Buffy The Vampire Slayer

NO. 1: SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR

as Buffy Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)

WHO IS SHE? The one girl in all the world who can stand against the demon hordes. The chosen one. And, when she’s not laying down the slayage, she’s stumbling her way through grownup-ness.

SKILLS Wicked with a stake, Buffy’s a gifted martial artist, stronger than the average bear, and a world-class shopper.

BATTLE GEAR Jeans, leather jacket, and an attitude she wears like armor.

MALE ADMIRER The great love of her life was Angel (David Boreanaz), the vampire-with-a-soul she was ultimately forbidden to love. (Stupid gypsy curses.) Then she took up with Riley Finn (Marc Blucas), he of the paramilitary hotness. And last we saw her, she had Spike (James Marsters) wrapped around her finger.

CAN’T GET ENOUGH? By all means, dodge Scooby-Doo as if your life depended on it. Check out Gellar in The Grudge and, for some real kink, she plays a porn star in Richard Kelly’s upcoming sci-fi fantasia, Southland Tales.