Michelle Trachtenberg
Acting
Biography
Michelle Christine Trachtenberg (October 11, 1985 – February 26, 2025) was an American television and film actress. She is known for her roles as Dawn Summers in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2000–03) and as Georgina Sparks in Gossip Girl (2007–2012), and in the films Harriet the Spy (1996); Inspector Gadget (1999); EuroTrip (2004); Ice Princess (2005); Black Christmas (2006) and 17 Again (2009).
Born: October 11, 1985
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Unicorn Boy
A wild ride of gender and self identity set to a backdrop of a freak-adelic fantasy world. Matty, a down-on-their-luck artist, is going through a break up when they are swept into an alternate unicorn dimension. After realizing that unicorns are in danger from a dark force, Matty must make the difficult journey toward enlightenment in order to save this strange new world.
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
On Air with Ryan Seacrest is an American syndicated television talk show, which ran from January 12, 2004 through September 17, 2004. It was distributed in the United States and Canada by Twentieth Television.
House
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
Reading Rainbow
Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's literature, which is explored through a number of segments or stories.
Criminal Minds
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.
Gossip Girl
An exclusive group of privileged teens from a posh prep school on Manhattan's Upper East Side whose lives revolve around the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.
Six Feet Under
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
A half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
Pete and Pete are two redheaded brothers living in the somewhat surreal town of Wellsville. Pete, the older of the two, narrates the stories about their adventures in everyday life.
Filmography
as Michelle Cody White (voice)
as Violet (voice)
as Self - Host
as Georgina Sparks
as Self - Contestant
as Judy (voice)
as Dallas Baxter
as Megan
as Anna
as Alice
as Voice Over (voice)
as Marina Oswald
as Abigail Adams
as Self
as Miranda Prague
as Jodie
as Kitchelle Storms
as Bar Girl (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice)
as Bar Girl (voice)
as Ava
as Self (uncredited)
as Chloe Payne
as Lily Lockhart
as Valkyrie
as Self - Guest
as Maggie O'Donnell
as Self
as Suzanne
as Kylie Shines
as Tika (voice)
as Georgina Sparks
as Melissa Kitt
as Sandra
as Self
as Diane Turner
as Emma Karlin
as Carrie Beal
as Wendy Peterson
as Casey Carlyle
as Gummy Bear / Wife / Woman (voice)
as Melinda Bardach
as Jenny
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self - Host
as Lisa Willow Tyler
as Celeste
as Julie
as Kelly McClain
as Penny
as Gloria
as Self
as Self
as Dawn Summers
as Noelle Murphy
as Harriet M. Welsch
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Lena
as Nona Mecklenberg
as Angela
as Self - Guest
as Dinah Driscoll (uncredited)
as Self - Narrator (voice)