Missing Gossip Girl star Chanel Maya Banks found after actress known for playing Sawyer Bennett vanished two weeks ago
AN actress who starred in Gossip Girl has been found after her family's desperate two-week search.
Chanel Maya Banks, who also appeared in the drama series Blue Bloods, is reportedly safe after she was reported missing on November 8.
Police told she was found with no injuries.
No foul play is suspected.
Banks, 36, played Sawyer Bennett, a character who was friends with Jenny Humprey, in Season 3 of Gossip Girl.
The actress' safe return comes after Danielle-Tori Singh, the actress' cousin, told ABC affiliate that she last spoke to the star on October 30 via text.
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Three days earlier, the pair were on a FaceTime call.
Cops carried out a series of checks at Banks' Los Angeles apartment on November 7 and 8, per a page.
The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to The U.S. Sun that a missing persons report was filed for Banks on November 8.
The LAPD said the case would "remain open until she's located."
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The family revealed the actress left her car at her home in the Playa Vista area, which she shares with her husband.
She also left her cat and dog at the house - which her family said was out of character.
"She also does not go anywhere without her little dog," Singh wrote on the GoFundMe page raising money for Banks' family during the hunt.
"She would NEVER go anywhere without telling her mom or myself."
The actress' cell phone and laptop were not found in the apartment.
Banks' belongings were still in the apartment on November 10 when Danielle and the actress' mom, Judy Singh, visited the property.
Danielle said if she doesn’t hear from her cousin for more than five days, it is a red flag.
"She doesn't go more than 48 hours without speaking to me or her mom,” she told the KABC.
“That girl is more like a big sister to me."
She then feared something wasn't right.
The disappearance of Chanel Banks
An urgent search is underway for the actress Chanel Banks. Banks is best known for appearing in the hit shows Gossip Girl and Blue Bloods.
October 27: Banks' cousin Danielle-Tori Singh speaks to her on a FaceTime call.
October 30: Danielle last hears from the actress via text.
November 7: Cops carry out two checks at Banks' Los Angeles apartment.
November 8: Police visit the property two more times.
November 10: Danielle and Banks' mom, Judy Singh, go into the actress' apartment and say all her belongings are still there.
"I can tell you in my soul, in my gut, something is not right," she said.
"We're crossing two weeks now without a word, without a sound. Nothing."
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Danielle jetted in from Toronto, while Judy flew in from New York.
Danielle had vowed not to leave California before the end of the search.
"I'm not going to leave California until I find my cousin," she told .
She has also begged Banks to contact her family.
“We just want to know you’re okay and that you’re safe and that nobody did anything to you," she pleaded.
Danielle revealed that Banks wouldn't go anywhere before telling her mom.
Banks, who has lived in Los Angeles for over a decade, starred in three episodes of Gossip Girl.
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She also appeared in an episode of Blue Bloods and the action movie Twelve in 2010.
More than $3,000 has been raised on the GoFundMe.
