Michelle Trachtenberg, star of the teen drama series “Gossip Girl” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” has died at 39 years old, sources confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday. She was found at her home in New York City, and the death is not believed to be suspicious, the sources said.
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A child actor who grew up in Brooklyn and appeared in her first commercials at age 3, according to the movie database IMDb, Trachtenberg starred in “Harriet the Spy” and landed the plum role of Buffy’s younger sister, Dawn, in the hit series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” in 2000. She wasn’t yet 18 years old.Â
She went on to star in the hit series “Gossip Girl,” and appeared in various other series and television movies including “House” and “NCIS: Los Angeles.”
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