Photo SpecialBecoming ... Sarah Michelle Gellar

See how the star of The Grudge went from kid actor to scream queen. By Serena Kappes

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In 1993, Gellar (at the New York City country bar Denim and Diamonds) scored a part as Susan Lucci's daughter on the soap opera All My Children and went on to win a Daytime Emmy for the role. "What made Sarah so special was a wonderful sense of spontaneity," says her onscreen stepfather Michael Nader.

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