tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22188975664060661752011-04-21T17:18:41.771-07:00The best collection of Michelle Trachtenberg content on the web.Michelle Christine Trachtenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046760366167418993noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2218897566406066175.post-14290212723063658552007-07-21T04:30:00.001-07:002007-07-21T04:36:09.886-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nUhqIXGTy0Y/RqHu4Cb6RII/AAAAAAAAAAM/chSWncoHbJ0/s1600-h/michelle-trachtenberg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nUhqIXGTy0Y/RqHu4Cb6RII/AAAAAAAAAAM/chSWncoHbJ0/s320/michelle-trachtenberg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089611700399391874" border="0" /></a>Michelle Christine Trachtenberg (born October 11, 1985) is an American television and film actress.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Early life</span><br />Trachtenberg was born in New York City. Her father, Michael, is an ATT field engineer, and her Russian-born mother,Lana, is a former actress turned puppeteer. Trachtenberg can speak Russian fluently.She is of Jewish heritage and celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah;her grandparents live in Israel.Trachtenberg was raised, along with older sister Irene, in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn and attended P.S. 254 Elementary School and Bay Academy Junior High School.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Career</span><br />She made her first television appearance in 1988 in a commercial for Wisk Detergent. She went on to feature in over 100 more commercials. She appeared in her first credited role as Nona F. Mecklenberg in The Adventures of Pete & Pete from 1994 until 1996. During the same period she played Lily Montgomery in All My Children. It was on All My Children that Trachtenberg first worked with future Buffy the Vampire Slayer co-star Sarah Michelle Gellar.<br /><br />Trachtenberg's film career began in 1996 with the lead role in Harriet the Spy. She then returned to television for Meego, for which she won a Young Artist Award. She returned to film in 1999 for Inspector Gadget, as the gadget-master's niece, Penny. She also starred in the film Can't Be Heaven.<br /><br />In the summer of 2000, Trachtenberg took up the role of Dawn Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She remained in the role until the show ended in 2003. After Buffy, she returned to film in EuroTrip, co-starring Scott Mechlowicz and Travis Wester and directed by Jeff Schaffer. She also had a recurring role in the HBO series Six Feet Under as Celeste, a spoiled pop star for whom Keith Charles serves as a bodyguard.<br /><br />In March 2005, she played the title character in Walt Disney Pictures' family comedy/drama Ice Princess with Kim Cattrall. In this film, Trachtenberg plays a science whiz named Casey Carlyle who gives up her future academic life in order to chase her newfound dream of being a professional figure skater.<br /><br />In November 2006, Trachtenberg guest starred in the sixth season of the Emmy-nominated crime drama Law &amp; Order: Criminal Intent. In the episode "Weeping Willow", she played the role of Willow, a kidnapped video blogger based on lonelygirl15. Trachtenberg also made a cameo in the Fall Out Boy music video for "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" and the Joaquin Phoenix-directed video "Tired of Being Sorry" for Balthazar Getty's band Ringside. She was recently cast as the female lead in an ABC comedy pilot called The Hill, set in Washington, DC.<span class="" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_JustifyFull" title="Justify Full" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 13);ButtonMouseDown(this);"></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Personal life</span><br />Trachtenberg dated Canadian actor Shawn Ashmore from 2004 to December 2006.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Filmography</span><br />Year Title Role Notes<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1996 Harriet the Spy Harriet M. Welsch </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1998 Richie Rich's Christmas Wish Gloria direct-to-video</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1999 Inspector Gadget Penny </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2004 EuroTrip Jenny co-star</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2005 Mysterious Skin Wendy limited release</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ice Princess Casey Carlyle </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2006 Black Christmas Melissa Kitt co-star</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2007 Kicking It Old Skool Kim </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beautiful Ohio Sandra </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Television roles</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1991 Law & Order Dinah Driscoll television series</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1993 All My Children Lilly Benton Montgomery #1 television series</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Clarissa Explains It All Elsie Soaperstein television series</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1994 The Adventures of Pete & Pete Nona Mecklenberg television series</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1995 Melissa Lena television series</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Christmas in My Hometown Noelle Murphy made-for-television</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1997 Meego Maggie Parker television series</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Figure It Out Panelist television series</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2000 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Dawn Summers television series (2000-2003)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Father's Choice Kelly McClain made-for-television</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2001 Truth or Scare Host/narrator television series</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Teen Choice Awards 2001 presenter television special</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2002 The Teen Choice Awards 2002 presenter television special</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Can't Be Heaven Julie television series</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Echo by Trapt music video</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2003 A&E Biography: Buffy the Vampire Slayer television special</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Echo by Trapt music video</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2004 The Dive From Clausen's Pier Carrie Beal made-for-television</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Six Feet Under Celeste television series</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Child Stars II - Growing Up Hollywood herself A&E Biography</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards presenter </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2005 House Melinda Bardach (in Safe) television series</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2006 Law &amp; Order: Criminal Intent Lisa Willow Tyler television series</span><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2218897566406066175-1429021272306365855?l=michellechristinetrachtenberg.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michelle Christine Trachtenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046760366167418993noreply@blogger.com0