Characters

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  Buffy Summers

  Sarah Michelle Gellar

  Emmy(R) Award-winning actress Sarah Michelle Gellar is a veteran of television, theatre and the big screen, having worked for nearly 19 of her 24 years. She is best known for playing the title role in the hit series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, for which she received a Golden Globe(R) nomination in 2001.

   

  In 1997, Gellar starred in I Know What You Did Last Summer and Scream 2. She won a 1998 Blockbuster Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in I Know What You Did Last Summer and was nominated for a 1998 MTV Movie Award for her role in Scream 2. Her additional film credits include Cruel Intentions, Simply Irresistible, Harvard Man, Funny Farm, Over the Brooklyn Bridge and High Stakes. Gellar can also be seen in the Warner Bros. feature Scooby Doo, co-starring Freddie Prinze Jr.

   

  Gellar won an Emmy(R) Award in 1994 for her role on the daytime drama All My Children. She also starred in the made-for-television movie An Invasion of Privacy and the mini-series A Woman named Jackie, in which she played a young Jackie Kennedy.

   

  Her theatre credits include The Widow Claire at the Old Globe Theatre and Jake's Women, opposite Matthew Broderick, at Circle in the Square.

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  Angel

  David Boreanaz

  While relatively new to the world of acting when he landed a guest-starring role on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, David Boreanaz catapulted to stardom with his quiet intensity as the mysterious and tortured Angel and ultimately landed his own long-running series. Boreanaz also appeared in The Crow: Wicked Prayer, the fourth installment of the horror series, also starring Dennis Hopper, Edward Furlong, Tara Reid and Macy Gray.

   

  A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Boreanaz was exposed to television at a young age -- his father is a veteran weather forecaster for WPVI in Philadelphia. After graduating from Ithaca College, he moved to Los Angeles to try his luck in Hollywood.

   

  While studying the craft of acting, Boreanaz lived the life of a starving actor, making ends meet by parking cars, painting houses and handing out towels at a sports club. Yet, it was while walking his dog in a Hollywood neighborhood that a manager spotted his brooding, intense look and instantly signed him as a client. His first big break was a guest spot on Married... With Children playing Kelly Bundy's (Christina Applegate) biker boyfriend.

   

  In 2002 Boreanaz starred in the romantic comedy I'm with Lucy, with Monica Potter, Henry Thomas and Anthony LaPaglia. He also starred in the Warner Bros. thriller Valentine.

   

  On stage, Boreanaz has performed at the Ensemble Theatre in Hat Full of Rain, at the Gardner Stage in Italian-American Reconciliation and Fool for Love, and on theatre row in Cowboy Mouth. His feature film credits include Aspen Extreme, Best of the Best 2 and Eyes of the World.

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  Xander Harris

  Nicholas Brendon

  Nicholas Brendon turned to acting when his aspirations of playing professional baseball were squelched by a serious arm injury. He first appeared on television in a handful of commercials and guest-starring roles including Married With Children and Dave's World. Feeling slightly disenchanted with Hollywood, he took a personal hiatus to play the "real life" roles of medical student, production assistant, plumber's assistant, veterinary janitor, food delivery guy, script delivery guy, day care counsellor and waiter at approximately 13 different establishments.

   

  During his seventh year in the food and beverage industry, Brendon decided to give acting another try. Soon after, he landed the role of Xander in the hit series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and hung up his apron for good.

   

  Brendon's feature film credits include Psycho Beach Party and the horror film Pinata, in which he co-stars with his wife, Tressa Di Figlia.

   

  Brendon has also starred in the Los Angeles theatre productions of The Further Adventures of Tom Sawyer at Theatre West, My Own Private Hollywood at the Black Hole Theatre and Out of Gas on Lover's Leap at the Pasadena Playhouse.

   

  Off-screen, the Los Angeles native enjoys attending Dodger games, camping and spending quality time with friends and family. He also enjoys daydreaming of world travel, writing poetry, philanthropy and watching television programs on the A&E Network.

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  Willow Rosenberg

  Alyson Hannigan

  Alyson Hannigan is best known to television audiences as Willow on the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, for which she won a Teen Choice Award and a Saturn Award.

   

  Her other television credits include Touched by an Angel, Picket Fences and Roseanne. She had a recurring role on the series Almost Home and was a series regular on Free Spirit.

   

  Her feature film credits include American Pie, American Pie 2, for which she won a Teen Choice Award, American Wedding, Date Movie, Beyond the City Limits, Dead Man on Campus and My Stepmother Is an Alien.

   

  Hannigan was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Atlanta.

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  Rupert Giles

  Anthony Head

  Anthony Stewart Head has enjoyed a successful acting career in his native England for many years, but before his role as Rupert "Ripper" Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, it was a popular series of coffee commercials that brought him his greatest recognition in the United States. Head starred as the intriguing romantic lead in a dozen Taster's Choice commercials.

   

  He was a regular cast member on the sci-fi television series VR.5. He also guest starred on the series Highlander and NYPD Blue. Additional credits include the cable movie Royce with Jim Belushi and the feature films A Prayer for the Dying, Devil's Hill and Lady Chatterley's Lover.

   

  Head also starred in the original cable movie Best Actress, as well as the original television movie Silent Witness.

   

  Head has appeared in many British productions, most recently in Manchild, described as a British version of Sex and the City, albeit from the male perspective, and in the critically acclaimed Spooks, with Matthew MacFadyen, Peter Firth and Jenny Agutter, about the British spy organization, MI5.

   

  Born in Camden Town, England, Head grew up in a "show business family." His mother is an actress and is best known for her role as Madame Maigret in the British television series Maigret. His father was a documentary producer who created the British production company known as Verity Films. Head attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and got his first show business break playing Jesus in Godspell. He went on to star in a number of West End theater productions, including The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Julius Caesar, The Heiress, Chess, Rope and Peter Shaffer's Yonadab at the Royal National Theater.

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  Dawn Summers

  Michelle Trachtenberg

  On Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Michelle Trachtenberg portrayed Dawn, Buffy's mystery-laden younger sister.Trachtenberg was first known for her starring role in Harriet the Spy, opposite Rosie O'Donnell, when she was only 10 years old. The role earned her the Best Lead Actress in a Feature Film Award from Young Artists of Hollywood.

   

  A native New Yorker, Trachtenberg began her acting career at the age of three when she appeared in her first television commercial. Since then, she has appeared in more than 100 national spots and has had starring roles both in film and on television. In 1999, Trachtenberg starred opposite Matthew Broderick in the live-action feature film Inspector Gadget. Her other feature credits include roles in the independent films Can't Be Heaven, The Cage and Melissa, and in the teen comedy EuroTrip.

   

  In her spare time, Trachtenberg enjoys yoga, swimming, bicycling, ice skating, crafts, writing short stories and spending time with her family and friends and her two cats.

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  Spike

  James Marsters

  James Marsters became a favorite of fans around the world when he played the character Spike, a punk-Goth vampire on the critically acclaimed television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. After six seasons on Buffy, he continued the role on the equally popular spin-off Angel. Marsters has received numerous nominations and awards, including the Spacey award, the Saturn Award, the Cinescape Face of the Future award, the Golden Satellite Award, and the Teen Choice Award.

   

  He co-starred in the feature film P.S. I Love You, a love story also starring Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler and Kathy Bates. His other feature film credits include The House on Haunted Hill, Winding Roads and the independent thriller Chance and Shadow Puppets.

   

  Marsters is also a successful singer/songwriter who for two years was the front man of Ghost of the Robot, a band that enjoyed sold out tours around the world before disbanding in 2004. That same year, Marsters' musical interests took yet another exciting turn as he performed solo acoustic concerts of his own material. In conjunction with the release of his first solo album in 2005, CIVILIZED MAN, Marsters enjoyed a triumphant solo tour of the United Kingdom and Australia, selling out every performance to enthusiastic crowds.

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  Anya Jenkins

  Emma Caulfield

  Born and raised in San Diego, Caulfield began studying drama at the La Jolla Playhouse while still in high school and the renowned Old Globe Theater where she won the honor of “Excellence in Theater Arts.” She continued her studies at San Francisco State University and UCLA. After college, she continued her drama studies at TASIS (The American School in Switzerland) in London.

   

  Caulfield’s big break came in 1995 when she joined the cast of Beverly Hills, 90210 as Brandon’s (Jason Priestly) journalist girlfriend, Susan Keats. Following her stint on the primetime serial, she landed the role of Lorraine Miller on the daytime drama General Hospital.

   

  Emma Caulfield first appeared on the wildly popular Buffy the Vampire Slayer as a guest star during the 1998-99 season, portraying the demon Anyanka, patron saint of scorned women. Then, the character lost her powers and became Anya, an 1,120-year-old mortal teenager, and Caulfield joined the cast as a series regular. Born and raised in San Diego, Caulfield began studying drama at the La Jolla Playhouse while still in high school and the renowned Old Globe Theater where she won the honor of “Excellence in Theater Arts.” She continued her studies at San Francisco State University and UCLA. After college, she continued her drama studies at TASIS (The American School in Switzerland) in London.

   

  Caulfield’s big break came in 1995 when she joined the cast of Beverly Hills, 90210 as Brandon’s (Jason Priestly) journalist girlfriend, Susan Keats. Following her stint on the primetime serial, she landed the role of Lorraine Miller on the daytime drama General Hospital.

   

  Emma Caulfield first appeared on the wildly popular Buffy the Vampire Slayer as a guest star during the 1998-99 season, portraying the demon Anyanka, patron saint of scorned women. Then, the character lost her powers and became Anya, an 1,120-year-old mortal teenager, and Caulfield joined the cast as a series regular.