Michelle Trachtenberg Biography (3)

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Michelle Trachtenberg is anything but an ordinary 13 year old. Best known for her starring role in Harriet The Spy opposite Rosie O'Donnell, for which she received the Young Artists Award of Hollywood as Best Leading Actress in a feature film, the native New Yorker began her acting career at age 4, when she appeared in her first television commercial. Since then she has appeared in over 100 national spots and has gone on to work on various television series. Most recently she starred as Julie in the independent film Can't Be Heaven. Michelle's other film credits include, Richie Rich's A Christmas Wish, and Melissa.

Soap fans will remember Michelle from her challenging role as the autistic Lily Montgomery on the ABC daytime drama All My Children. She was also a series regular on the popular Nickelodeon series The Adventures of Pete and Pete. Trachtenberg's other small screen credits include Guys Like Us, Figure it Out, Dave's World, Law & Order, Saturday Night Live, Clarissa Explains it All, Space Cases, the CBS movie-of-the-week Christmas in Our Home Town, with Melissa Gilbert, and the CBS sitcom Meego with Bronson Pinchot.

Michelle immerses herself in numerous charities. For the past 2 years, she has been an active spokesperson for Kmart Kids Race Against Drugs, R.A.D.D., D.A.R.E. America, The Starlight Foundation, and many others. Michelle's selfless contributions to the fight against drugs earned her the prestigious responsibility of representing the youth of America at CNN's headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, where she helped President Clinton launch The Coalition for a Drug-Free America campaign.

In her spare time, Michelle enjoys swimming, rollerblading, ice-skating, bicycling, and writing short stories.

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