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Biography

Michelle has been acting since she was very young and is perhaps best known for playing the role of Dawn in the TV series…more

Born

New York, New York, USA

Birth Name

Michelle Christine Trachtenberg

Gender

Female

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Star (5)

Role
- Mercy
  Chloe Payne
  - S 1: Ep 22 That Crazy Bitch Was Right
    5/12/10
  - S 1: Ep 21 Too Much Attitude And Not Enough Underwear
    5/5/10
  - S 1: Ep 20 We All Saw This Coming
    4/28/10
  - S 1: Ep 19 There Is No Superwoman
    4/21/10
  - S 1: Ep 18 Of Course I'm Not
    3/24/10
  - + 16 More Credits
- Truth or Scare
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 13 Castle Ghosts of Wales
    1/1/08
  - S 1: Ep 2 Dracula
    1/1/08
  - S 1: Ep 14 The True Story of Halloween
    1/1/06
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Bermuda Triangle
    1/1/06
  - S 1: Ep 7 UFOs Over Phoenix
    1/1/06
  - + 15 More Credits
- The Adventures of Pete & Pete
  Nona F. Mecklenberg (1994-1996)
  - — Halloween
    1/1/06
  - S 3: Ep 12 Das Bus
    12/21/95
  - S 3: Ep 9 Road Warrior
    11/30/95
  - S 3: Ep 7 Last Laugh
    4/1/95
  - S 3: Ep 4 Splashdown!
    1/1/95
  - + 44 More Credits
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  Dawn Summers
  - S 7: Ep 22 Chosen
    5/20/03
  - S 7: Ep 21 End of Days
    5/13/03
  - S 7: Ep 20 Touched
    5/6/03
  - S 7: Ep 19 Empty Places
    4/29/03
  - S 7: Ep 18 Dirty Girls
    4/15/03
  - + 60 More Credits
- Meego
  Maggie Parker
  - S 1: Ep 6 Halloween
    10/24/97
  - S 1: Ep 5 Fatal Attraction
    10/17/97
  - S 1: Ep 4 It's Good to be King
    10/10/97
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Truth About Cars and Dogs
    10/3/97
  - S 1: Ep 2 Love and Money
    9/26/97
  - + 8 More Credits
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Gossip Girl
  Georgina Sparks
  - S 5: Ep 24 The Return of the Ring
    5/14/12
  - S 5: Ep 17 The Princess Dowry
    2/27/12
  - S 5: Ep 15 Crazy, Cupid, Love
  - S 5: Ep 14 The Backup Dan
    2/6/12
  - S 4: Ep 22 The Wrong Goodbye
    5/16/11
  - + 8 More Credits
- Gossip Girl
  Georgina Sparks / Gossip Girl
  - S 5: Ep 13 G.G.
    1/30/12
Guest Star (38)

