Alyson Hannigan 1989, her first regular role on a TV series came when she was cast in the short-lived ABC sitcom "Free Spirit". As a teenager, Hannigan babysat for the children of her future "How I Met Your Mother" costar, Bob Saget. In 1997, Hannigan was cast to play Willow Rosenberg, Buffy Summers' best friend, on the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". The show became a success, and Hannigan gained recognition, subsequently appearing in several films aimed at teenaged audiences, including "American Pie" (1999), "Boys and Girls" (2000), "American Pie 2" (2001), and "American Wedding" (2003). She also had a guest
Satsu (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) a storyline as representative of "the drastic underrepresentation of lesbians in the Slayer army," pinpointing Kennedy's comment to Satsu—"Buffy sends the "other lesbian slayer" to check up on me". In her discussion of the character's ethnicity, television studies professor Jessica Hautsch felt that the issue portrayed Satsu with stereotypes of Asian women, specifically those of the geisha and the Dragon Lady. Satsu (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Satsu is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight", a comic book continuation of the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Introduced as one of the strongest