On Thursday, New York City’s Office of Chief Medical Examiner shared that the 39-year-old’s cause of death was ruled “undetermined.” A spokesperson for the office told the New York Post that the ruling came after Trachtenberg’s family objected to an autopsy.
She also played the lead role in Disney’s 2005 comedy sports film Ice Princess as Casey Carlyle before taking on her signature role as antagonist Georgina Sparks on Gossip Girl, which ran on The CW from 2007 to 2012.
“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.”.
In the film, which was one of Trachtenberg's first acting roles, she played a sixth-grader who aspired to be a writer and a spy, while O’Donnell played her character’s nanny.
On Wednesday, police responded to a 911 call just after 8 a.m. at Trachtenberg’s home in One Columbus Place, a 51-story luxury apartment complex on Central Park South.
