Sarah Michelle Gellar Says She Learned to Drive on Set of “All My Children”
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Virginia ChamleeFebruary 18, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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Sarah Michelle Gellar says she took her driving lessons on the set of All My Children
Gellar was 15 when she appeared on the soap as Erica Kane's daughter Kendall Hart
Her stint on the show would last from 1993 to 1995
Sarah Michelle Gellar says that she learned to drive on the set of All My Children.
On the Monday, Feb. 16 episode of Live With Kelly and Mark, Gellar, 48, spoke about her turn as Kendall Hart, the daughter of Susan Lucci's Erica Kane. Gellar played the role from Feb. 1993 to July 1995.
"I remember meeting you a a teenage girl," co-host Kelly Ripa told Gellar. Ripa had played Hayley Vaughan Santos, the rebellious daughter of tycoon Adam Chandler on All My Children
"I was 15," Gellar responded.
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Sarah Michelle Gellar on "All My Children"
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Elsewhere in the show, Gellar said she took driving lessons outside the studio where the soap opera was filmed.
"You guys were around when I took Driver's Ed," Gellar said to hosts Ripa and Mark Consuelos, who aplso appeared on the show.
"I didn't want to learn how to drive," Gellar said, noting that she grew up in New York City. "I was like 'I'm never leaving New York City, I'll take the subway...' My mom was like, 'You have to get your license.'"
Sarah Michelle Gellar on Live with Kelly and Mark
She continued: "I took my driving lesson right outside on the old walkway outside the old studio."
"And it was so embarrassing. Because, like, I'm trying to be a professional, have an adult job and then my lame driver's car comes with the dual brakes. But yea, I learned to drive outside the old studio," Gellar said.
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Veteran casting director Judy Blye Wilson spoke last year about Gellar's casting, saying in an interview published by TV Insider of the actress: “She was a young kid, and she had done a couple of little plays."
“We tested about four girls, and we tested them with Susan. And there was no question about it. Sarah Michelle was it, period.," she added. "She really, really nailed that role and continued to do so. She was really phenomenal.”
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