Editing Sarah Michelle Gellar (section)

==Artistry and reception==
[[File:Sarah Michelle Gellar's Wax Statue.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Gellar's wax figure at [[Madame Tussauds]]]]
Known for often playing characters with "strength, sensitivity and snark" in the [[horror (genre)|horror]] genre,<ref name="Hrs" /> Gellar has been viewed as a "[[scream queen]]" throughout the majority of her career.<ref name="Smgsc">{{cite web | url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3699090/im-thing-monsters-nightmares-making-case-sarah-michelle-gellar-horror-icon/ | title="I'm the Thing Monsters Have Nightmares About" – Making the Case for Sarah Michelle Gellar as a Horror Icon | date=January 13, 2022 }}</ref> She has stated that horror offers actresses "the best roles" through which they "can really shine", and that it is in television where "women are the stars, but in films we're still struggling to play the leads".<ref name="Smgsc" /> Thus, she feels that she "couldn't just be the girlfriend or the wife in a film". She has said: "So I'll be wherever the good female roles are. I like horror."<ref name="Smgsc" /> Writing for ''[[Bloody Disgusting]]'', Alex DiVincenzo asserted that "''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''  alone should be enough to cement her horror icon status", and highlighting some of her roles in the genre, observed: "Regardless of whether they made it to the end credits, her characters were intelligent, resourceful, and empowering."<ref name="Smgsc" /> She has ranked 6th among "The All Time Greatest Horror Scream Queens" by ''CinemaBlend'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2558148/the-all-time-greatest-horror-scream-queens-ranked | title=The All Time Greatest Horror Scream Queens, Ranked | date=November 3, 2020 }}</ref> 4th among the "9 Greatest Scream Queens in All of Horror" by ''[[Syfy]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/horror-movie-scream-queens-jamie-lee-curtis-janet-leigh-nerve-campbell-sarah-michelle-gellar?amp | title=The 9 greatest scream queens in all of horror | date=October 11, 2022 }}</ref> and 8th among the "10 Best Scream Queens of the '90s" by ''[[Screen Rant]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://screenrant.com/best-scream-queens-1990s-movies/#jennifer-love-hewitt---i-know-what-you-did-last-summer-1997 | title=10 Best Scream Queens of the '90s | website=[[Screen Rant]] | date=December 2, 2022 }}</ref>

By the late 1990s, Gellar had become a household name, as well as one of [[American cinema|Hollywood]]'s "[[It Girl]]s".<ref name="gellarcareer" /> In 1998, she appeared on ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''{{'}}s Top 12 Entertainers of the Year and the "[[People (magazine)#People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People|Most Beautiful]]" list by ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine.  In 1999, she signed on to be the face of [[Maybelline]] —becoming the company's first celebrity spokeswoman since [[Lynda Carter]] in the late 1970s—<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cardona |first1=Mercedes M. |date=August 1999 |title='Buffy' star is new Maybelline 'face' |journal=Advertising Age |volume=70 |issue=33 |page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Michelle Gellar |url=http://www.tv.com/people/sarah-michelle-gellar/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121637/http://www.tv.com/people/sarah-michelle-gellar/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=August 14, 2015 |work=TV.com}}</ref> and was voted number one in ''[[FHM]]''{{'}}s "[[FHM's 100 Sexiest Women (UK)|100 Sexiest Women]]" of the year.<ref name="gellarsexiestlist">{{Cite web |title=Sweepstakes, contests, giveaways – Win money, prizes and free stuff online |url=https://winit.fhm.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111001316/http://www.fhm.com/girls/covergirls/sarah-michelle-gellar |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |website=FHM}}</ref> She was featured in the magazine's German, Dutch, South African, Danish and Romanian editions of the list since 1998.<ref name="AmIAnnoying.com">{{cite web |title=Sarah Michelle Gellar |url=http://www.amiannoying.com/(S(14c0ob45otihfn45itcmlrbm))/view.aspx?ID=576 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419070808/http://www.amiannoying.com/(S(bc0wab45mfgfhn45lruexm45))/view.aspx?ID=576 |archive-date=April 19, 2012 |access-date=August 8, 2008 |work=[[AmIAnnoying.com]]}}</ref> Topsocialite.com listed her as the 8th Sexiest woman of the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 18, 2007 |title=Sarah Michelle Gellar is one of the hottest women of the 90s according to Topsocialite.com |url=http://www.whedon.info/Sarah-Michelle-Gellar-is-one-of.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124215/http://www.whedon.info/Sarah-Michelle-Gellar-is-one-of.html |archive-date=February 9, 2019 |access-date=August 8, 2008 |publisher=whedon.info}}</ref>

