Star of Buffy and Gossip Girl, Michelle Trachtenberg died at 39 years old

The young actress had just undergone a liver transplant.

Sunnydale is in mourning. Michelle Trachtenbergknown for his role as Dawn Summers in Buffy against vampires and that of Georgina Sparks in Gossip Girlwas found dead Wednesday in a New York apartment near Columbus Circle. The young American actress was 39 years old.

His disappearance does not seem suspicious. According to police sources cited by ABC News, she had recently undergone a liver transplant and could have suffered from post-operative complications.

Michelle Trachtenberg started her career very young, with appearances in New York, judicial police And Clarissa Explains it allbefore playing Lily Montgomery in the Soap The strength of fate.

Its most striking role undoubtedly remains that of Dawn Summers in Buffy against vampires. His introduction into the series, during the first episode of season 5, surprised the spectators by suggesting that Buffy had always had a little sister. The series will later reveal that Dawn was actually “the key”, a mystical entity transformed into human by monks in order to prevent the evil goddess Glory from accessing her immense power. The memories of Buffy And his relatives had been altered so that they have always believed in his existence.

His talent and charisma marked him as an essential figure of television from the 2000s, until his memorable role of plague of the Upper East Side in Gossip Girl.

His sudden death comes as long as a return of Buffy has just been announced.