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Michelle Trachtenberg

Michelle Trachtenberg
Michelle Trachtenberg was born on the 11th October 1985 in New York.
Early roles include parts in All My Children as Lilly Benton Montgomery, Clarissa Explains It All in the episode called "Babysitting" as Elsie Soaperstein with Melissa Joan Hart, Law & Order in the episode entitled "God Bless the Child" as Dinah Driscoll and in The Adventures Of Pete And Pete as Nona Mecklenberg opposite Danny Tamberelli and Michael C. Maronna.
Other roles include Space Cases in the episode called "All You Can Eaty" with Walter Jones and Danny Tamberelli, Dave's World in the episode entitled "Solitaire" as Angela opposite Harry Anderson and in Harriet The Spy as Harriet M. Welch alongside Gregory Smith and Rosie O'Donnell.
Another appearance was in Christmas In My Hometown as Noelle Murphy with Melissa and Tim Matheson and also in Meego in the episode called "Halloween" as Maggie Parker alongside Jonathan Lipnicki and Ed Begley Jr.
Another role was in Guys LIke Us in the episode entitled "Maestro's First Crush" as Katie with Linda Cardellini and also in Richie Richs Chrsitmas Wish as Gloria.
She has also been in Inspector Gadget as Penny with Matthew Broderick, Joely Fisher and Rupert Everett, Can't Be Heaven as Julie opposite Diane Ladd and Kaley Cuoco and in A Father's Choice as Kelly McClain alongside Peter Strauss.
Michelle has appeared as Buffy's younger sister Dawn in Buffy The Vampire Slayer and was in : Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 5, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 6 and Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 7 alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Nicholas Brendon, Anthony Head, Amber Benson, Charisma Carpenter, David Boreanaz, Emma Caulfield, Eliza Dushku and James Marsters.
She also starred in the follow ups to Buffy with the rest of the cast members in the musical Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Once More With Feeling, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - The Best Of Buffy, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - The Slayer Collection: Faith, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - The Slayer Collection: Spike, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - The Slayer Collection: Willow, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Cordelia, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Giles, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Xander and Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Dawn.
Other roles include Euro Trip as Jenny with Jacob Pitts and Scott Mechlowicz, Best Week Ever in the episode called "50 Worst Songs, Britney's New Video And More" with Eli Roth and Rebecca Corry and in Six Feet Under as Celeste with Peter Krause and Michael C. Hall.
She has also appeared in The Dive From Clausen's Pier as Carrie Beal alongside Matthew Edison and Will Estes, Ice Princess as Casey Carlyle with Kim Cattrall and Joan Cusack and in Mysterious Skin as Wendy opposite Brady Corbett, Elisabeth Shue and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Another role was in House in the episode called "Safe" as Melinda Bardach with Hugh Laurie and she was also in Beautiful Ohio as Sandra opposite William Hurt and Rita Wilson.
Michelle has been in Law And Order: Criminal Intent in the episode entitled "Weeping Willow" as Lisa Willow Tyler and was in Black Christmas as Melissa with Kristen Cloke and Katie Cassidy.
Other roles are in The Hill as Maggie Rogers alongside Eric Christian Olsen, Dragonlance: Dragons Of Autumn Twilight as the voice of Tika with Lucy Lawless and Kiefer Sutherland and also lent her voice to the part of the woman and Dina Lohan in Robot Chicken.
She has been in Young Americans as Kitchelle Storms opposite Anna Faris and Topher Grace, The circuit as Kylie Shines along with Drew Fuller and Bill Campbell and in Against the Current as Suzanne with Justin Kirk, Elizabeth Reaser and Joseph Fiennes.
Michelle has starred in 17 Again as Maggie O'Donnell with Matthew Perry, Zac Efron and Leslie Mann and in Gossip Girl as Georgina Sparks opposite Blake Lively and Kristen Bell.
Michelle has starred in Cop Out as Ava Monroe with Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, and Seann William Scott and has lent her voice to the part of a valkyrie in The Super Hero Squad Show with Charlie Adler.
Another role has been in the hospital drama called Mercy as Chloe Payne alongside Taylor Schilling and Jaime Lee Kirchner.



