Buffy': Where Are They Now?
Welcome (back) to the Hellmouth.
For seven years, Buffy and the Scooby gang kicked, punched and staked countless vampires (or should we say "undead Americans"?), demons, monsters, witches, zombies and other forces of darkness-y things. Buffy was a student by day, Slayer by night. As she once said, "If the apocalypse comes, beep me."
We check in to see what the Scoobies, their friends and foes have been doing since their time in Sunnydale.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar
Buffy Summers
Then: As a precocious child actress, Gellar became famous for bad-mouthing McDonald's in a Burger King commercial. Later, she starred in teen drama 'Swan's Crossing' and soap opera 'All My Children' as daytime diva Erika Kane's ('Susan Lucci') on-screen daughter Kendall. Two years after 'AMC,' Gellar took on the iconic role of Buffy Summers and staked a place in television history.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar
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Now: Through 'Buffy''s run, Gellar starred in numerous movies including 'I Know What You Did Last Summer,' 'Scream 2,' 'Cruel Intentions' and the 'Scooby Doo' franchise, in which she starred alongside husband Freddie Prinze Jr. After the series ended, she continued her film career, often in horror movies like 'The Grudge,' but will return to television in HBOs' 'The Wonder Maladys' in 2009.
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Anthony Stewart Head
Rupert Giles
Then: Before playing Buffy's Watcher, Head had a prolific TV career in his native Britain and the U.S., appearing as a regular on no fewer than two U.K. series and in guest spots on such BBC shows as 'MI-5' and 'Jonathan Creek' and American series 'NYPD Blue,' 'Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place' and 'Fillmore!' But he was best known in the States for a series of Nescafe coffee commercials.
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Anthony Stewart Head
Rupert Giles
Now: Head's gone back across the pond; U.S. fans are most likely to have caught him on the cult hit comedy 'Little Britain,' as the Prime Minister; he had a blink-and-you'll-miss-him part in Tim Burton's 'Sweeney Todd,' and will next show up in the odd 'Repo! The Genetic Opera' and as Duncan in an updated version of 'Macbeth.'
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Alyson Hannigan
Willow Rosenberg
Then: Hollywood really is a small place: Hannigan's first major movie role was in 1988's 'My Stepmother's an Alien' -- also featuring her future on-screen boyfriend Seth Green. After appearances on 'Picket Fences' and 'Roseanne,' she won the role of Buffy's nerdy best friend/powerful witch. Fun fact: Hannigan wasn't the first Willow; Riff Regan played the part in the show's pilot presentation.
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Alyson Hannigan
Willow Rosenberg
Now: 'Buffy' not only helped Hannigan launch a movie career, with roles in the 'American Pie' franchise and 'Date Movie' -- it introduced her to husband Alexis Denisof (who played Wesley Wyndham-Pryce). She returned to television first in a recurring role on 'Veronica Mars,' and currently stars in the comedy 'How I Met Your Mother.'
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Nicholas Brendon
Xander Harris
Then: Before his breakthrough role in 'Buffy,' you might have seen Brendon as "Guy in Ray-Ray's Gang" in an episode of 'Married ... With Children' or "Basketball Player One" in 'Children of the Corn III' -- but probably not. Brendon leveraged his popularity to draw attention to stuttering, from which he'd suffered, by doing PSAs for the Stuttering Foundation of America. He also threw some work to his identical twin, actor Kelly Donovan, who played his seemingly evil twin in one ep and was his body double when Brendon was too sick to work.
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Nicholas Brendon
Xander Harris
Now: Reportedly, 'Buffy' creator Joss Whedon wanted Brendon for the role of Malcolm Reynolds on his other show 'Firefly,' but Brendon couldn't fit it into his schedule, so the part went to Nathan Fillion. Since 'Buffy' ended, Brendon co-starred in the short-lived 'Kitchen Confidential,' voiced a character in 'American Dragon: Jake Long' reunited with 'Buffy' co-star Charisma Carpenter in an ABC Family movie and had a story arc on 'Criminal Minds.'
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Cordelia Chase
Then: The former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader had a story arc on 'Malibu Shores' before she appeared as Cordy, a snooty cheerleader who eventually became a core member of the 'Buffy'-verse. She had a long and complicated romance with Xander and moved to L.A. to work as an investigator on 'Angel,' until she was written of in the show's fifth season.
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Reader Comments (26)
martha at 1:15AM on Oct 9th 2008
Why so dismissive (and wrong)about what Amber Benson has been up to? In addition to acting, she's been writing, directing and producing projects. See http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0072435/ or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Benson for details the article failed to mention. She's certainly a lot more successful and busy than you portray! "Tara" deserves better.
Dave at 7:17AM on Oct 9th 2008
A Buffy alum you missed - Robia LaMorte (Jenny Calendar) has mostly retired from acting and is engaged full-time in Christian ministry and counseling, though she still shows up from time-to-time in TV adverts as an Oil of Olay spokeswoman. She has a website at http://www.robialamorte.com.
Ash Nielsen at 7:54AM on Oct 9th 2008
Thank You AOL
This was an in depth awesome review of where our fav Buffy characters are now..
What I'm seeing?
We should all come back for a BUFFY MOVIE!
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Morgan Myers at 4:21PM on Oct 9th 2008
Another memorable Buffy alum you missed: Robin Sachs, who guest starred as Rupert Giles' old frenemy, Ethan Rayne.
More info on Robin Sachs can be found at http://www.robinsachs.com/ and http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0755179/.
ambercats310 at 8:26PM on Nov 12th 2008
Ya blew it! Amber Benson has been a whole lot busier than you've given her credit for. Writing,directing, producing for the BBC, her own movies, writing books, short stories, oh yeah acting in movies. But then author of this gallery must not get out much!
Alex at 2:22PM on Oct 20th 2008
WOW!!! Sarah Michelle Gellar posing nude here:
http://www.bcelebvideos.com/video.php?v=Sarah-Michelle-Gellar-posing-nude
gkirtf at 3:32PM on Oct 20th 2008
All I can say is wow Charisma, you have grown! Looking as good as ever (even better with the new 'look').
Chris at 5:05PM on Oct 20th 2008
anthony head also plays the king on UK Tv show "Merlin"
He's terrific on there check it out
Genevieve at 5:38PM on Oct 20th 2008
XD amazery.
Though I'm actually sad to here Alexis Denisof has Bell's Palsy.
I'm checking IMDB now for Amber Benson, she's been a lot busier than what they are saying, staying more on the indie circuit... not famous, but still awesome.
Burt at 3:53PM on Oct 20th 2008
Remember Cordelia??? Ever since her spread in Playboy, she has adorned the toolbar of my PC! Would love to add this latest pic to my collection.