Michelle Trachtenberg, the long-lasting ’90s Nickelodeon star of the TV sequence “The Adventures of Pete & Pete” and the film “Harriet the Spy,” has died at age 39 in response to a number of experiences. Representatives for Trachtenberg confirmed to IndieWire by way of e-mail: “It’s with nice unhappiness to substantiate that Michelle Trachtenberg has handed away. The household requests privateness for his or her loss. There are not any additional particulars at the moment.”
Web page Six first reported the information that Trachtenberg, who additionally appeared within the sequence “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and The CW’s unique “Gossip Lady,” was discovered lifeless New York Metropolis. Her demise just isn’t being investigated as suspicious, in response to the outlet, however no reason behind demise has but been shared. Selection and Deadline additionally reported on the information.
Trachtenberg had been largely out of the movie and TV highlight for the reason that mid-2010s, aside from reprising her position as Georgina Sparks within the Max reboot of “Gossip Lady” that was canceled in 2023 after two seasons. She starred in practically 30 episodes of the CW sequence as a calculating Higher East Aspect socialite. Previous to that, from 2000 to 2003, she had a number one position on The WB’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” as Daybreak Summers, a vampire who entered the present initially of its fifth season.
Trachtenberg, although, was beloved by many for her baby appearing flip in “Harriet the Spy” as a sixth-grade pupil and aspiring sleuth reverse Rosie O’Donnell as her nanny. Trachtenberg additionally starred within the household movie “Inspector Gadget” and the raunchy teen intercourse comedy “EuroTrip” earlier than getting her most mature movie position up to now in 2004 in Gregg Araki’s cult-classic portrait of kid intercourse abuse, “Mysterious Pores and skin.” She performed the most effective buddy of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character, a queer small-town teenager who strikes to New York to develop into a hustler.
Trachtenberg additionally had a recurring position in Season 4 of “Six Ft Underneath” because the pampered pop star to whom fallen cop turned safety element Keith Charles (Mathew St. Patrick) is personally assigned. She additionally had roles on TV’s “Regulation & Order: Prison Intent,” “Love Bites,” “Weeds,” and “Prison Minds,” and hosted the documentary internet sequence “Meet, Marry, Homicide,” an anthology of true-crime chronicles. She was nominated for a number of Teen Selection Awards all through her profession earlier than largely stepping again from Hollywood, aside from the “Gossip Lady” reboot, lately.
[Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story noted that Trachtenberg was found Dead in Los Angeles, not in New York City. It has been corrected and we regret the error.]