Overview
- Gellar described feeling directionless after her Crazy Ones costar Robin Williams died in August 2014, shortly after the CBS series was canceled.
- She paused on-screen work for roughly eight years before returning in 2022 with cameos in Clerks III and Do Revenge.
- The hiatus let her be present for her children’s milestones, which she said would have been impossible with the demands of full-time acting.
- She said she now chooses roles more deliberately, with recent and upcoming projects including Dexter: Original Sin, Ready or Not 2, and a continuation of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- Her current slate also includes a judging role on Netflix’s live Star Search revival with Jelly Roll and Chrissy Teigen, set to begin Jan. 20 with real-time viewer voting.