Revisiting the Buffyverse! Buffy the Vampire Slayer wasn’t just entertaining. The series broke ground in many ways.
Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, the supernatural drama follows Buffy Summers as she slays vampires with the help of her friends. Alyson Hannigan, David Boreanaz, Nicholas Brendon, Anthony Stewart Head, James Marsters, Michelle Trachtenberg and many more also starred.
The series, created by Joss Whedon (Justice League and Avengers: Age of Ultron), is based on the 1992 film of the same name. It ran for seven seasons on The WB from 1997 to 2003. The show’s popularity led to the spinoff titled Angel, in which Boreanaz starred as the series lead.
Buffy was praised for featuring a strong feminist hero and showcasing an LGBTQ romance between Hannigan’s character Willow Rosenberg and Amber Benson’s Tara Maclay.
Speaking to The Huffington Post in 2013, Hannigan opened up about how honored she was to be a part of the pop culture shift. “I was so grateful to have been a part of such a wonderful relationship,” the American Pie actress explained. “The people that it’s touched that I’ve met … it’s such a gift to have been able to do that.”
Despite the show’s legacy, a reboot or revival isn’t necessarily in the cards. In an interview with Parade, Gellar previously addressed the likelihood of the series being revisited.
“There’s a time and a place for everything and when something is done really, really well, you don’t have to reboot it, because it still holds up,” she explained in October 2019. “And so I think that’s what I struggle with a little bit. People discover Buffy today and love it just the same as if they discovered it 20 years ago. There are movies I watch, like Sixteen Candles, I love it just as much today as I did then. Why would I want to see it redone? So I am probably in the minority on that.”
The Cruel Intentions star added, “That being said, go reboot it if you have a new way to tell the story with new people, and bring other people that maybe haven’t seen it. In the end, I believe it will only bring more viewers to the original. And how much better the original is.”
Scroll down to see what the cast has been up to since the series ended!
Gellar was a ‘90s sensation on the big screen leading up to Buffy, and she continued to find diverse work after the series. She first reprised her role as Daphne Blake in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed before starring in The Grudge franchise and other films including Veronika Decides to Die. She primarily found her groove with TV gigs such as Ringer and The Crazy Ones, but she also lent her voice to characters on Robot Chicken and American Dad! She cofounded the cooking company Foodstirs in 2015 and authored a cookbook, Stirring Up Fun with Food, in 2017.
Gellar shares daughter Charlotte and son Rocky with husband Freddie Prinze Jr.
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Hannigan went on to star on How I Met Your Mother for nine seasons as Lily Aldrin. She returned for two more American Pie films — 2003’s American Wedding and 2012’s American Reunion. Additionally, she lent her voice to characters on American Dad! and King of the Hill. She also guest-starred on shows including Veronica Mars and That ‘70s Show. Most recently, the Washington, D.C.-born star hosted the shows Girl Scout Cookie Championship and Penn & Teller: Fool Us.
Hannigan shares daughters Satyana and Keeva with husband Alexis Denisof, a fellow Buffy alum.
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Boreanaz continued to star on the Buffy spinoff, Angel, for one more season after its predecessor concluded. Though he appeared in films including Officer Down, his biggest post-Buffy roles were on prominent TV series. He played Seeley Booth on Bones for 12 seasons and Jason Hayes on SEAL Team for three seasons.
Boreanaz has been married to Jaime Bergman since 2001. They share son Jaden and daughter Bella.
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Brendon had roles on Kitchen Confidential, Criminal Minds, Faking It and Hollywood Heights after Buffy wrapped. He also voiced a character on the former Disney Channel series American Dragon: Jake Long. He’s appeared in films including Coherence in 2013 and The Nanny.
As for his personal life, Brendon voluntarily entered rehab for alcoholism in 2004. He checked into treatment for the second time in 2015 for depression, alcoholism and substance abuse. He was married to Tressa DiFiglia from 2001 to 2007 and Moonda Tee from 2014 to 2015.
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After appearing in 123 episodes of Buffy, Head primarily found success on TV. He’s held prominent and recurring roles on shows including Dominion, You, Me & Them, Little Britain and Still Star-Crossed. Head’s also dabbled in voiceover work, lending vocals to video game characters such as Isaac Newton in Assassin’s Creed: Gold.
Head has been in a relationship with Sarah Fisher since 1984. They share daughters Emily and Daisy.
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Marsters notably appeared on Runaways and in the Hawaii Five-0 reboot after Buffy, but he also had roles on Smallville and Witches of East End. He’s lent his voice to numerous animated characters on shows including The Super Hero Squad Show and Dragon Ball Super. In addition to landing roles in films like P.S. I Love You, he’s also been a part of musical group Ghost of the Robot since 2002 and started a solo music career in 2004.
After his marriage to Liane Davidson ended in 1997, he wed Patricia Rahman in 2011. He shares a son named Sullivan with Davidson.
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Caulfield primarily found TV gigs after Buffy ended. The actress appeared on shows including Life Unexpected, Gigantic, Once Upon a Time and Fantasy Hospital. She’s additionally starred in the films TiMER and Removal. The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum was married to Cornelius Grobbelaar from 2006 to 2010. She tied the knot again in 2017 to Mark Ford, with whom she shares daughter Knightley.
