Laura Fries of Variety, the Hollywood trade paper, noted in her review of Jett Jackson: The Movie that " Young serves as an appealing role model, much like Sarah Michelle Gellar's Buffy the Vampire Slayer -- someone who can fulfill young, action craving audiences without the gratuitous violence.

Both of her parents were Jewish, though Gellar's family had a Christmas tree during her childhood holidays.

" However, Gellar's performance was praised by a number of critics, DVD Talk Review noted that " her character here has the deepest emotional arc, and she hits all the right notes.

Gellar's bridesmaid was her closest friend of many years, Lindsay Sloane.

After her reign as Miss Teen USA, Wilson became an actress and appeared in Santa Barbara, Saved By The Bell ( playing " Ginger "), The Last Action Hero ( as Jack Slater's daughter Whitney ), Billy Madison ( playing Adam Sandler's teacher / girlfriend Veronica Vaughan ), Higher Learning ( cameo as a university student ), Mortal Kombat ( playing Sonya Blade ), Nixon ( cameo as a nightclub performer ), I Know What You Did Last Summer ( as Sarah Michelle Gellar's ill-fated elder sister ), House on Haunted Hill ( as Melissa Marr ), Buying the Cow, The Suburbans, Love Stinks, Nevada, Sweet Evil ( as a psychopathic surrogate mother ), Extreme Ops ( as a world-champion snowboarder ) and The Wedding Planner.

Gellar's first major break came in 1992, when she starred in the serial Swans Crossing and was subsequently cast in the soap opera All My Children, playing Kendall Hart, the long-lost daughter of character Erica Kane ( Susan Lucci ).

Creator Charles Randolph told Variety that he wrote the part with Gellar in mind, and described Gellar's character as having " a kind of zealous immaturity – like a drug addict with a to-do list.

The movie gained mixed reviews after its premiere. Filmcitic. com found Gellar's performance " memorable " along with cast's.

Unlike the previous incarnation of the character, Gellar's version of Daphne is trained in martial arts during Mystery Inc .' s 2 year-long departure in the first film, as she is tired of being a damsel in distress on every case that she is involved in with the gang.

In addition to praising Gellar's often under-appreciated acting, Buffy scholar Ian Shuttleworth comments on the cast and the nuanced numbness and confusion of the characters, paired with the moments of silence in the episode: " It is simply one of the finest pieces of television drama, and the single finest depiction of bereavement in any medium, that I have ever seen.

She filmed a pilot for a series called The Wonderful Maladys, in which she was set to star as Sarah Michelle Gellar's older sister, but the series was not picked up.

" Gellar's likeness is used in the comic continuation of the series.

After the end of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gellar's next film was the 2004 horror film The Grudge, which was a success at the box office, grossing $ 187, 281, 115 worldwide.

Jarett Wieselman of the New York Post listed the scene in which Buffy mimes staking The Gentlemen and its humorous misunderstandings by the other characters among the top five best Buffy moments, especially praising Sarah Michelle Gellar's ( Buffy ) comedic acting.

She was in a few episodes of Friends as Monica Gellar's co-worker.

" Despite Gellar's dislike, this episode is DeKnight's personal favorite because " it had humor at the beginning and then it had that great twist where nerds accidentally killed Katrina and then it got dark, dark, dark, dark.

Angel's dream in which he sees Spike making love to Buffy was " so fake it's embarrassing they even tried it ," an Angel guidebook complains ; the obvious stunt double and use of overdubbing emphasizes rather than masks Sarah Michelle Gellar's absence from the show.

Smith said he had been in contact with an angel Moroni, who showed him the plates ' location and had been grooming him for a role as a religious leader.

Charles Taylor, in his 2007 book A Secular Age, showed the historical role of deism, leading to what he calls an exclusive humanism.

He showed quite a different and serious side as Ambassador for UNICEF and in his dramatic role in the memorable TV movie Skokie, in which he played a Holocaust survivor.

Air-to-air missiles largely replaced guns and rockets in the early 1960s since both were believed unusable at the speeds being attained, however the Vietnam War showed that guns still had a role to play and most fighters built since then are fitted with cannon ( typically between 20 and 30 mm in caliber ) as an adjunct to missiles.

Nightingale showed a previously male dominated profession the elemental role of nursing in order to lessen the aggravation of patient mortality which resulted from lack of hygiene and nutrition.

Perhaps on account of his prominent role in Wilhelm's upbringing, Bismarck believed that he could dominate the young Kaiser and showed little respect for his policies in the late 1880s.

People magazine noted that Cruz's role as Luz showed that she was versatile.

" The central role of proteins as enzymes in living organisms was not fully appreciated until 1926, when James B. Sumner showed that the enzyme urease was in fact a protein.

Nat Turner's slave rebellion in 1831 and John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 showed deep social discontent about slavery and its role in the plantation economy.

The first studies of the electrophysiological properties of neurons in MT showed that a large portion of the cells were tuned to the speed and direction of moving visual stimuli These results suggested that MT played a significant role in the processing of visual motion.

Before he showed an interest in poetry, he displayed a keenness for acting, though Mr Giles ' Theatre, where he performed, only let him play the title role in Macbeth if he paid for the privilege.

After her role in RKO's Sudden Fear, Crawford appeared in films ranging from the camp western film Johnny Guitar ( 1954 ) to the drama Autumn Leaves ( 1956 ), opposite a young Cliff Robertson, a movie which showed Crawford in a great many kissing scenes which shocked some audiences.

Studies in patients that were a subject to bilateral cingulotomy, that involved fMRI analyses, showed that the anterior cingulate cortex has a key role in cognitive control and is highly likely to be involved in the control of attentional response, whereas the dorsal part of that region of the brain was not identified to be involved in such a process, although this is still under dispute.

The study also showed that the internet plays a crucial role in most sexual and romantic experiences of adolescent users.

Within lineage-specific genes those coding for symbiosis-regulated secreted proteins showed an up-regulated expression in ectomycorrhizal root tips suggesting a role in the partner communication.

Degas took a leading role in organizing the exhibitions, and showed his work in all but one of them, despite his persistent conflicts with others in the group.

Instead, Pickens ' agent showed the script to Don Schwartz, the agent of Scatman Crothers, and Crothers accepted the role.

The regency lasted until 1388, Philip taking the dominant role: Louis of Anjou was fighting for his claim to the Kingdom of Naples after 1382, dying in 1384, John of Berry was interested mainly in the Languedoc, and not particularly interested in politics ; whilst Louis of Bourbon was a largely unimportant figure, due to his personality ( he showed signs of mental instability ) and his status ( since he was not the son of a King ).

Duel in the Sun ( 1946 ) showed his range as an actor in his first " against type " role as a cruel, libidinous gunslinger.

Grassmann then showed that once geometry is put into the algebraic form he advocated, then the number three has no privileged role as the number of spatial dimensions ; the number of possible dimensions is in fact unbounded.

Facing a bankrupt kingdom, John II showed the initiative to solve the situation by creating an agile regime in which the Council of Scholars took a vital role.

Charlton Heston showed little interest in reprising his role as George Taylor from the first movie, but agreed to briefly appear with the provision that Taylor be killed at the story's start and that, instead of being paid, the producers donate money to charity.

Venter showed — through this " limit-experience " — that to allow chance to play a role in the transformation of " govern-mentality " in South Africa was near impossible.

Garrick showed an enthusiasm for the theatre very early on and he appeared in a school production around this time in the role of Sergeant Kite in George Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer.