From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
   https://www.tvovermind.com/michelle-trachtenberg/   
      
      
      
       Sometimes the stars align in our favor and other times, luck does not   
   seem to come our way. Michelle Trachtenberg is among the lucky few whose   
   star never dims, and even when we think she has had her best, she surprises   
   us.   
      
       1. She believes in unicorns   
   Many legends and myths have been told, and people have passed them down for   
   generations and generations, but that does not necessarily mean they are   
   true. However some choose to believe in them, and Michelle is a woman whose   
   belief in the mythological unicorns has led her to select Unicorn National   
   Day as her second favorite holiday, after Halloween, according to her   
   Twitter account. National Unicorn Day is a holiday observed throughout the   
   world, but it has special significance in Scotland where it is the national   
   animal.   
      
      
       2. She is fluent in Russian   
   Learning a language can prove challenging for most of us, but Michelle found   
   it easy because her mother is Russian. Michelle is among a few celebrities   
   such as Mila Kunis, Regina Spektor, and Milla Jovovich who can speak Russian   
   fluently. Her language skills have been useful for her acting career because   
   when she played Marina, the Russian-born wife of Lee Harvey Oswald she had   
   to speak the language. However, despite her fluency, she is yet to know the   
   proper register and vocabulary, so she had to seek her mother’s help.   
      
       3. She has a long dating history   
   Finding someone to spend the rest of your life is difficult, and Michelle   
   knows this all too well as seen from her long dating history. In 2004, she   
   was dating Shawn Ashmore, but after two years, they parted ways. In 2007 she   
   was dating Brandon Hirsch, and later they ended their relationship leaving   
   Michelle available to start dating Jason Lewis. Other men Michelle has   
   dated, according to Ranker, include Josh Groban, Scott Sanford, Joshua Radin   
   and many more.   
           [a dating slut]   
      
       4. She was once engaged   
   Love is blind otherwise how would you explain loving someone to the extent   
   of being engaged to them but never go through with the wedding. That is what   
   happened with Michelle and Scott Sanford; after dating for one year, the two   
   decided it was time to take it to the next step and so got engaged in   
   September 2009. However, the engagement did not culminate into a wedding.   
      
       5. She was the first choice to play Twilight’s Bella Swan   
   Catherine Hardwicke wanted Michelle to play the role of Bella Swan in   
   Twilight, but Michelle had her schedule full with the shooting of Buffy, so   
   she had to pass the role on to someone else, Kristen Stewart. Maybe it was   
   for the best for all because Michelle got to cast in a film she loved and   
   Kristen got to meet Robert Pattinson with whom they transferred the onscreen   
   romance to real life.   
      
       6. Being cast in Harriet, the Spy inspired her to be a writer   
   Michelle owns a library consul, and among the books is Louise Firzburg’s   
   “Harriet the Spy.” Reading the book and acting in the movie made her love   
   to   
   read and write. She, therefore, revealed when she was 23 that she was   
   working on a true story spanning around a 30-year decade beginning from the   
   50s. Moreover, she wrote a pilot about an accessories editor whose dream was   
   always to be a writer.   
      
       7. She fights against drug use   
   Drugs have become a menace across the globe, and Michelle is determined to   
   play her part in eradicating this vice. She, therefore, is an active   
   spokesperson for organizations and charities like DARE America. R.A.D.D. and   
   Kmart Kids Race against Drug Use that helps fight against drug use. Her   
   efforts have not gone unnoticed, and she represented American Youth at   
   Atlanta in CNN’s headquarters and further helped Bill Clinton launch a   
   campaign dubbed “The Coalition for a Drug-Free America.”   
      
       8. She practices Christian and Jewish beliefs   
   Most people will stick to one religion and abide by all its practices, but   
   Michelle has chosen to be different. Coming from a Jewish family, Michelle   
   celebrates Hanukkah but maybe because it falls around the same time as   
   Christmas, Michelle also enjoys celebrating the Christian holiday.   
      
       9. Her first television appearance was at three years old   
   According to Nickelodeon Productions, Michelle made her first appearance on   
   television when she was three years old through a Wisk detergent commercial.   
   She must have stolen the hearts of many because she featured in over 100   
   commercials later. Wisk detergent, the product which Michelle can credit for   
   her talent discovery, was discontinued when Sun Products was acquired by   
   Henkel in 2016, leading to them favoring their brand, Persil.   
      
       10. Her film career began with “Harriet the Spy”   
   Most actors and actresses begin their acting career after attending acting   
   classes and long after graduating from theater school. Michelle is among the   
   lucky few whose film career began when she was only 11 playing the lead role   
   in “Harriet the Spy.” In the movie, Michelle plays Harriet, a teenager who   
   documents everything she finds suspicious in a journal that she carries   
   everywhere she goes. Unfortunately, one day someone finds her journal and   
   exposes what Harriet has been writing about her classmates, leaving her with   
   no friends. She, however, decides to take revenge on all those who have been   
   unkind to her.   
      
       11. She was bullied in 8th grade   
   Celebrating your graduation should be a moment of joy, but it turned into a   
   cruel event when Michelle was attending a party for her eighth-grade   
   graduation. She confesses that they hurt was physical and mental and   
   recounted that when she went to the bathroom, everybody was in the front   
   yard. What was worse was the boy Michelle had a crush on was leading the   
   bullies in humiliating her, and everyone else joined. At least now with her   
   fame and fortune, she can rub it in the faces of those who made fun of her   
   body shape how much she has transformed into one of the most beautiful   
   women, as she fights against bullying.   
      
       12. She has bagged several awards in her acting career   
   A little motivation goes a long way, and Michelle has all the motivation she   
   requires when her competence is continually recognized and appreciated.   
   Michelle has received several awards commending her for her excellent acting   
   skills. Among her many awards is the “Young Artist Award” for Best   
   Performance in a feature film which became her first award. In 1997, she won   
      
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