Michelle Trachtenberg: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl star dies at 39

Trachtenberg, 39, found fame in television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and later Gossip Girl.

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Police in Manhattan said they responded to an emergency call on Wednesday morning and found Trachtenberg "unconscious and unresponsive". She was pronounced dead at the scene.

The US actress was best known for playing Buffy the Vampire Slayer's younger sister Dawn Summers, and later took on the role of manipulative socialite Georgina Sparks in Gossip Girl as an adult.

Trachtenberg made her film debut in Harriet the Spy in 1996, and also appeared in several Nickelodeon productions.

Co-stars paid tribute to her, describing her as a "fiercely intelligent" person who "cared deeply" about her work.

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