Mischa Barton
Mischa Anne Barton (born January 24 1986) is a British-born American actress and model.
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.
On April 19th 2006, a source of hers has annonced that Barton is the new spokesmodel for BeBe clothing line.
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. She admits that she likes the "edgier" roles when acting.
- As of the start of the sixth season of Punk'd, Barton became the last of The O.C. cast to get Punk'd.
- Barton became a naturalized U.S. citizen in Los Angeles on Februrary 3, 2006.
- In the tabloid press there has been considerable speculation as to whether Mischa Barton is a lesbian, after she was known to say that playing lesbian romances feels more natural.[1]
Filmography
- Polio Water (1995)
- Lawn Dogs (1997)
- Pups (1999)
- Notting Hill (1999)
- The Sixth Sense (1999)
- Paranoid (2000)
- Skipped Parts (2000)
- Lost and Delirious (2001)
- Julie Johnson (2001)
- Tart (2001)
- Octane (2003)
- The OH in Ohio (2006)
Upcoming:
- Guilty Pleasures (2007)
- Closing the Ring (2007)
- Hexxx (2007)
Television Work
- New York Crossing (1996)
- KaBlam! (cast member from 1996-1997) (voice)
- All My Children (cast member in 1996)
- Frankie & Hazel (2000)
- A Ring of Endless Light (2002)
- The O.C. (2003-present)