Mischa Barton
Mischa Anne Barton (born
January 24 1986) is a
London-born
British/
Irish actress, now a naturalised
U.S. citizen.
Barton was born in
Hammersmith,
London, England, to a Manchester-born
English father and an
Irish mother, but moved to
New York City when she was five years old. She has two sisters, Hania and Zoe. Barton graduated from the
Professional Children's School in
Manhattan in 2004, and attended a summer school in Shakespearean acting at RADA in 2006.
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
1996, as a younger Lily Montgomery in
All My Children. Two years later she starred in the film
Pups with Cameron Van Hoy. She also had a one-time appearance in the Fox show
Fastlane, and appeared in the video for "
Goodbye My Lover" by
James Blunt. She has also appeared in
Enrique Iglesias's video,
Addicted.
Barton is best known for her role as
Marissa Cooper in the
TV series The O.C.. That role ended in a fatal car "accident" during the third season's finale, which aired on
May 18 2006. Though rumors had been swirling for weeks about the show's much hyped season finale death, Barton and
NBC entertainment news program
Access Hollywood infuriated fans of the show in revealing the character's death before the finale even aired.[
1]
Barton has modeled for
Calvin Klein. She has appeared in advertisements for
Aéropostale,
bebe,
Accessorize,
Dooney and Bourke, JC (Jeans and Clothes),
Neutrogena, and Keds. 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. Barton will model
David Jones summer collection.
*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
OK magazine.
*Most of her roles before
The OC were R-rated, and usually involved sex, drugs, alcohol, horror, and homosexuality. She admits that she likes the "edgier" roles.
* Barton dated oil heir
Brandon Davis for a year. Their relationship was known in the tabloids as a turbulent one (they were said to get in very public spats), but they were also known for their
public displays of affection.
*She has been in a relationship with
Cisco Adler (since November 2005), son of legendary record producer
Lou Adler.
*In season 6 episode 1 of
Punk'd, Barton became the fourth of
The O.C. Young Guns to get punk'd.
*Barton became a
naturalized citizen of the United States in Los Angeles on
3 February 2006.
*She was ranked at 64 by
FHM in the magazine's U.K. edition
2005 100 Sexiest Women in the World list and 21 in
2006. The
2005 U.S. edition ranked her at 52.
Maxim magazine named her #21 on their 2006
Hot 100 list.
Closing the Ring (2007) (post-production)
The OH in Ohio (2006)
Octane (2003)
Lost and Delirious (2001)
Tart (2001)
Julie Johnson (2001)
Paranoid (
2000)
Skipped Parts (2000)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Notting Hill (1999)
Pups (1999)
Lawn Dogs (1997)
Polio Water (1995)
The Friday Night Project (2006) Guest Host, Herself
*The O.C. (2003–2006) Marissa Cooper
*Once and Again (2002–2003)
*A Ring of Endless Light (2002)
*Frankie & Hazel
(2000)
*KaBlam! (1996–1997) (voice)
*All My Children (1996)
*New York Crossing
(1996)
*Punk'd'' (2006) Herself
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