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After Buffy, Trachtenberg went on to star in movies including EuroTrip, Ice Princess and 17 Again. She also starred on Mercy and nabbed recurring roles on shows such as Gossip Girl, Weeds and Guidance. In 2018, she lent her voice to Judy Reilly on the Facebook Watch animated series Human Kind Of.
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Though Carpenter appeared in films such as The Expendables and Mail Order Monster after Buffy, she primarily landed television gigs. She’s appeared on The Lying Game, Veronica Mars and Greek. She also hosted the true-crime series Surviving Evil for Investigation Discovery, for which she also served as executive producer and consulting producer.
Carpenter got divorced from Damian Hardy, with whom she shares son Donovan, in 2008.
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When Buffy ended, Sutherland took time away from acting and enrolled in a photography course at Santa Monica College. She then opened up her own studio, which specialized in portraits. She didn’t have another onscreen role again until 2008, when she guest-starred on two episodes of Comanche Moon. She also appeared on One Life to Live and The Following.
The University of Kentucky grad has been married to John Pankow since 1986. The couple share a daughter named Eleanore.
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Green had a successful career before coming onto Buffy, and he continued to find his groove in Hollywood thereafter. Green notably voices Chris Griffin on Family Guy and has lent his voice to various characters on Robot Chicken, an Emmy-winning stop-motion series he co-created, co-produces, writes and directs for Adult Swim. He’s also appeared on Four Kings, Dads, That ‘70s Show and starred in films including Without a Paddle and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. He wrote and directed his first film in 2019 called Changeland.
The actor has been married to Clare Grant since 2010.
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After Buffy, Dushku starred on Dollhouse, Tru Calling and voiced multiple characters on Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. She also landed roles in films including Locked In and Eloise. In 2007, the Bring It On star founded her own production company called Boston Diva Productions. She has been married to Peter Palandjian since 2018 and they share one child together.
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Following Buffy, Blucas starred in several films including Knight and Day, The Jane Austen Book Club and Sleeping with Other People. He also had recurring and leading TV roles on The Fix, Underground and Necessary Roughness.
Blucas married journalist Ryan Haddon in 2009. He is a stepfather to Haddon’s kids Jaden and Eliana from her previous marriage to Christian Slater.
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Since Buffy ended, Benson has appeared in movies including The Killing Jar and on shows such as Morganville: The Series. Behind the camera, she put her writing skills to work on the Ghosts of Albion series and directed on projects like 2010’s Drones. Outside of TV and film, she narrated the audiobook for John Scalzi’s Lock In and authored her own fantasy book series called The Witches of Echo Park.
Benson split from boyfriend Adam Busch in 2009 after seven years together.
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Strong had recurring roles on Billions, Mad Men and Gilmore Girls after Buffy. He also appeared in films including Sydney White and Weather Girl. Strong also found success behind the camera, writing and co-creating Fox’s hit musical drama, Empire. He cowrote the screenplays for the final two Hunger Games films and penned the script for Lee Daniels’ The Butler. He also wrote and directed Rebel in the Rye, a biopic based on Catcher in the Rye author J.D. Salinger’s life.
He has been engaged to actress Caitlin Mehner since 2016.
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Lenk continued to find TV work after Buffy on shows including Witches of East End, Lovin’ Lakin and Eastsiders. Additionally, Argo, The Cabin in the Woods, Boogeyman 2 and Date Movie are among the growing list of films he’s appeared in. He also wrote and starred in the 2015 documentary Nerdgasm.
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Landau primarily did animated voice roles after Buffy including on Ben 10: Alien Force and Justice League Unlimited. She also lent her voice to video game characters in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea. Additionally, she tried her hand at writing and directing in 2016’s docuseries The Undead Series and had a recurring role on Amazon Prime Video’s Bosch in 2019.
She’s been married to Deverill Weekes since 2009.
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McNab’s last onscreen role was in the 2011 TV movie Glass Heels. Leading up to that point, she starred in the films Hatchet II and Dark Reel. She also appeared on multiple shows including the Buffy spinoff Angel, Psych and Supernatural. The actress wed Mark Henderson in 2012 and they share a daughter named Vaunne.
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Denisof’s Buffy character Wesley Wyndam-Pryce continued to appear on Angel after the WB series wrapped. He then nabbed leading roles on shows including Grimm and Finding Carter, but he also had a recurring role on Hannigan’s series How I Met Your Mother. He’s also appeared on the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Legacies and H+. Additionally, he landed a role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as The Other — a character that popped up in The Avengers in 2012 and Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014.
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The many shows Benz notably appeared on after Buffy include On Becoming a God in Central Florida, Defiance, Hawaii Five-0, No Ordinary Family and Dexter. She’s additionally popped up in movies including Saw V, Rambo and Punisher: War Zone. Her divorce from John Kassir was finalized in 2007 and she married Rich Orosco in 2012.
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Though Fillion has starred in movies like Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters after Buffy, he mostly had success landing prominent TV roles. He appeared on Firefly, Desperate Housewives and A Series of Unfortunate Events. However, his biggest TV role post-Buffy was as Richard Castle / Joe Flynn on Castle. He’s additionally lent his voice to characters on The Venture Bros. and Big Mouth.
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