Michelle Trachtenberg's memorable movie and TV roles, including 'Gossip Girl' and 'Buffy' Michelle Trachtenberg, who found fame as a child star, became beloved 'Gossip Girl' actre

Michelle Trachtenberg, the actress who rose to fame as a child star with films like “Harriet the Spy” and went on to have memorable roles on TV shows including “Gossip Girl,” has died, according to an NYPD source.

Michelle Trachtenberg had been acting for decades ahead of her death at age 39. Trachtenberg got her big break in 1996 when she starred as the titular Harriet the Spy opposite Rosie O’Donnell. After Harriet,