Yahoo Lifestyle Blake Lively Pays Tribute to Gossip Girl Co-Star Michelle Trachtenberg: ‘She Was Electricity’
Michelle Trachtenberg’s Gossip Girl castmate Blake Lively recalled her as “big and bold and distinctly herself” in a touching Instagram tribute to the late actress Wednesday.
Trachtenberg — who played Gossip Girl‘s Georgina Sparks — was found dead on Wednesday in a New York City apartment near Columbus Circle. She was 39.
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“This is the first day I met Michelle,” Lively posted to her Instagram story, underneath a photo of herself and Trachtenberg on set. “She was electricity. You knew when she entered a room because the vibration changed. Everything she did, she did 200%.”
Lively continued, “She laughed the fullest at someone’s joke, she faced authority head on when she felt something was wrong, she cared deeply about her work, she was proud to be a part of this community and industry as painful as it could be sometimes, she was fiercely loyal to her friends and brave for those she loved, she was big and bold and distinctly herself. And she always had yummy caramel smelling lipgloss on because she didn’t just want to sparkle on camera, she liked creating a nice experience for anyone who was in her orbit, even down to the subtle smell of her lipgloss because she cared about the sweet details.”
Trachtenberg appeared in six seasons of Gossip Girl and reprised Georgina in Max’s short-lived Gossip Girl reboot. She “was a kind person, through and through,” Lively added. “Time passes. You take for granted that you get the chance to see an old friend. To paraphrase, the real tragedies in life are the ones that blindside you on an idle Tuesday. Hold those you love and have loved dear. The world lost a deeply sensitive and good person in Michelle. May her work and her huge heart be remembered by those who were lucky enough to experience her fire.”
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