‘Gossip Girl’ actress found safe 2 weeks after family reported her missing
Nov 13, 2024
“Gossip Girl” alum Chanel Banks has been found safe two weeks after she went missing according to family.
Foul play is not suspected in the disappearance of the 36-year-old actress, sometimes credited as Chanel Farrell, and law enforcement sources tell TMZ she was found uninjured.
Banks’ cousin, Danielle-Tori Singh flew in from Toronto to search for Banks, who was reported missing Nov. 8. She’d last been heard from on Oct. 30.
Chanel Banks, who acted under the name Chanel Farrell, attends the “Take This Waltz” screening at Sunshine Landmark on June 21, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by D Dipasupil/FilmMagic)
“She doesn’t go more than 48 hours without speaking to me or her mom,” Singh told ABC7 Los Angeles’ Eyewitness News. She said she searched high and low for Banks along with the actress’ mom, Judy Singh.
The cousin told the outlet that Banks’ husband of one year had not been cooperating with the search and was “removing flyers off of posts and cars.”
(L to R) Actresses Chanel Banks (who acted under the name Chanel Farrell), Zoe Kravitz and Emily Meade rehearse a scene on the “Twelve” film set in Central Park on April 21, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Ray Tamarra/Getty Images)
Though authorities turned up Banks’ belongings and dog during welfare checks at the couple’s Playa Vista home, her whereabouts remained a mystery. In a GoFundMe — which raised nearly $4,000 of its $20,000 goal — Singh noted that Banks’ car was still at the home when the family searched. She also alleged that Banks’ husband had “a busted lip and marks and scratches on his neck and arms” on Nov. 10, but not two days prior.
It’s unclear where Banks was found or what prompted the prolonged silence.
She appeared as Sawyer Bennett in three 2009 episodes of “Gossip Girl,” and an episode each of “Twelve” and “Blue Bloods.”