In 2002, Gellar was honored with a Woman of the Year Award by ''[[Glamour Magazine|Glamour]]'' magazine,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/people/sarah-michelle-gellar/biography/ |title=Sarah Michelle Gellar Biography |work=TV.com |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=March 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309045940/http://www.tv.com/people/sarah-michelle-gellar/biography/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and her wax figure by [[Madame Tussauds]], was unveiled as part of the "Trail of Vampires" exhibition.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/sarahmichellegellar/ |title=Sarah Michelle Gellar: A Conversation |work=Empire |date=May 11, 2004 |access-date=April 15, 2020 |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200303/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/sarahmichellegellar/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Between 2002 and 2008, she was featured on the annual ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'' "Hot 100" list.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.maxim.com/hot-100/2002-hot-100 |title=2002 Hot 100 |magazine=Maxim |date=May 1, 2002 |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=February 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203014952/http://www.maxim.com/hot-100/2002-hot-100 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.maxim.com/hot-100/2003-hot-100 |title=2003 Hot 100 |magazine=Maxim |date=May 1, 2003 |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=December 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229082128/http://www.maxim.com/hot-100/2003-hot-100 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.maxim.com/hot100details/2008 |title=Hot 100 Details |magazine=Maxim |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=November 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126061844/http://www.maxim.com/hot100details/2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> Wearing a black lace [[bra]], she was on the cover of the December 2007 issue of ''Maxim'' and was named the 2009 Woman of the Year by the magazine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/62113/sarah-michelle-gellar-hotter-than-this |title=Sarah Michelle Gellar—Hotter Than This |work=E! |date=November 12, 2007 |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=September 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927052017/http://www.eonline.com/news/62113/sarah-michelle-gellar-hotter-than-this |url-status=live }}</ref> She was also featured in Google's Top 10 Women Searches of 2002 and 2003, coming in at No. 8,<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist2002.html |title=Google Press Center: 2002 Year-End Zeitgeist |date=December 9, 2002 |access-date=August 14, 2015 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924155721/http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist2002.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and was included in UK [[Channel 4]]'s 100 Greatest Sex Symbols in 2007, ranking at No. 16.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://celebritiesworldwide.com/NameInNews.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513180104/http://www.celebritiesworldwide.com/NameInNews.php?Year=2006&ContentID=1164|url-status=dead|title=Celebrities Worldwide &#124; Features and News |archivedate=May 13, 2012|website=celebritiesworldwide.com}}</ref> Other appearances and listings include ''Glamour''{{'}}s 50 Best Dressed Women in the World in 2004 and 2005,<ref name="AmIAnnoying.com" /> ''Entertainment Weekly''{{'}}s Top 100 TV Icons in 2007, and [[BuddyTV]]'s 100 Sexiest Women of 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/one-tree-hill/tvs-100-sexiest-women-of-2011-27145.aspx |title=TV's 100 Sexiest Women of 2011 |work=[[BuddyTV]] |date=January 7, 2012 |access-date=January 13, 2012 |archive-date=June 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621064400/http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/one-tree-hill/tvs-100-sexiest-women-of-2011-27145.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>