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Inside Michelle Trachtenberg's tragic final years: Buffy actress, who was a child star and anti-drugs and alcohol campaigner, was 'struggling' after liver transplant and links to Hollywood abusers


As a teenager she dominated screens, landing roles in high profile series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl.

With a TV career that started at the age of three and huge sitcom hits such as Gossip Girl and Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Michelle Trachtenberg should have been on a path to the same Hollywood stardom many of her co-stars have since enjoyed. Rumours then began to swirl about Trachtenberg having an alcohol problem, yet for years, the actress had been vocal about her anti drink and drug stance, saying that she'd been taught well by her 'protective' mother to avoid the temptations that come with fame. She was clearly in a nostalgic mood as she also recently shared a snap, taken in 2011 at the School of American Ballet Winter Ball, and a cheeky suggestion for those without Valentine's Day plans to watch her true crime docuseries, Meet, Marry, Murder.

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