Michelle Trachtenberg, finest recognized for roles in Gossip Woman and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, died on Wednesday (February 26). She was 39.
Based on the information company Assosiated Press, police discovered the actress “unconscious and unresponsive” in her Manhattan condo.
Paramedics pronounced her useless on the scene. No foul play was suspected, and the New York Medical Examiner is investigating the reason for demise, police mentioned.
“The household requests privateness for his or her loss,” Michelle Trachtenberg’s consultant, Gary Mantoosh, mentioned in a press release on Wednesday.
Listed here are some lesser recognized information concerning the actress:
– Michelle Trachtenberg was born on October 11, 1985, in New York Metropolis. She attended center college in Brooklyn earlier than relocating to California. The actress accomplished her education at Notre Dame Excessive College.
– Michelle Trachtenberg forayed into the world of glitz and glam as a toddler artist. Her first business for Wisk laundry detergent, got here on the age of three. Over time, Michelle appeared in additional than 100 commercials. She obtained her first tv position in Legislation & Order in 1991.
– Michelle Trachtenberg’s breakthrough efficiency got here with the 1994 TV present The Adventures of Pete & Pete on Nickelodeon. She featured alongside Michael Maronna and Danny Tamborelli. Michelle performed the position of Danny’s finest good friend Nona F. Macklenberg. She was simply 8 at the moment.
– In 1996, Michelle Trachtenberg performed the titular character in Harriet the Spy. The comedy-drama additionally marked her debut characteristic movie.
– Michelle Trachtenberg joined the fifth season of the supernatural drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer in 2000.
– Michelle Trachtenberg’s private life additionally made it to the headlines. She was linked to actor Pete Wentz in 2006. She was reportedly in a long-term relationship with expertise agent Jay Cohen.
