Actors - Mischa Barton

Home > Listing Index > Actors > Mischa Barton

	Actors - Mischa Barton

Mischa Anne Barton (born January 24 1986) is a British-born American actress.

Barton was born in London, England, to an English father and an Irish mother, but moved to New York City when she was four years old. She has two sisters, Hania and Zoe. Barton graduated from the Professional Children's School in Manhattan in 2004.

Barton began her acting career at the age of nine in New York Theatre with a lead role in Slavs!, written by Tony Kushner. She took part in many plays, taking a lead role in James Lapine's Twelve Dreams. She made her film debut in Lawn Dogs
, which won awards at film festivals around the world. Since then she has appeared in several films, including The Sixth Sense
, Notting Hill
, and Lost and Delirious
, in which she starred.

Mischa Barton first appeared on television in 1994, as a younger Lily Montgomery in All My Children. She is best known for her current role as Marissa Cooper in the TV series The O.C.. She also had a one-time appearance in the Fox's show Fastlane, and appeared in the video for "Goodbye My Lover" by James Blunt.

Barton is also a model, with such prominent clients as Calvin Klein. She has appeared in advertisements for Aéropostale, Dooney and Bourke, JC (Jeans and Clothes), and Neutrogena. The executives at Neutrogena decided to make her the cover girl for their new worldwide ad campaign; in this regard Barton followed in the footsteps of fellow teen stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, Mandy Moore, and Kristin Kreuk. She also did a commercial for Keds sneakers.

As of the start of Punk'd season six, Barton became the last of The O.C. to get Punk'd.

Trivia

Her height is 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Barton's elder sister, Zoe, is a barrister in London.
She is friends with Nicole Richie
and has appeared with her on the cover of the Australian Who magazine.
Most of her roles before The OC were R-rated, and usually involved sex, drugs, alcohol, horror, and homosexuality (Lawn Dogs, Pups, The Sixth Sense, Octane, Tart, Julie Johnson, Lost and Delirious, Skipped Parts, Paranoid, and Polio Water). She admits that she likes the "edgier" roles when acting.
Barton became a naturalized U.S. citizen in Los Angeles on 3 February 2006.

Film and television work

Hexxx (2007) (announced)
Decameron: Angels & Virgins (2006) (post-production) - Pampinea
The OH in Ohio (2005) (post-production) - Kristen Seip
Octane (2003)
The O.C. (2003 - present)
A Ring of Endless Light (2002)
Once and Again (2001)
Tart
(2001)
Julie Johnson (2001)
Lost and Delirious
(2001)
Frankie & Hazel (2000)
Skipped Parts
(2000)
Paranoid (2000)
The Sixth Sense
(1999)
Notting Hill
(1999)
Pups (1999)
Lawn Dogs
(1997)
Kablam! (1996)
New York Crossing (1996)
Polio Water (1995)
All My Children (1994)

[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Mischa Barton ]

This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Mischa Barton; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.

Actors - Mischa Barton

Trivia

Film and television work

Searches on eBay

Related searches on eBay