Michelle Trachtenberg was born on October 11 1985 in New York City. She began acting when she was only three years old, appearing in commercials for everything from Whisk detergent ti Burger King and Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. She made her television debut in 1991 in an uncredited part on the TV show Law & Order. She made her film debut in 1995 in an uncredited part in Melissa.
In the Nineties Michelle Trachtenberg had a recurring roles on the soap opera All My Children and the Nickelodeon series The Adventures of Pete & Pete. She had a regular role on the short-lived sitcom Meego. She was a panellist on the children's panel show Figure It Out. It was in 2000 that she began playing the regular role of Dawn Summer, the younger sister of Buffy Summers, on the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She guest starred on the shows Clarissa Explains It All,. Dave's World, Space Cases, Blue's Clues, Reading Rainbow, and Guys Like Us. She appeared in the movies Harriet the Spy (1996), Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998), Inspector Gadget (1999), and Can't be Heaven (1999).
In the Naughts she continued to appear on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She was the host of the Discovery Kids show Truth or Scare. She began playing the recurring role of Georgina Sparks on Gossip Girl in 2008. She provided various voices for the animated series Robot Chicken. She was one of the leads on the short-lived medical drama Mercy. She guest starred on the shows Six Feet Under, House, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and The Superhero Squad Show. She appeared in the movies EuroTrip (2004), Mysterious Skin (2004), Ice Princess (2005), Beautiful Ohio (2006), Black Christmas (2006), Against the Current (2009), 17 Again (2009), and Cop Out (2010). She was a voice in animated short "DC Showcase: Jonah Hex."
In the Teens Michelle Trachtenberg continued to appear on Gossip Girl. She guest starred on Love Bites, Weeds, Criminal Minds, NCIS: Los Angeles, Sleepy Hollow, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. She was a guest voice on the animated series SuperMansion. She appeared in the movies Take Me Home Tonight (2011), Sexy Evil Genius (2013), and The Scribbler (2014). In the 2020s she guest starred on the 2022 revival of Gossip Girl. She provided a voice for the documentary Spyral (2024).
I think it is safe to say that Michelle Trachtenberg will always be best remembered for Harriet the Spy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Gossip Girl. For myself, it has always been Dawn Summers that comes to my mind when I think of her, a role in which she excelled.. Of course, she played many other roles beyond Harriet, Dawn, and Georgina. In the House episode "Safe," she played a teenager who has had a heart transplant and is immuno-compromised as a result. In the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Weeping Willow" she played a teen vlogger who is kidnapped during one of her videos. In the Criminal Minds episode "Zugzwang" she played a character far removed from most she had played, the murderous Diane Turner. Michelle Trachtenberg had a talent for playing a wide variety of roles, and she played everything from ingenues to Abigail Adams in an episode of Sleepy Hollow. She was an enormous talent who died much, much too young.
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