Ask Marilyn

From E! Online - July 7th, 2001

Dear Marilyn: What can you tell me about Michelle Trachtenberg from Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Is she from L.A.? - Jennifer, Los Angeles

Dear Jennifer: The 15-year-old actress hails from New York, where at age 4 she appeared in what would be the first of 100 commercials.

She played autistic Lily Montgomery on All My Children, where she coincidentally also worked with Sarah Michelle Gellar. She also played the title character in the big-screen comedy Harriet the Spy, opposite Rosie O'Donnell.

As Gellar's kid sister on Buffy, Trachtenberg works full time and gets three hours of daily schooling on the set.

Her aim is to study theater, English and filmmaking at Yale. "There is so much to learn [about the business], and I want to learn it all," she says.

By the way, E! Onliners chose Michelle as one of tv's best supporting actresses--and one of the few most likely to get snubbed by Emmy voters come nominations time on July 12.