Michelle Trachtenberg, ‘Buffy’ and ‘Gossip Girl’ Star, Dies at 39

One of many stars of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and a standard presence in ’90s movies and TV reveals, has died.

The New York Submit studies that Michelle Trachtenberg, who appeared for 3 seasons on Buffy because the title character’s sister Daybreak, and in addition co-starred on the unique incarnation of Gossip Woman, has died. The Submit claims, per police sources, that “her loss of life is just not being investigated as suspicious.” (TMZ studies that “the trigger [of her death] stays unclear.”)

Trachtenberg was solely 39 years outdated.

Born in 1985, Trachtenberg appeared on the Nickelodeon sitcom The Adventures of Pete & Pete and accomplished quite a few commercials when she acquired her breakthrough function because the title character in Harriet the Spy. The movie, based mostly on the youngsters novel by Louise Fitzhugh, grew to become a cult hit, and was the primary movie launched by Nickelodeon Films.

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Within the yr 2000, Trachtenberg joined the forged of Buffy the Vampire Slayer beginning with the sequence’ fifth season. Within the Season 5 premiere, “Buffy vs. Dracula,” Buffy out of the blue has a sister — Trachtenberg’s Daybreak — though the character had by no means been talked about or appeared on any of the prior seasons. The thriller of Daybreak’s true origin and the explanations behind her arrival grew to become an ongoing thriller on the sequence.

A number of years after Buffy concluded, Trachtenberg grew to become a recurring visitor star on the unique Gossip Woman, enjoying the manipulative Georgina. (Trachtenberg reprised her function on the current Gossip Woman revival as nicely.)

After Gossip Woman, Trachtenberg appeared on reveals like Felony Minds, NCIS: Los Angeles, and Sleepy Hole, and hosted the Tubi true crime sequence Meet, Marry, Homicide.

TMZ’s report on Trachtenberg’s loss of life claims that “in current months, the previous baby star shared troubling social media posts, showing gaunt and frail.” In response, Trachtenberg insisted in different posts that she was “comfortable and wholesome.”

Regardless of the circumstances of her loss of life, it is a stunning loss. 39 years outdated is method too younger to lose somebody.