Michelle Trachtenberg, known for her roles in “Harriet the Spy”, known “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Gossip Girl”, died at the age of 39, according to a police report that was shared with which New York Post. At that time, no cause of death was announced. The actress recently appeared in the 2021 Max “Gossip Girl” and repeated her role of Georgina Sparks from the original show.
The news of Trachtenberg’s death comes just a few weeks after reports about A Continuation of the “Buffy” with Sarah Michelle Gellar came to light. Trachtenberg played against Gellars Buffy in the last three seasons of the original show younger sister Dawn. In 2021 in the middle of an increasing flood of poisonous workplace and sexual misconduct against the “Buffy” adviser Joss Whedon has published Trachtenberg Instagram To share their own experiences with the abuse on the set and to show that there was a “rule” during production that Whedon could not be alone in a room with her.
A report by ABC News claims that the Trachtenberg police found “Wednesday in an apartment in New York City near Columbus Circle Tot” and that the police do not believe that the actress’s death gives something suspicious. Our thoughts are with Trachtenberg’s friends and family during this time.
Trachtenberg had an impressive career on television and in the film
Tratenberg, a former children’s star, had her start in Hollywood in shows such as “All My Children” and “The Adventures of Pete & Pete” before landing the main role in the film adaptation of “Harriet the Spy” from 1996. Her role as Dawn Summers on “Buffy” is one of the great TV applications of the era and adds a surprising new layer late in the course of the show.
As “Buffy” ended in 2003Trachtenberg returned to the big screen and landed in large films such as “Eurotrip” and “17”. In 2008 she joined the occupation of “Gossip Girl” as Georgina Sparks, played the figure in all six seasons of the original show and briefly returned for the revival of 2021.
Trachtenberg won three Young Artist Awards at the beginning of her career, including one for “Buffy” in 2001 and another in front of the “Harriet the Spy”. Their legacy as an icon of television of the 2000s is permanent.
