Sarah Michelle Gellar celebrates Michelle Trachtenberg’s posthumous birthday

Sarah Michelle Gellar She shared an emotional birthday message for her late Buffy the Vampire Slayer sister, Michelle Trachtenberg.

“When you turned sixteen, it was hard not to see you as the little girl I met All my children. “When I turned 21, I had to teach myself to not see you as a little sister anymore,” Gellar, 48, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, October 11 alongside Throwback Buffy Snapshots of the two actresses. “I can’t imagine what forty would be like.”

“This I know…it will be full of love. Happy birthday @michelletrachtenberg,” she continued.

Gellar named her position on Charlie Puth and Wiz KhalifaThe equally emotional duet, “See You Again.”

Gellar and Trachtenberg first met when they starred in the film All my children In the early nineties. Years later, they met again A group of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Gellar starred in the titular role of Buffy, while Trachtenberg portrayed Buffy’s younger sister and magic key Dawn.

Us Weekly He confirmed this in February Trachtenberg died at the age of 39.

A company representative said: “It is with great sadness that we confirm the death of Michele Trachtenberg.” gossip girl The young man said we In a statement at the time. “The family requests privacy due to their loss. There are no further details at this time.”

Trachtenberg is survived by her parents, her sister, and her talent agent boyfriend Jay Cohen. Her cause of death was later determined to be complications from diabetes.

Shortly after news broke of Trachtenberg’s death, Gellar was among the stars who shared her condolences.

“Michelle, listen to me. Listen. I love you. “I will always love you,” Gellar he wrote via Instagram That month, he quoted one of Buffy’s lines before sharing what Trachtenberg said in the musical episode. “The hardest thing in this world is to live in it. I will be brave. I will live… for you.” 💔💔💔🗝️“.

Just weeks before Trachtenberg’s death, Gellar confirmed her involvement in a new case Buffy Reboot.

“It’s incredibly emotionally overwhelming,” Gellar said He said later Us Weekly Exclusively In August of her return to her teenage role. “It’s just a place I never knew I’d find myself in. Even though it was new, it was also incredibly familiar, and I feel very lucky.”

While few details about what’s new Buffy Revealed, the logline has described the project as “the next chapter in the Buffyverse” starring a new Slayer to play him Ryan Keira Armstrong. Gellar, for her part, is set to serve as an executive producer and will have a recurring on-screen role.

“All I can say is the same thing I always tell everyone: We’re doing it slowly and carefully because there’s no point in doing it unless we can do it right,” she said. we. “So we’ll make sure everything is in place before we’re ready to share it.”

Gellar also teased that the revival “won’t change any of the DNA of the show.”

“I mean, for me, Buffy was about your found family,” Gellar added. “I think now more than ever, finding a family is so important. We all need a place where we feel like we can be ourselves and be honored to be ourselves and be loved for who we are. And that, to me — that’s the point.”

It is currently unknown whether New series I will pay tribute to Trachtenberg’s dawn.