Role
- Robot Chicken
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 20 Fight Club Paradise
    1/22/12
- Weeds
  Emma
  - S 7: Ep 12 Qualitative Spatial Reasoning
    9/19/11
  - S 7: Ep 11 Une Mère Que J'aimerais B****r
    9/12/11
  - S 7: Ep 10 System Overhead
    8/29/11
  - S 7: Ep 9 Cats! Cats! Cats!
    8/22/11
  - S 7: Ep 8 Synthetics
    8/15/11
- Love Bites
  Jodie
  - S 1: Ep 8 Modern Plagues
    7/21/11
  - S 1: Ep 3 Keep on Truckin'
    6/16/11
  - S 1: Ep 2 How To ...
    6/9/11
- Robot Chicken
  Gummy Bear
  - S 5: Ep 2 Saving Private Gigli
    1/9/11
- Gossip Girl
  Georgina Sparks
  - S 3: Ep 22 Last Tango, Then Paris
    5/17/10
  - S 1: Ep 18 Much 'I Do' About Nothing
    5/19/08
  - S 1: Ep 17 Woman on the Verge
    5/12/08
  - S 1: Ep 16 All About My Brother
    5/5/08
  - S 1: Ep 15 Desperately Seeking Serena
    4/28/08
- Sidewalks Entertainment
  Herself / Guest
  - S 20: Ep 21 Michelle & Dana
    4/12/10
- The Super Hero Squad Show
  Valkyrie
  - S 1: Ep 15 Invader From The Dark Dimension!
    11/21/09
  - S 1: Ep 14 Mental Organism Designed Only for Kisses!
    11/14/09
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 33 Seth Meyers, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mike Spinner
    4/22/09
- TRL
  Herself
  - S 18: Ep 46 April 17, 2008
    4/17/08
- Robot Chicken
  Wife, Woman
  - S 3: Ep 4 Tapping a Hero
    9/2/07
- Space Top 10 Countdown
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 3 Chicks That Kick
    2/25/07
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  Lisa Willow Tyler
  - S 6: Ep 10 Weeping Willow
    11/28/06
- Punk'd
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 6 Michelle Trachtenberg, Nicollette Sheridan, Travis Pastrana
    5/8/06
- Robot Chicken
  Various
  - S 2: Ep 5 Dragon Nuts
    4/30/06
  - S 2: Ep 4 Celebrity Rocket
    4/23/06
- House
  Melinda Bardach
  - S 2: Ep 16 Safe
    4/4/06
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 63 Andy Garcia, Michelle Trachtenberg, & Bobby V
    5/11/05
- The View
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 132 Cusack/Trachtenberg
    3/9/05
- Coming Attractions
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 1 Ice Princess; The Amityville Horror; Beauty Shop; Mr. & Mrs. Smith
    1/8/05
- Best Week Ever
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 13 Best Year Ever
    12/17/04
  - S 1: Ep 12 Best of Best Week Ever: Bennifer, William Hung and more
    4/6/04
  - S 1: Ep 6 God Is In, Oscar Preview and more
    2/27/04
- Six Feet Under
  Celeste
  - S 4: Ep 8 Coming and Going
    8/8/04
  - S 4: Ep 7 The Dare
    8/1/04
  - S 4: Ep 4 Can I Come Up Now?
    7/11/04
  - S 4: Ep 3 Parallel Play
    6/27/04
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 136 Sela Ward, Michelle Trachtenberg, Randi Coy, and Daniel Tosh
    2/24/04
- On Air With Ryan Seacrest
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 27 2/16/04
    2/16/04
- Biography
  Herself/Dawn
  - S 17: Ep 41 Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    5/14/03
- MTV Hits
  Herself
  - — March 6th, 2003
    3/6/03
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
  Penny
  - S 5: Ep 22 Inspector Gadget
    2/9/03
- MadTV
  Dawn
  - S 7: Ep 7 Episode #707
    11/24/01
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 151 Show #963
    4/18/01
  - S 1: Ep 22 Show #22
    7/9/96
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  Dawn Summers
  - S 5: Ep 1 Buffy vs. Dracula
    9/26/00
- Inspector Gadget: Original Series
  Penny
  - S 2: Ep 24 Inspector Gadget
    7/23/99
- Guys Like Us
  Katie
  - S 1: Ep 3 Maestro's First Crush
    10/19/98
- Reading Rainbow
  Narrator
  - S 17: Ep 1 Math Curse
    10/5/98
- Space Cases
  Prankster #1 (Aiee)
  - S 2: Ep 7 All You Can Eaty
    11/23/96
- Dave's World
  Angela
  - S 4: Ep 2 Solitaire
    9/20/96
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 71 Mandy Patinkin, Scott Wolf, Keb Mo
    1/2/95
- The Adventures of Pete & Pete
  Nona F. Mecklenberg
  - S 2: Ep 1 Grounded for Life
    9/25/94
- Clarissa Explains It All
  Elsie Soaperstein
  - S 4: Ep 12 Babysitting
    9/25/93
- Law & Order
  Dinah Driscoll (uncredited)
  - S 2: Ep 5 God Bless the Child
    10/22/91
- Blue's Clues
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 9 Blue's Birthday

Michelle Trachtenberg News

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News Briefs: Summer Glau Joins TNT's Dog-Cop Drama

By Tim Surette, Nov 02, 2011

Plus: A show you didn't know was on the air has been canceled, HBO is getting Lucky early, and Gossip Girl is bringing back a mean girl. read more
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Law & Order: SVU Finds Its Replacements for Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni

By Tim Surette, Jun 27, 2011

Plus: Breaking Bad and Weeds both eye end dates, Jeff Probst gets chatty, and The Walking Dead casts some popular characters. read more

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- Michelle, along with Ashley Judd, Katy Mixon, and Eliza Coupe, participated in a Funny Or Die video that was a satirical take on Rick Santorum dropping out of the 2012 Presidential race.
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- In 2012, Michelle did a public service announcement against bullying. It was done in conjunction with the release of the film Bully.
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- Michelle won the 2004 Radio Free Movie Award for Best Kiss for her role in Eurotrip.
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- Michelle: (on the worst thing said to her in NYC) It's probably been more recent, since I've grown into my womanly form. You know, you'll walk by a construction site and it's like, "You kiss your mama with that ass?" What does that even mean? I don't kiss my mama with my ass because it's back there! My lips are up here, so that's weird. It worked though, 'cause I turned around and was like, "What does that mean?!" So he won.
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- Michelle: (on the question about getting a tattoo) No tattoo. I don't enjoy needles. So, people won't ever have to worry about me getting a big 'ol tattoo across the back, no.
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- Michelle: (on what she would like to study in college) I would study film. I was accepted into USC as well as the film school, because that's two separate processes. But I wouldn't study theatre. I've never taken any acting classes. I don't believe anyone has a right to tell me how to be an actress other than my director, so I've never responded to that. I would study the history of film, I'd study producing and directing and just the beauty of film.
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