He felt that blondes needed a better image and thus, Buffy the Vampire Slayer was born.
Not only did the show flip stereotypes by making the pretty, blonde girl the hero, but it also showcased a group of high school outsiders who routinely saved the world.
She was also seen on the covers of such successful magazines as Rolling Stone.
She had been spotted by an agent when she was just four years old in New York City, and then, Sarah Michelle Gellar had made her acting debut in An Invasion of Privacy in the year, 1983.
In 2004, Buffy the Vampire was officially over and scream queen Gellar was the star of yet another horror flick.