![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Biography:An actress who enjoyed fame and recognition as the on-camera mother of supernatural stalker Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar), on the syndicated action-horror series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1996-2003), Kristine Sutherland grew up in Lexington, Kentucky and first explored her capacity for effective drama via stage work. She first began appearing in A-list feature films in the mid-late 1980s, with projects including Legal Eagles (1986) and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) but her career caught fire with the role of Joyce Summers on Buffy, and her portrayal prompted at least one major publication to term her "Television's Sexiest Mom."
After Buffy wrapped in 2003, Sutherland decided to attend a still photography course at Santa Monica College upon feeling inspired by a year-long residence in Italy with her husband and daughter. She so enjoyed the course - and the art of taking photographs - that it... Full Biography
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