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Michelle Trachtenberg, the actress who has become famous as early as in “Harriet The Spy” and has experienced memorable roles in television shows, including “Gossip Girl”, died, according to New York police. She was 39 years old.
The police responded to a call at 911 Wednesday just after 8 am, local time and found an unconscious and insensitive woman in a Manhattan apartment. She was then identified as Trachtenberg, according to a spokesperson for the NYPD.
EMS responded to the location and declared the deceased of the victim.
“Crime is not suspected,” NYPD said in a statement, adding that the investigation remains in progress. The official cause of Trachtenberg’s death will come from the medical examiner’s office.
Earlier Wednesday, a source from the NYPD told CNN that Trachtenberg would have had a recent medical problem and that his death seemed to be linked to natural and not suspect causes.
“The family requests the confidentiality of their loss. There are no other details at the moment, “said a Trachtenberg representative in CNN in a statement.
With her cheeky behavior and her lively comic timing, Trachtenberg is naturally installed with the exaggerated humor that dominated Nickelodeon in the 90s. She first drew attention with a role in “The Adventures of Pete & Pete” and continued to play in the first feature film of Nickelodeon, “Harriet the Spy” of 1996. In the latter, she shared the screen with Rosie O’Donnell, Young Gregory Smith and J. Smith-Cameron, who would continue to play in “Succession” and played his mother in the project.
By thinking about the experience, which took place when she was 10 years old, Trachtenberg called O’Donnell her “biggest supporter” on the set.
“There was a lot for me. I am extremely grateful for experience, ”she said Entertainment tonight In 2001. “When I look at social media, which is difficult, (I see them), realizing them:” You inspired my life. ” You made me become a writer, “… all these, just beautiful things.”
When he was contacted to comment, O’Donnell described Trachtenberg’s death as “heartbreaking”.
“I loved her very much,” she added.
Other nickelodeon stars of the time who knew and worked with Trachtenberg, as Melissa Joan Hart And Kenan Thompsonhave also expressed their condolences.
In 2000, Trachtenberg won the role of Dawn Summers in the successful series WB “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, playing Buffy’s younger sister (Sarah Michelle Gellar).
At the time, fans expressed their mixed feelings on the character, who made his debut in the fifth season of the show. Years later, Trachtenberg joked the story Weekly entertainment“Most enemies do not have the courage to say things in person.”
“I rarely get the” Oh she ruined the show “. I get a lot of “oh she was so whining!” Hi, were you a teenager? She said.
Trachtenberg stayed with the series until its conclusion in 2003. On Wednesday, his Costar James Marsters shared a Tribute to her on her verified InstagramWriting that his “heart is heavy today. We have lost a beautiful soul. Michelle was fiercely intelligent, screaming and a very talented person. »»
While Trachtenberg grew off screen and rided this complicated time between childhood and adolescence, his roles followed suit. In 2004, she played in the torrid “Eurotrip” hot comedy, then appeared in several episodes of the premium cable drama “Six Feet Under”. The following year, she played in a Disney film, playing an ice skater aspiring in “Ice Princess” alongside Kim Cattrall. Cattrall shared an image of their film together to social media Wednesday, writing “Rest in Peace Sweet Michelle”.
Then came a moment of reinvention, thanks to the “Gossip Girl” of the CW, on which she played the delightfully nasty Georgina Sparks, a recurring enemy who prepared the drama that fueled the popularity of the series.
Trachtenberg has apparently enjoyed in pleasure.
“It’s a bit easy to be bad when you say bad things. It’s really much more fun than playing the good girl, “she said Seventeen Magazine in 2009. “I love the reaction you get. I never understood why some actors do not want to play bad guys or bad characters. “”
His other credits include guest parts on “House”, “Law & Order: Criminal Intensale” and “Sleepy Hollow”.
It recently appeared in two episodes of the Max’s “Gossip Gossip Girl”.
We do not know what she was working on at the time of her death, but Trachtenberg was active on social networks. Last week, she published photos of her previous red carpets and thought about fashion.
“A memory, a magical night #new York. I remember being like Cinderella, “she wrote on a post about a week ago. “Wishing everyone an ethereal weekend.”
This story has been updated.