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A major TV show fell throughĪfter appearing in a supporting role on "Gossip Girl," Trachtenberg had her sights set on a new kind of part - she wanted to star in her own TV show. It’s true that Dawn was prone to sulking and complaining, but as Trachtenberg says, she was certainly a realistic character. There’s a reason why teenagers have a stigma, and that is what Joss wrote." She continued on to say, "I rarely get the, ‘Oh, she ruined the show.’ I do get a lot of, ‘Oh, she was so whiny!’ Hi, were you a teenager? Oh, you were docile, sitting in the corner, doe-eyed and happy to be there? No. It’s fine," Trachtenberg told Entertainment Weekly in 2017. "I still get comments like, ‘Oh my God! I think Dawn is so annoying!’ I get it. To this day, Trachtenberg says that people will tell her about much they disliked Dawn.

Multiple people have labeled Dawn as one of the most annoying and hated characters on TV, but to Trachtenberg’s credit, maybe this means she played the role of the annoying little sister incredibly well. Perhaps Michelle Trachtenberg became so hesitant to accept certain roles because fans of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" responded so negatively to her character, Dawn Summers. She received a lot of negative comments after Buffy the Vampire Slayer "Three years as one character - where they’re not changing the character and your abilities aren’t being tested or challenged - gets very repetitive." While Trachtenberg did eventually reconsider and returned to working in television, her experience of being held back as a creative individual in front of the camera may have discouraged her from accepting other TV roles. And I found TV to be rather stifling, especially ‘Buffy,’" Trachtenberg said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. I’m not a person to repeat myself creativity-wise. "Honestly when I left ‘Buffy,’ I never thought I’d go back to TV because I’ve done it.
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But while Trachtenberg was grateful for the opportunity to be part of such an impactful show, she wasn’t enthusiastic about the idea of working on another TV series once it was over.

And when Dawn discovers her true purpose, she struggles to accept who she is and her mystical connection to every single dimension of reality. Here, she starred as Dawn Summers, Buffy’s little sister, who plays a pivotal role in the series. In 2000, Trachtenberg joined the cast of the popular series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" for the show’s fifth season. Yet Trachtenberg tries not to spend too much time looking back and wondering how her career might’ve changed if she’d landed a role in "Twilight." She explained, " you’re not living in the moment and you’re looking negatively at what you’re doing now." She was frustrated working in TV As she went on to explain, "I guess schedules never worked out."īeing a part of the "Twilight" franchise would’ve undoubtedly taken Trachtenberg’s career to new heights, and maybe if she’d backed out of another project, she could’ve made it happen. But ultimately, Trachtenberg had already signed on to other projects that would’ve conflicted with shooting the vampire romance, so she couldn’t commit. "There was definitely interest here and there because there’s only so few pale girls in Hollywood," Trachtenberg told US Weekly. Michelle Trachtenberg passed up a great opportunityĬan you envision Trachtenberg starring in "Twilight?" Well, she nearly landed a coveted role in the popular franchise, but in the end, it didn’t pan out. So why has the actress been staying away from the spotlight? Well, here’s why Michelle Trachtenberg hasn’t been popping up on your screen lately and what she’s been working on while taking a short hiatus from acting.
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From there, she landed parts on series like "The Adventures of Pete & Pete" and "Meego," eventually leveraging her success in TV into a role on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." She got into crazy backpacker hijinks into the comedy "EuroTrip," learned to skate like a professional for "Ice Princess," and played one of Manhattan’s wealthy elite on "Gossip Girl."īut after wrapping up her stint on "Gossip Girl," it seems like Trachtenberg hasn’t had a high-profile role for a while.
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Welsch in the 1996 movie "Harriet the Spy" established her as one to watch. Michelle Trachtenberg made her acting debut in an episode of "Law & Order," but her starring role as Harriet M.
