Biography
Michelle Christine Trachtenberg (October 11, 1985 – February 26, 2025) was an American television and film actress. She is known for her roles as Dawn Summers in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2000–03) and as Georgina Sparks in Gossip Girl (2007–2012), and in the films Harriet the Spy (1996); Inspector Gadget (1999); EuroTrip (2004); Ice Princess (2005); Black Christmas (2006) and 17 Again (2009).
Known For
Complete Filmography

Spyral
2024
as Michelle Cody White (voice)
Using a variety of sources, SPYRAL follows one bipolar woman and the impact it has on her family.

Unicorn Boy
2023
as Violet (voice)
A wild ride of gender and self identity set to a backdrop of a freak-adelic fantasy world. Matty, a down-on-their-luck artist, is going through a brea...

Showbiz Kids
2020
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary chronicling the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a chil...

Sister Cities
2016
as Dallas Baxter
Based on the internationally-acclaimed play by Colette Freedman, the story of 4 estranged sisters who reunite for their mother’s alleged suicide.

The Christmas Gift
2015
as Megan
Ten-year-old Megan, who upon receiving a Secret Santa gift, is touched by its contents which end up having a huge impact on her life. Now a driven you...

The Scribbler
2014
as Alice
Suki is a young woman confronting her destructive mental illness using "The Siamese Burn," an experimental machine designed to eliminate multiple pers...

Killing Kennedy
2013
as Marina Oswald
Drama documentary based on Bill O'Reilly's and Martin Dugard's 2012 non-fiction book "Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot". It follows the parallel li...

Sexy Evil Genius
2013
as Miranda Prague
A dark comedy about an eclectic group of strangers invited to a downtown bar by a mutual ex-lover, Nikki Franklyn, a maddeningly sexy, unpredictable a...

Take Me Home Tonight
2011
as Kitchelle Storms
Recent MIT grad Matt Franklin should be well on his way to a successful career at a Fortune 500 company, but instead he rebels against maturity by tak...

DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
2010
as Bar Girl (segment "Jonah Hex") (voice)
An anthology of DC Showcase stories consisting of a new Superman/Shazam feature and extended versions of older shorts.

DC Showcase: Jonah Hex
2010
as Bar Girl (voice)
When a ruthless brothel madame murders Jonah Hex's current quarry, the disfigured bounty hunter plans to make her pay.

Cop Out
2010
as Ava
Detectives Jimmy and Paul, despite nine years as partners, can still sometimes seem like polar opposites—especially when Paul's unpredictable antics g...

Teenage Paparazzo
2010
as Self (uncredited)
A documentary that examines the relationship between celebrity and society.

17 Again
2009
as Maggie O'Donnell
On the brink of a midlife crisis, 30-something Mike O'Donnell wishes he could have a "do-over." And that's exactly what he gets when he wakes up one m...

Against the Current
2009
as Suzanne
Struggling with a tragic past, a man with an urgent calling enlists two friends to help him swim the length of the Hudson River.

The Circuit
2008
as Kylie Shines
Al Shines, former king of the US race car track circuit, has a hard time starting his own team, once he's fired by his sponsor Robin Cates. Robin hire...

Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight
2008
as Tika (voice)
A barbarian woman with a miraculous blue crystal staff gains the help of a group of adventurers as an army of dragons invades the land of Krynn.
May All Your Christmases Be Black
2007
as Self
May All Your Christmases Be Black is a DVD companion piece to the 2006 remake of "Black Christmas". It was made for people to see after they've watche...

Black Christmas
2006
as Melissa Kitt
As the residents of sorority house Pi Kappa Sigma prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins a series of obscene phone calls with dubious inten...

Beautiful Ohio
2006
as Sandra
A quietly provocative coming-of-age drama about two brothers — Clive and William — growing up in the unconventional household of progressive parents i...

The Dive from Clausen's Pier
2005
as Carrie Beal
After her boyfriend suffers a debilitating accident, a girl from Wisconsin moves to New York City to pursue her dream of becoming a fashion designer.

Mysterious Skin
2005
as Wendy Peterson
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.

Ice Princess
2005
as Casey Carlyle
With the help of her coach, her mom, and the boy who drives the Zamboni, nothing can stop Casey Carlyle from realizing her dream to be a champion figu...

EuroTrip
2004
as Jenny
When Scott learns that his longtime cyber-buddy from Berlin is a gorgeous young woman, he and his friends embark on a trip across Europe.

Can't Be Heaven
2000
as Julie
Everyone eventually meets the love of their lives. Sometimes, like Danny and Julia, that person comes along when you are 13 years old. Other times, li...

A Father's Choice
2000
as Kelly McClain
The fast-paced city life of two sisters is turned upside down when they are sent to live in the country with their father after their mother is killed...

Inspector Gadget
1999
as Penny
John Brown is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion planned by an evil mastermind. He is taken to a labo...

Richie Rich's Christmas Wish
1998
as Gloria
After getting blamed for spoiling Christmas, the richest kid in the world wishes he'd never been born. Unfortunately, a wishing machine, invented by p...

A Holiday for Love
1996
as Noelle Murphy
A man is sent to a small town to assess which of the workers in the local factory that supplies the town with jobs should get the boot when the downsi...

Harriet the Spy
1996
as Harriet M. Welsch
When the secret notebook of a young girl who fancies herself a spy is found by her friends, her speculations make her very unpopular! Can she win her ...

Melissa
1995
as Lena
Melissa follows her dream of becoming a dancer all the way to New York City but finds when she gets there that reaching her goal might cost more than ...

The Adventures of Pete & Pete: Halloweenie
1994
as Nona Mecklenberg
Big Pete puts aside his pride to help Little Pete break the record for the number of houses visited on Halloween.