[[Slika:Michelle Trachtenberg Buffy wrap party 2003.jpg|thumb|left|Michelle Trachtenberg leta [[2003]].]]
=== Zgodnje in osebno življenje ===
Michelle Christine Trachtenberg se je rodila [[11. oktober|11. oktobra]] [[1985]] v [[New York City, New York|New York City]], [[New York]], [[Združene države Amerike]], kot mlajša od dveh hčera bankirke Lane in inžinirja Michaela..<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/22/Michelle-Trachtenberg.html Michelle Trachtenberg Biography (1985-)]</ref> Njen oče se je [[Nemci|Nemec]]rodil v Nemčiji, njena mama pa [[Rusi]]njav Rusiji; Michelle Trachtenberg deloma zna tekoče [[ruščina|rusko]]..<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/2004/02/25/2004-02-25__buffy_s__sis_on_trach.html</ref><ref name="radiofree">{{cite web|url=http://www.radiofree.com/profiles/michelle_trachtenberg/interview02.shtml|title=Michelle Trachtenberg: Interview|accessdate=2007-11-23|author=Michael J. Lee|date=2005-05-24|publisher=radiofree.com}}</ref> Njena družina je [[Judje|judovska]] in Michelle praznuje tako [[božič]] kot [[hanuka|hanuko]]<ref>Stated on ''[[Chelsea Lately]]'', May 7, 2009; can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKS7Ml-BWpI&feature=related</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Chesterton|first=Lucy|coauthors=|title=SPOTLIGHT - Michelle Trachtenberg|pages=|publisher=Sunday Telegraph|date=2008-06-22|url=|accessdate=2008-09-09}}</ref><ref name="girlslife">{{cite web|url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IBX/is_3_7/ai_67718265/pg_2|title=Under Michelle's spell|accessdate=2007-11-23|author=Kelly White|year=2000|month=December|publisher=Girls' Life}}</ref>, njena stara starša pa živita v [[Izrael]]u.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/webpages/buffy4x01x04x04|title=Interview with James Marsters and Michelle Trachtenberg|accessdate=2007-03-14|publisher=contactmusic.com}}</ref> Skupaj s starejšo sestro Irene je bila vzgojena v [[Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn|Sheepshead Bayu]], [[Brooklyn]] ter se šolala v šolah ''P.S. 99 Elementary School'' in ''The Bay Academy for the Arts And Sciences Junior High School'' (na tej šoli so se skupaj z njo šolale tudi [[igralec|igralke]], kot so [[Rachel Bilson]], [[Katharine McPhee]] in [[Kirsten Dunst]]).
