Thankful

Teen Hollywood - November 2001

Michelle Trachtenberg, who plays the kid sister on UPN's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," is growing up and changing her mind a bit about her goals.

She had set her sights set on going to Yale and studying theater and English. But when she turned 16 last month, she says, "I realized I wanted to consider other colleges and decide what subjects I really wanted to study. I know what to do before the cameras. Now I want to learn what to do behind them. I'm even thinking of taking a year off after I graduate high school -- I'm a junior now -- and maybe making a movie in a place like Italy, that would give me a chance to travel and work at the same time. Education is important to me. So is work. But the most important thing in my life is my family - my mother, my sister, my father and my cat, Casey. I'm feeling particularly grateful for them now at Thanksgiving time."