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Born on October 11, 1985, Trachtenberg was just 3 years old when she began acting in commercials.

There was a lot required of me."

Michelle Trachtenberg posing in 2019

I never got one.

She continued, “The kids were cruel.

There is no need to harp on the past.

Michelle Trachtenberg waving and smiling

But I still have scars from being thrown down stairs and slammed into lockers head first.”

“I found TV to be rather stifling, especially ‘Buffy.’

Trachtenberg later acknowledged the backlash she had faced from fans of the show in a 2017 interview withEntertainment Weekly.

Michelle Trachtenberg smiling at a Buffy event

“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?

Michelle Trachtenberg on red carpet

Oh, you were docile, sitting in the corner, doe-eyed and happy to be there?

Speaking withCampus Circlein March 2005, the actor remarked, “It was grueling.

I worked really, really hard and definitely have the injuries to prove it.”

Michelle Trachtenberg posing in 2010

Such intense training and preparation for her role resulted in Trachtenberg sustaining several injuries.

It sounds really bad, but those are all things that happen to athletes.

“I’m fully WGA [Writers Guild of America] and a writer and have sold several projects.

Michele Trachtenberg looking grim

“My love of writing came from reading and being Harriet the Spy.

Writing changes people’s worlds,” she explained.

Perhaps someday soon we’ll see one of Trachtenberg’s screenplays get transformed into a television show or film.

Michelle Trachtenberg looking morose

He inspired the path my life took in so many ways.

I will forever miss this opportunity to say to you I love you, one more time.”

My broken ankle can still kick your ass out the door.

Michelle Trachtenberg walking with a cane

Cuz in 2020, I’m going to be 100% that b****.”

When you fracture/break your ankle this bad.

And you still go to work.

Michelle Trachtenberg staring intensely into camera

THAT is beast mode.

How bout that swelling!”

With his not appropriate behavior….very.

Michelle Trachtenberg posing with Krysten Ritter and Alicia Silverstone

Comment I will make on this.

There was a rule.

He’s not allowed in a room alone with Michelle again," Trachtenberg’s cryptic post read.

Michelle Trachtenberg taking a selfie

Michelle actually started DMing about it during the Season 1 writers room.

She was like, ‘I want to come back.’

In mid-January of 2024, Trachtenberg posted another smiling selfie onInstagram, alongside the caption, “Fun fact.

This is my face.

Not malnutrition no problems.

Why do you have you hate?

Get a calendar.”