Emma Caulfield finally got to be someone's Mrs. in Marvel's WandaVision.
We might not see much of the cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, including Sarah Michelle Gellar herself, but that doesn't mean that their careers have declined.
James Marsters has had a pretty successful career, as has Cordelia's Carisma Carpenter. Alyson Hannigan has had a successful marriage, along with Gellar, and David Boreanaz plays a marine now.
But what has Emma Caulfield been doing since leaving Buffy in 2003? Well, she might have just earned herself another great television role, this time in the coveted Marvel universe. Out of all the Buffy cast, who can say they've done that?
Here's what Caulfield's been doing in between the two roles.
She's Worked With Jac Schaeffer Before 'WandaVision'
While we think Buffy could have easily had a ton more seasons, the beloved show had to end, unfortunately, and the cast had to move on.
Before Buffy, Caulfield had a 30-episode arc on Beverly Hills, 90210, which was a great start to her career. Who wouldn't want to star alongside the likes of Luke Perry and Jason Priestley, even for a couple of episodes?
Then she had an even longer arc on General Hospital, but her big break didn't happen until she got the role of Anya Jenkins, the vengeance demon with leporiphobia (the fear of rabbits), on Buffy.
We absolutely hated Anya when we first met her in season three, but slowly we came to realize, once she lost her vengeance demon powers, that she was a good person. Albeit a blunt person who always spoke her mind, but a good person nonetheless.
Right after Buffy, though, she was able to land a role in her first film, Darkness Falls, and then the television movies, I Want to Marry Ryan Banks, In Her Mother's Footsteps, and A Valentine Carol.
In 2006, she helped out her Buffy co-star, Seth Green, by voicing a character on his show Robot Chicken, and in 2009, she appeared in the science fiction film Timer, which was written and directed by WandaVision's creator, Jac Schaeffer.
"It is a small indie movie that a handful of people saw, and then it got on Showtime and then Netflix, and it grew like crazy, like watching a Chia Pet grow," Caulfield told the Star-Telegram. "It now has an enormous cult following. I’m very proud of TiMER."
In another interview with Collider, Caulfield said that she really wanted the part and loved working with Schaeffer.
"I'm very, very happy that I was a part of it. I auditioned for it, pure and simple, and I really wanted to be cast," Caulfield said. "I was very lucky that... Jac Schaeffer liked what I did in the room and let me be a part of it."
She Played A Version Of Herself In 'Bandwagon' & Developed A Dirty Graphic Novel
After Timer, she appeared in the films Confined and Removal, and the CW television show, Life Unexpected. She also had a 15-episode arc on the shows Gigantic and Bandwagon, in which she plays an exaggerated version of herself. Sounds like something Anya would be down for.
"It’s subtle, but the role I’m playing is more of a [jerk] celebrity that decides to change her image by documenting her experiences with this person," she explained to the L.A. Times. "She initially hires a crew to follow her around as she fights for better farming practices, but the course changes."
Leading up to WandaVision, Caulfield had brief appearances in Royal Pains, Supergirl, Once Upon a Time, Fantasy Hospital, Fear the Walking Dead, and Interrogation.
As a side-gig, Caulfield co-wrote a dirty graphic novel called Contropussy, with Camilla Outzen Rantsen in 2012. Sounds even more like something Anya would be down to do. You know how much she loved talking about sex.
The story is definitely rated R and tells the story of a cat "with a major itch to scratch." The synopsis continues to say, "By day she is a mild-manned feline, but by night she comes alive, adventuring in the city, eventually finding herself a pawn in political schemes."
Now Caulfield plays Dottie in WandaVision, which no one was expecting. But when Buffy fans saw that unmistakable face we knew it was her. She confirmed her role in the show on her Instagram before it premiered.
"Finally. I’ve been holding on to this news since October 2019 (we wrapped in Nov. 2020). This was a thrill ride and I’m so honored I got to play. Thank you [Marvel]," Caulfield wrote.
Caulfield plays a really good Stepford wife. Back in her Buffy days, Caulfield got to play a Stepford-like version of Anya a couple of times. In the episode "Once More With Feeling," she sings the song, "I'll Never Tell," in which she has a similar hairstyle as Dottie, and she and Xander are dressed like they're in a 50's sitcom.
Later on, in season seven of Buffy, Anya has another Dottie-like moment, this time with the same blonde hair, in a flashback to "Once More With Feeling." She sings the song, "I'll Be Mrs." where she is fantasizing about marrying Xander and becoming a housewife. The scene is something right out of WandaVision.
According to Caulfield's IMDb page, it looks like we'll only get Dottie for a couple of episodes which is a bummer because Caulfield is already hilarious in it so far. But something tells us we'll be seeing Caulfield in more things, now that she's given a great performance in a Marvel show.
Anya would have freaked about that rabbit in episode two though.