Police SayGossip GirlActress Chanel Banks Was Found Safe

Mar. 15, 2025

Missing ‘Gossip Girl’ actress Chanel Banks.Photo:Chanel Banks/TikTok

Chanel Banks/TikTok

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect the fact that Chanel Banks was found safe on Nov. 11.

Chanel Banks, an actress who appeared onGossip Girland whose family said had been missing from her Los Angeles home for two weeks, was found safe in Texas.

A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department tells PEOPLE that Banks was found on Monday, Nov. 11, in Texas and that no foul play occurred.

“She is fine,” LAPD spokesperson Charles Miller says. “No danger. She is OK. She has been taken out of the missing person system for us and we have closed our investigation.”

Police carried out welfare checks on Banks on Nov. 7 and 8, but she was reportedly not present at her Playa Vista apartment on both occasions, the GoFundMe page continued.

Chanel Banks in ‘Gossip Girl’.CW

CW

Singh said she had flown to California from Toronto to search for her missing cousin and stated that she and her aunt had managed to get into Banks' apartment on Nov. 10, where they saw the actress had left behind her dog and her car, which was reportedly parked in her garage.

All of Banks' belongings were found in the apartment with the exception of Banks' phone and laptop, according to Singh.

Chanel Banks pictured in 2010.Chris Weeks/WireImage

Chris Weeks/WireImage

“Five days without hearing from my cousin is red flags and alarm bells,” Singh added toKABCa few days after Banks disappeared. “She doesn’t go more than 48 hours without speaking to me or her mom. … That girl is more like a big sister to me.”

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Chanel Banks pictured in 2012.Jason Kempin/Getty

Jason Kempin/Getty

“I can tell you in my soul, in my gut, something is not right. … We’re crossing two weeks now without a word, without a sound. Nothing,” Singh told the outlet.

source: people.com