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Michelle Trachtenberg - what members say


  • Euro Trip
  • Euro Trip review by A customer from england
    Rated - 5.0 stars funny as hell 20 February 2005
    ...omething on u' in the pool right thru to the end it had me laughing nonstop and Michelle Trachtenberg is SO hot! ...   Read customer review
  • Ice Princess
  • Ice Princess review by from London, UK
    Rated - 3.0 stars Live your own dream 17 August 2005
    ...Ice Princess is a sweet tale about a scientifically-minded teenage girl (Michelle Trachtenberg - Buffy's sister) and her dream to become an ice-skating champ. It's a lovely film goo...   Read customer review
  • Mysterious Skin
  • Mysterious Skin review by chungking from London,England
    Rated - 2.0 stars Twice the action, but half a film 2 January 2006
    ...itt, who with the film ‘Panic’, proved he was more than just a pretty face, and Michelle Trachtenberg who used to be in Buffy. Worth seeing. ...   Read customer review

Michelle Trachtenberg - filmography


  • Cop Out on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Jason Lee,  Michelle Trachtenberg
    Director: Kevin Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. Jimmy (Bruce Willis) is the veteran detective whose missing collectible is his only hope to pay for his daughter's upcoming wedding, and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 8,777 members
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  • Cop Out - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Jason Lee,  Michelle Trachtenberg
    Director: Kevin Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. Jimmy (Bruce Willis) is the veteran detective whose missing collectible is his only hope to pay for his daughter's upcoming wedding, and ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 3,503 members
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  • 17 Again - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Matthew Perry,  Zac Efron,  Michelle Trachtenberg
    Director: Burr Steers
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A former high school basketball star gets a second shot at life when he's miraculously transformed into a teenager and offered the opportunity to redefine his future. Back in 1989, Mike O' Donnell (Matthew Perry - TV's FRIENDS) had it all; not only was the 17-year-old senior the king of the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,826 member
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  • Against the Current on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Joseph Fiennes,  Justin Kirk,  Elizabeth Reaser
    Director: Peter Callahan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Struggling with a tragic past, Paul Thompson (Joseph Fiennes, Shakespeare in Love) decides to fulfill a lifelong dream and swim the length of the Hudson River. Joined by travel companion Jeff (Justin Kirk, TV's Weeds) and Liz (Elizabeth Reaser, the Twilight series), Paul embarks on an emotional ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 15 members
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  • 17 Again on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Matthew Perry,  Zac Efron,  Leslie Mann
    Director: Burr Steers
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    About a guy whose life didn't quite turn out how he wanted it to and wishes he could go back to high school and change it. He wakes up one day and is seventeen again and gets the chance to rewrite his life.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 35,507 members
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  • Ice Princess on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Joan Cusack,  Kim Cattrall,  Michelle Trachtenberg
    Director: Tim Fywell
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A shy scientifically-minded teenage girl decides to find study the scientific theories behind ice skating. She soon finds out she has a natural talent for the sport and will stop at nothing to compete...
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 11,543 members
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  • Euro Trip on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Scott Mechlowicz,  Jacob Pitts,  Michelle Trachtenberg
    Director: Jeff Schaffer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Poor Scott (Scott Mechlowicz) finds out his girlfriend is cheating on him and then thinks his European pen-pal Mike is trying to start a homosexual affair via e-mail. Once he realizes Mike is actually Mieke, a beautiful German girl, he and his buddy Cooper (Jacob Pitts) take off for Europe on a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 13,529 members
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  • Mysterious Skin on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt,  Brady Corbett,  Elisabeth Shue
    Director: Gregg Araki
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In 1981, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the eight years old boy Neil McCormick is sexually abused by his pedophile baseball coach and his deranged and promiscuous mother does not pay attention. Meanwhile, the also eight years Brian Lackey awakes from a brief amnesia of four hours with a bleeding nose, but ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 13,320 members
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  • Harriet The Spy on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Rosie O'Donnell,  Michelle Trachtenberg,  Gregory Smith
    Director: Bronwen Hughes
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Eleven-year-old Harriet's (Michelle Trachtenberg) obsession for observation is well-chronicled in her most treasured possession: a notebook marked "Private," in which she collects her frequently unflattering--though accurate--thoughts about those around her. When her classmates discover her ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 590 members
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Michelle Trachtenberg facts

5 most recent films

Take Me Home Tonight - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Take Me Home Tonight - 3.0 stars
Cop Out - 3.0 stars
Cop Out - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
17 Again - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Once More With Feeling - 4.0 stars
17 Again - 3.5 stars
17 Again - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Mysterious Skin - 3.0 stars
Euro Trip - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Against the Current - 3.0 stars
Take Me Home Tonight - 3.0 stars
Take Me Home Tonight - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Black Christmas - 2.5 stars
Inspector Gadget - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Seann William Scott - 4 times - show films
Tracy Morgan - 3 times - show films
Bruce Willis - 3 times - show films
Jason Lee - 3 times - show films
Rashida Jones - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Kevin Smith - 3 times - show films
Peter Callahan - 2 times - show films
Jeff Schaffer - 2 times - show films
Gregg Araki - 2 times - show films
Bronwen Hughes - 2 times - show films