THEN & NOW: What happened to the stars of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' 20 years later

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March 8, 2017 7:42 PM

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is celebrating its 20th anniversary. See what Sarah Michelle Gellar and other cast members have been doing since the show ended.

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For 20 years, a petite, beautiful blonde girl has subverted the norm.

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" premiered on March 10, 1997, and ever since, we've been able to watch (and re-watch) Joss Whedon's fast-talking, atypical heroine save the world a hundred times over from vampires, demons, and other forces of darkness.

"Buffy" spawned a fanatic cult following, created its own language, inspired hundreds of scholarly books and articles (often dubbed Buffy Studies), and truly was "golden" even before the almighty Golden Age of Television started.

Beyond the show's large cultural footprint, "Buffy" also launched careers for many of its main stars. And some have had some surprising paths.

See what the main "Buffy" cast has been up to since the show premiered 20 years ago:

Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers)

memorable turns in the “Grudge” films, and in 2011 and 2013, she did single-season stints on the CW (“Ringer”) and CBS (“The Crazy Ones,” with the late Robin Williams).

Since, Gellar has laid relatively low. She continued her voice acting on “Star Wars Rebels” and filmed the now-shelved TV reboot of one of her hit movies “Cruel Intentions.”

Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg)

Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris)

Since 2010, he has been arrested several times.

Anthony Stewart Head (Rupert Giles)

David Boreanaz (Angel)

James Marsters (Spike)

Kristine Sutherland (Joyce Summers)

Classic, Joyce.

And this adorable interaction with Sarah Michelle Gellar is too precious for words.

Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia Chase)

Seth Green (Oz)

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