(Nexstar) – Actress Michelle Trachtenberg has passed away, police sources confirmed Wednesday with multiple entertainment and news publications.
Trachtenberg was reportedly found in an apartment in New York. According to the New York Post, which first reported the news, the death has not been investigated as currently suspected.
The official cause and method of death will be determined following an autopsy by the prosecutor.
She was 39 years old.
Trachtenberg began acting as a child with small commercials and television parts before being cast as Nona F. Mecklenberg in Nickelodeon’s The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Her first major film role came in 1996 when she played the title character in “Harriet The Spy.”
Her fame grew in two major parts of the super popular TV show throughout the 2000s: the first dawn summer of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” and then Georgina sparks with “Gossip Girl.”
File – Michelle Trachtenberg will arrive at the Women in Film In Film in Lucy Awards at the Film 2015 Crystal and Lucy Awards at Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 16th, 2015. (Photo: Richard Schotwell/Invision/AP) Michelle Trutchenberg will be filmed at the “Gossip Girl” location in New York City on October 22, 2012. (Photo by Bobby Bank/Getty Images) Actress Michelle Tratchetenberg and actress Salah Michelle Geller announced the announcement of the 25th William S. Paley Television Festival held in Los Angeles, California on March 20, 2008. You will arrive at Buffy Reunion. (Photo: Jon Kopaloff/Filmmagic) Michelle Trutchenberg was at the 11th Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards held at the UCLA Paulie Pavilion in Westwood, California, USA. (Photos of the Ron Galella/Ron Galella collection by Getty Images)
Her latest listed acting credits were her return to the “Gossip Girl” character, guest starring in the HBO remake of the 2022 show.
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