Born October 11, 1985 is an American television and film actress, known for her roles on Nickelodeon in both television and a movie as well as Dawn Summers in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer from seasons 5 through 7. She is currently playing Georgina Sparks on the series Gossip Girl. Biography Early life Born in New York City in a Jewish family, the younger of two daughters to Lana, a manager, and Michael Trachtenberg, an engineer. Her father is American and her mother was born in Russia and Trachtenberg can speak Russian fluently. Her family celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah; her grandparents live in Israel. Trachtenberg was raised, along with older sister Irene, in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn and attended P.S. 99 Elementary School and The Bay Academy for the Arts And Sciences Junior High School. Career Her first television appearance at the age of three, in a commercial for Wisk Detergent. She went on to feature in over 100 more commercials. She appeared in her ...
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