Michelle Trachtenberg: a life in pictures

Michelle Trachtenberg and Rosie O'Donnell in Harriet the Spy, in 1996. Photograph: Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock
Ed Begley Jr, Erik von Detten, Michelle Trachtenberg and Jonathan Lipnicki in Meego, in 1997. Photograph: CBS Photo Archive/CBS/Getty Images
Michelle Trachtenberg at the Inspector Gadget premiere, in 1999. Photograph: Rose Prouser/REUTERS
Michelle Trachtenberg and Sarah Michelle Gellar in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in 2001. Photograph: Landmark Media/Alamy
Michelle Trachtenberg in Buffy The Vampire Slayer, in 2003. Photograph: 20th Century Fox Television/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
Michelle Trachtenberg and Joss Whedon during the taping of the final episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in 2003. Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeffrey Licon and Michelle Trachtenberg in Mysterious Skin, in 2004. Photograph: film still handout
Travis Wester, Scott Mechlowicz, Michelle Trachtenberg and Jacob Pitts in Eurotrip, in 2004. Photograph: RGR Collection/Alamy
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Michelle Trachtenberg, in 2005. Photograph: HNW/Plux/REX/Shutterstock
Michelle Trachtenberg in Ice Princess, in 2005. Photograph: Moviestore Collection Ltd/Alamy
Leighton Meester and Michelle Trachtenberg in Gosspi Girl, in 2009. Photograph: Everett Collection Inc/Alamy
Michelle Trachtenberg and Blake Lively, in 2009. Photograph: Evan Agostini/AP
Bruce Willis and Michelle Trachtenberg in Cop Out, in 2010. Photograph: Abbot Genser/Publicity image from film company
Michelle Trachtenberg at the Critics' Choice Television awards, in 2014. Photograph: Danny Moloshok/Reuters
Michelle Trachtenberg at the Elton John Aids Foundation Oscar viewing party, in 2020. Photograph: Stewart Cook/REX/Shutterstock
Michelle Trachtenberg at the 15 Years of Siriano party, in 2023.
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