One to Watch: Sarah Michelle Gellar Returns in RINGER

Sarah Michelle Gellar is back on TV and this time she is taking on two roles! Best known for playing kick ass vampire slayer Buffy in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sarah Michelle Gellar returns in the new CW show Ringer. The CW website describes the show as,

Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as a woman who, after witnessing a murder, goes on the run, hiding out by assuming the life of her wealthy identical twin sister €“ only to learn that her sister's seemingly idyllic life is just as complicated and dangerous as the one she's trying to leave behind. Bridget is six months sober and starting to turn her life around when she is the sole witness to a professional hit. Despite the assurances of her FBI protector, Agent Victor Machado (Nestor Carbonell), Bridget knows her life is on the line. She flees to New York, telling no one, not even her Narcotics Anonymous sponsor, Malcolm (Mike Colter). In New York, Bridget reunites with her estranged twin, Siobhan. Wealthy, pampered and married to the strikingly handsome Andrew Martin (Ioan Gruffudd), Siobhan lives what appears to be a fairy tale life €“ a life where no one knows that Bridget exists. The sisters seem to be mending their frayed relationship, until Siobhan disappears overboard during a boat trip, and Bridget makes the split decision to take on her sister's identity. She discovers shocking secrets, not only about her sister and her marriage, but also about Siobhan's best friend, Gemma, and Gemma's husband, Henry (Kristoffer Polaha). And when someone tries to kill Bridget in her sister's penthouse, she realizes she is no safer as Siobhan than she is as herself.

The role of Buffy gained Sarah Michelle Gellar a loyal fan base and established her as a firm favourite with television audiences. Following the end of the show in 2003 after seven critically acclaimed seasons Sarah Michelle Gellar took an eight year hiatus from television. Returning to the small screen following such an iconic role she knows it is going to be difficult to impress die hard Buffy fans. Speaking to reporters before Comic Con where Gellar was promoting the new show she told TV Guide,

"I'm not trying to re-create Buffy and I'm not trying to top it," she said. "I'm trying to do something that the fans, who have been so good to me, will love. I'm a television watcher, and this is the kind of show that I would watch."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS4tx6RrvNI Intrigued? I certainly am. Ringer premiers Tuesday 13th September 9/8c on the CW (US) and follows later this year on Living (UK).