2002 Hot 100 list.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar turned down the role of Sasha in Urban Legend (1998).
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Sarah Michelle Gellar was considered for the role of Claire Wilson in Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007).
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Sarah Michelle Gellar was named the 9th most beautiful person in the world by South Africa's People magazine in 2002.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar turned down the role of Brittany Foster in The in Crowd (2000).
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Sarah Michelle Gellar auditioned for the role in Where the Heart Is (2000) that went to Natalie Portman.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar is an only child, as is Kristy Swanson, the original "Buffy Summers."
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Sarah Michelle Gellar was James Toback's first choice to play Cindy Bandolini in Harvard Man (2001).
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In 2008, Sarah Michelle Gellar ranked 5th on Maxim Magazine's Hot 100 and Woman of the Year list.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar presented an award at the Glamour Awards 2003.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar ranked 26th on Maxim magazine's 2005 Hot 100 list.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar was considered for the role of Julie Barnes in The Mod Squad (1999).
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Sarah Michelle Gellar turned down the role played by Portia de Rossi in Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001).
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Sarah Michelle Gellar's daughter is named Charlotte Grace; the name means "graceful man," and Charlotte is the feminine form of the male name Charles.
Continue through the archive
- Scooby-Dooas Daphne
- I Know What You Did Last Summeras Helen Shivers
- I Know What You Did Last Summeras Helen Shivers
- The Grudgeas Karen
- Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashedas Daphne
- Simply Irresistibleas Amanda Shelton
- Southland Talesas Krysta Kapowski
- Ringeras Bridget Kelly
- Masters of the Universe: Revelationas Teela
- The Crazy Onesas Sydney Roberts
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