Michelle Trachtenberg was linked to her boyfriend, Jay Cohen, in 2020, five years before her death on Feb. 26 Michelle Trachtenberg was in a long-term relationship before her death. The Gossip Girl alum was first linked to talent agent Jay Cohen in 2020.

Similarly to her relationship with the talent agent, the actress kept her health issues tightly under wraps before she died Wednesday at age 39.

Michelle Trachtenberg was in a long-term relationship with her boyfriend, Jay Cohen, at the time of her death in February 2025. In October 2020, sources exclusively confirmed to Us Weekly that Trachtenberg had been dating her talent agent, Cohen, for “over a year.”