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Michelle Trachtenberg’s Dawn Was the Beating Heart of Buffy
The little sister from hell gave the show’s later seasons new stakes and pathos.
Like several of her characters, Trachtenberg seemed wiser than her years; when she popped up on The Rosie O’Donnell Show at the age of 10 to promote Harriet the Spy, the two seemed like a natural double act, trading jokes and barbs. Trachtenberg’s confidence and playful sense of humor carried her into her early 20s, when she emerged as one of the industry’s most reliable stars, appearing in Mysterious Skin and Gossip Girl. “The Body,” a fifth-season episode in which Buffy’s beloved mother, Joyce, dies unexpectedly of a brain tumor, marked a dramatic shift in the tone of the show.
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