Michelle Trachtenberg Movies and TV Shows That’ll Define the Late Actor’s Legacy

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Harriet the Spy, Ice Princess, Gossip Girl, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. For many, Trachtenberg’s characters, and her portrayal of them, were not just iconic and memorable—they inspired a generation of young women to be more daring, more bold, and maybe even more fearsome.Her costars have echoed this in the hours following the news of at 39, as and devastation. “Heartbreaking,” wrote Rosie O’Donnell, who starred alongside Trachtenberg in 1996’s Harriet the Spy. “I loved her very much.” Her Ice Princess costar Kim Cattrall wrote, “Rest in peace sweet Michelle.”Tonight, turn on one of these Michelle Trachtenberg movies and TV shows as a tribute to the late star.When I was a book-obsessed and slightly nosy seven-year-old, there was no cooler role model than Harriet Welsch.

Harriet was a different type of girl character. She was messy yet bold, fearless yet emotional, and didn’t care about expressing what she thought, even if it got her in trouble.When I read the book, I was captivated by Harriet and her world.

She lived in far away New York City in an apartment that had fancy-sounding things like a dumbwaiter, ate exotic treats like “egg creams” and “tomato sandwiches,” and had free rein to explore (in hindsight, the Welsch parents must have been rich AF).

But, like me, she was obsessed with writing, constantly observing the world around her in ways that many kids did not. Even though my life in Southern California was far away from hers, she felt the same.I remember so distinctly going to see the 1996 film adaptation of the book, starring Michelle Trachtenberg, who truly brought Harriet to life.