If you are a true 90s kid, you grew up with Michelle Trachtenberg. She was Harriet the Spy, Nona on the Adventures of Pete & Pete, and she eventually went to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and played Buffy's sister (or more accurately "the Key").
My life got a little bit better when a few years ago Michelle showed up on Gossip Girl, one of the shows that I hate to admit that I watch. She played a pretty bad ass character who liked to cause a lot of trouble and mess with people's relationships in ridiculous ways. She always went to extremes in manipulation and criminal activity, often involving someone being drugged or kidnapped.
Yesterday I spent the day watching the show Weeds and she showed up on there as a drug dealer. Later on in the episode you discover that she is actually the boss of a marijuana business in New York. I am not really surprised since she's always been a bad ass who could take anybody down. But her character is never up front about just how crazy she is so when it is revealed, it is always an awesome surprise.
Michelle Trachtenberg is one of those 90s actresses that I always wanted to be just like. She played awesome characters but was never particularly good-looking. She has really grown into her looks and I am happy to say that I still want to be as bad ass as she is.
What do you think, was Michelle Trachtenberg always pretty badass or did you think she lame when you were younger and even lamer now that she was on Gossip Girl? I appreciate your thoughts.
-Brianna