Louise Fitzhugh’s 1964 children’s novel Harriet the Spy was brought to life in a 1996 movie of the same name.
Harriet (Michelle Trachtenberg) is a precocious sixth-grader who’s destined to be a super-sleuth. She records all sorts of suspicious activity in her private notebook along with a running list of observations about everyone she knows. It all seems like harmless fun until one of her classmates finds her journal and exposes the middle schooler’s inner thoughts to the entire school. As everyone turns against her, Harriet resolves to exact revenge.
“I turned 10 years old on the first day of principal photography of Harriet this Spy,” Trachtenberg recalled to Entertainment Tonight in October 2021. “Rosie [O’Donnell] was my biggest supporter … There was a lot required of me. I’m extremely grateful for the experience.”
At the time, the Gossip Girl alum noted that fans still reach out to her regarding the film’s impact on their own life.
“When I do look at social media, which is challenging, [I see] them coming in with, ‘You inspired my life. You made me become a writer,’” Trachtenberg told ET. “All of those, just beautiful things.”
Scroll below to see what the Harriet the Spy cast has been up since their days filming the Nickelodeon movie:
