Buffy the Vampire Slayer alumnus, Michelle Trachtenberg, has died from a botched medical procedure at age 39. The tragic news comes to us weeks after a new Buffy revival series slated for Hulu was announced. It is unknown as to whether or not Trachtenberg's character, Dawn, was to be a part of the reboot.
Trachtenberg began her acting career at an extremely early age and followed in Sarah Michelle Gellar's footsteps to some degree, finding success on the long-running ABC soap, All My Children, as well as kids' shows on Nickelodeon. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is likely her best known work, though she appeared in numerous TV shows and at least one movie.
Michelle Trachtenberg played Buffy Summers' "little sister," Dawn, who turned out to be nothing anyone expected, and whose character arc drove an entire season. Although the storyline was not to my personal taste, as I felt it simply retrod the same ground Buffy Summers' character had already walked, Trachtenberg did a fine job and her addition to the series was a pleasant shock in the way it was handled.
Our condolences to her friends and family.
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