You may know her better as Buffy Summers from the cult-hit Buffy the Vampire Slayer. For some, she is much more than a vampire slaying blonde. For me, Buffy was an escape from day-to-life. Every Tuesday night (from 4th grade on), I’d stop everything and tune into the show. She became the ultimate role model for me and millions of others. Here was this young girl, forced to live in the shadows, hiding her predestined secret from her mother, her fellow classmates, and her loves. While living an outwardly normal life in the day, she was forced to live another life at night. I followed her through all the stages of my young life. She was a new gay generations ultimate icon. Young, powerful, and in charge of her life, despite what others thought of her.

But enough about Buffy, it’s all about our girl Sarah Michelle Gellar today. This lovely mother turns 33 today. You may remember that Gellar started off her career in All My Children as Kendall Hart the long-lost daughter of Susan Lucci. The role scored her a Daytime Emmy. After the success of Buffy she stared in a slew of teen movies like I know What You Did Last Summer, Simply Irresistible, Scream 2, Cruel Intentions, and as Daphne in the Scooby Doo films. Sarah’s highest grossing film was the Japanese horror flick The Grudge. While her career has slowed down in recent years, so she can devote time to her daughter, Charlotte Grace Prinze, with Freddy Prinze Jr., we know Sarah will be back on the screen in no time.