Michelle Trachtenberg

American Actress
Michelle Trachtenberg is an American actress who began her career at a young age, starring in TV shows like The Adventures of Pete & Pete and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She has also appeared in various films and continued to act in television series like Gossip Girl and Mercy throughout her career.

About Michelle Trachtenberg

Michelle Christine Trachtenberg (; born October 11, 1985) is an American actress. Trachtenberg began her career at age three, appearing in a number of commercials, films, and television series as a child. Her starring role on the Nickelodeon television series The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1994-1996) as Nona Mecklenberg was her first credited role. She starred in the Nickelodeon Movies comedy film Harriet the Spy (1996) as the film’s eponymous character and in the CBS sitcom Meego (1997) as Maggie, for both of which she won Young Artist Awards.

Trachtenberg found further success on the WB/UPN supernatural drama television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2000-2003) as Dawn Summers, the younger sister of the show’s eponymous protagonist, a role which won her another Young Artist Award and earned her three Saturn Award nominations. She also earned a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for her role as the host of the Discovery Kids series Truth or Scare (2001-2003). During the mid-2000s, she had starring roles in the films EuroTrip (2004) and Ice Princess (2005) and supporting roles in the films Mysterious Skin (2004) and Black Christmas (2006). In the late 2000s and early 2010s, her recurring role on the CW teen drama television series Gossip Girl (2008-2012) as socialite Georgina Sparks earned her further popularity, and she also starred on the NBC television series Mercy (2009-2010) as Chloe Payne.

In the 2010s, Trachtenberg starred in several television films, including Killing Kennedy (2013) and Sister Cities (2015), and in the science fiction film The Scribbler (2014). She provided the lead voice of Judy in the Facebook Watch adult animated web series Human Kind Of (2018) and executive produced the teen drama web series Guidance (2015-2017) and the Tubi true crime television series Meet, Marry, Murder (2021).

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Frequently asked questions about Michelle Trachtenberg

Michelle Trachtenberg was born on October 11, 1985.

Michelle Trachtenberg’s first credited role was on the Nickelodeon television series The Adventures of Pete & Pete, where she played the character Nona Mecklenberg.

For her roles in the Nickelodeon Movies comedy film Harriet the Spy and the CBS sitcom Meego, Michelle Trachtenberg won Young Artist Awards.

Michelle Trachtenberg found further success on the WB/UPN supernatural drama television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where she played the role of Dawn Summers, the younger sister of the show’s protagonist.

Throughout her career, Michelle Trachtenberg has had starring roles in the films EuroTrip and Ice Princess, as well as supporting roles in Mysterious Skin and Black Christmas. She also had a recurring role on the CW teen drama series Gossip Girl as Georgina Sparks.

Quotes by Michelle Trachtenberg

I am young. I better show off what I have now.

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I don’t like to search too much. I find it is easier when romance finds you.

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I have ballet class every other day for two hours. And for “Six Feet Under”, last week there was a sequence where I had to do a whole choreographed dance number, so I had four hours of dance practice every day.

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I have many valentines. My mom and my sister and my directors. I got calls from all of them. And my friends. I respect what Valentine’s Day stands for because it is about love.

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I have never understood that. I come from a place where the press makes or breaks an actor and it is more of a teamwork relationship.

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I just feel – specifically about that holiday – why is it just one day that you have to tell the person that you love how much you love them? I think that is a little silly. I am much more the girl that likes the spontaneous.

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I plays Joe’s best friend. I am the only one he has ever been able to trust in his life, so I help him understand what happened to him when he was younger.

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I wrapped “Buffy” and I always felt on “Buffy” that they wanted to keep me younger for a specific reason. It seemed like I was getting younger every year that I was on the show. I think there was a reference to me being 15, then 14.

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Ice skating is very difficult. It takes a lot of discipline and a lot of hard work. It’s fun, but you are there on the ice every morning freezing and trying to do these moves and these tricks.

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Keep your private life private. Be open to suggestions from different people. And just be nice. I have heard stories about people who are just plain rude to the press or fans.

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Most people say they talk to me and I sound older.

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My mother was there every day of the production. You know what? My mother and I are so close, she really understands the fact that I am 18 and I am maturing. I guess I am not your average 18 year-old.

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The food was interesting. My background is Russian, so cheese and potatoes are my love. There was plenty of that. And fried cheese! It is really, really, really good. And really, really, really bad for you. It’s like an artery on a plate.

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The sexy moments for me, I wasn’t thinking of them as sexy. I was thinking of them as more specific to my character. So it was necessary for my character’s development in the movie, so that’s how I played it.

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The way to my heart is by being truthful and spontaneous.

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When you grow up on film, people sometimes have difficulties accepting the fact that you are growing up. They always imagine you younger.

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Yes, romance has found it’s way into my heart in the past.

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