Gossip Lady and Buffy The Vampire actress Michelle Trachtenberg has died aged 39.
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The actress was discovered useless at her dwelling in New York Metropolis after officers responded to a 911 name simply after 08:00 native time on Wednesday.
An investigation into her loss of life has been opened however “criminality isn’t suspected”, police mentioned.
‘Unhappy to listen to’
Trachtenberg was greatest identified for her work as Daybreak Summers in Buffy, the youthful sister of the title character performed by Sarah Michelle Gellar between 2000 and 2003.
Between 2008 and 2012, she performed Georgina Sparks on Gossip Lady – the malevolent rival of Blake Full of life’s Serena van der Woodsen and Leighton Meester’s Blair Waldorf.
She additionally starred within the film 17 Once more, the place she portrayed daughter Maggie O’Donnell, comedy movie Eurotrip and the 2005 teen movie Ice Princess.
In the meantime, her co-star on Gossip Lady Ed Westwick mentioned in an Instagram Story that he was “so unhappy to listen to of the passing of Michelle Trachtenberg sending prayers”.
Trachtenberg’s first massive break into Hollywood got here in 1996, starring within the massive display screen adaptation of Harriet the Spy.
In 2001, she obtained a Daytime Emmy nomination for internet hosting Discovery’s Reality or Scare.
Her most up-to-date movie look got here final 12 months when she performed the position of Michelle Cody White in Spyral.
The actress just lately underwent a liver transplant and should have been experiencing issues.
Trachtenberg is believed to have died of pure causes and no foul play is suspected.
An post-mortem will probably be performed by the medical expert’s workplace to find out the trigger and method of loss of life.
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