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| SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR Emmy Award-winning actress Sarah Michelle Gellar is a veteran of television, theater and the big screen, having worked for nearly 19 of her 25years. Her birthday is April 14th. She is best known for playing the title role in the hit series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," for which she received a Golden Globe nomination in 2001. Gellar won an Emmy Award in 1994 for her role on the daytime drama "All My Children" as Kendall Hart. Sarah was originally casted as Cordelia but managed to argue her way up to the lead role. Actresses Charisma Carpenter and Julie Benz (Darla) also auditioned for Buffy, Sarah's talents include Tae Kwon Do, kickboxing, and ice-skating (she competed when she was younger). Sarah was estranged from her father for many years, after he left when she was eight. When Sarah began to get famous, her father came back, but she didn't want to know (he later died of an apparent suicide in October 2001,) is very close to her mother. We at the Slayer Society think she's the best actress ever! |
| JAMES MARSTERS James Wesley Marsters grew up in Modesto, California (that's right, the accent is fake). His birthday is August 20th. He decided when he was just three years old that he wanted to be an actor. He studied at Juilliard and has done a lot of work in theater. He loves theater acting, but also loves his work on Buffy � especially the violent scenes and stuntwork. James listens to all kinds of music, from Radiohead to the Sex Pistols, and he likes his steaks very rare. The scar on his left eyebrow is from an attempted mugging in New York, but the more interesting one is the one on his left leg: he shredded it on a sprinkler head as a child ("My leg slid down my bone like a sock"), was off his feet for almost a year, and the hair there grows sideways due to the skin graft he had done. James is an admitted night owl, but not really a partier � he doesn't drink, and he takes joy in late night cable television. He also performs in a club in San Marino, as he likes to sing and play guitar. |
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| ALYSON HANNIGAN Alyson Lee Hannigan, 28, got her start in show business at four years old, modeling and appearing in commercials (for such companies as McDonald's, Six Flags Amusement Parks, and Oreo cookies). At some point, her family moved to Atlanta, and later to California, so that Alyson could audition for more roles. At fourteen, she got her first big role, in the film, My Stepmother is an Alien; interestingly, Seth Green played her love interest in the movie. Though she continued working, Alyson didn't get famous until she got the part of Willow on Buffy, and the recognition has allowed her to start getting bigger roles in bigger movies. Alyson enjoys soccer (she hasn't played too much since she was injured at thirteen, though), she is a fan of old Shirley Temple movies, and she loves dolphins. She is computer literate, though not so much as her BtVS character, and she has been known to check out some of the fan sites dedicated to her and even to post at the official site's posting board. Alison's birthday is 24th March. |
| NICHOLAS BRENDON Nick Brendon went to college in Santa Clarita, California (he is a California native), where he played baseball. His original goal in life was to play professional baseball, but he had to give up that goal when he broke his arm in a manner which diminished his baseball performance. He decided to give acting a try (though he first had to work on eliminating his stutter) � his first job was a Clearasil commercial. But he wasn't getting a lot of work, so he got a behind the scenes job as a production assistant on "Dave's World." This led to an audition for the same series, which he nailed, and soon after his luck got a bit better, culminating in his landing the role of Xander on "BtVS." Nicholas enjoys baseball, basketball, and camping, and lives with his identical twin brother, Kelly (who is often mistaken for Nick by fans, and who doubled for Nick in episode 5.03, The Replacement). He's friends with fellow WB stars Jason Behr (Roswell) and Joshua Jackson (Dawson's Creek), and says that even if he could, he wouldn't change the character of Xander. |
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| Amber Benson, 23, a capricorn and started her acting career in her teens when she was involved in productions at the local community theatre, and studied singing and dancing as well as acting. Soon after this her family saw that she was serious about pursuing her chosen career, and they moved to Los Angeles, where she has enjoyed steady work ever since. Her previous movie credits were mostly as the "best friend" to the star. Among her credits are The Crush with Alicia Silverstone, Imaginary Crimes with Fairuza Balk and in Bye Bye Love as Eliza Dusku's (Faith) best friend. Her favorite food is tofu, and her favorite musician is Jeff Buckley. Amber lives with her mother and sister in LA. |