Sarah Michelle Gellar will receive the Icon Award at this year’s SCAD TVFest.
The Emmy Award-winning actress, who graced TV screens for years as our favorite vampire slayer, heads to Atlanta to receive the Icon Award at SCAD TV Fest 2023. The festival, which runs from February 9-11, will return to an in-person experience with this year’s event.
In addition to Gellar being honored with the award, SCAD will also screen an episode of the new Paramount+ series “Wolf Pack,” starring Gellar as the character Kristin Ramsey. Gellar is also an executive producer on the series.
“Sarah Michelle Gellar is a pioneer in the field of television. An actress who speaks to many generations, she epitomizes what it means to be a television icon,” said Christina Routhier, Executive Director of SCAD TVfest. “At SCAD TVfest, we work to feature amazing women in the industry throughout all of our programming. We are very excited to welcome Sarah back to receive the Icon Award when we return to an in-person festival in Atlanta this year.”
Gellar began her screen career as a child actress and continued acting on stage, television, and film. Her most notable work includes “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “I Know What You Did Last Summer”, “Cruel Intentions” and the “Scooby-Doo” franchise. “Wolf Pack” premieres Thursday, January 26 on Paramount+.