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Mischa Barton

Born · January 24, 1986 (39 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London, UK

Bio

Mischa Anne Marsden Barton (born 24 January 1986) is a British-American film, television, and stage actress. She began her career onstage, appearing in Tony Kushner's Slavs! and took the lead in James Lapine's Twelve Dreams at New York City's Lincoln Center. She made her screen debut with a guest appearance on the American soap opera All My Children (1995) and voicing Betty Ann Bongo on the Nickelodeon cartoon series KaBlam! (1996–97). Her first significant film role was as the protagonist of Lawn Dogs (1997), a drama co-starring Sam Rockwell. She appeared in major pictures such as the romantic comedy Notting Hill (1999) and M. Night Shyamalan's psychological thriller The Sixth Sense (1999). She also starred in the indie crime drama Pups (1999). Barton later appeared in the independent drama Lost and Delirious (2001) and guest-starred as Evan Rachel Wood's girlfriend on ABC's Once and Again (2001–02). She played Marissa Cooper in the Fox television series The O.C.(2003–2006), for which she received two Teen Choice Awards. The role brought Barton into mainstream fame, and Entertainment Weekly named her the "It Girl" of 2003. Barton has since appeared in the comedy remake St Trinian's (2007), the Richard Attenborough–directed drama Closing the Ring (2007) and Assassination of a High School President (2008). She returned to television, starring in the short-lived Ashton Kutcher-produced CW series The Beautiful Life (2009). In 2012, she returned to the stage, performing in the Irish production of Steel Magnolias. She also appeared alongside Martin Sheen in Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain (2014). She has garnered critical praise for her roles in independent films, with the Los Angeles Times praising her "standout" performance in Starcrossed (2014). Barton was cast in the first season of the MTV series The Hills: New Beginnings (2019–2021), a reboot of The Hills. In 2023, she was cast in an extended guest role for the rebooted Australian soap opera Neighbours on Amazon Freevee and Network 10. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mischa Barton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense

Notting Hill

Notting Hill

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The O.C.

The O.C.

Murder At The Embassy

Miranda Green

2025

Invitation to a Murder

Miranda Green

2023

Spree

London

2020

The Cat and the Moon

Jessica Peterson

2019

The Hills: New Beginnings

Herself · (12 episodes)

2019

Painkillers

The Girl / Sarah Mendelsohn

2019

The Basement

Kelly Owen

2018

The Toybox

Samantha

2018

Papa

Jennifer

2018

Monsters at Large

Katie Parker

2018

Ouija House

Samantha

2018

The Joneses Unplugged

Rebecca Jones

2017

The Malevolent

2016

Deserted

Jae

2016

Executor

Tara

2016

Recovery Road

Olivia · (1 episode)

2016

Swat: Unit 887

Agent Melanie Hamlin

2015

Operator

Pamela Miller

2015

Checkmate

Lauren Campbell

2015

American Beach House

Ms. Maureen

2015

L.A. Slasher

The Actress

2015

The Hoarder

Ella

2015

Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard

Toni

2015

Hope Lost

Alina

2015

Throwdown

Lisa Thoams

2014

A Prayer for Rain

Eva

2014

Starcrossed

Kat

2014

Mining for Ruby

Jessica King

2014

A Resurrection

Jessie

2013

I Will Follow You Into the Dark

Sophia Monet

2012

Apartment 1303 3D

Lara Slate

2012

Cyberstalker

Aiden Ashley

2012

Beauty and the Least

Amy Warner

2012

You and I

Lana

2011

Don't Fade Away

Katherine Morrison

2010

The Beautiful Life: TBL

Sonja Stone · (5 episodes)

2009

Homecoming

Shelby Mercer

2009

Chris Moyles' Quiz Night

Self · (1 episode)

2009

Walled In

Sam Walczak

2009

Assassination of a High School President

Francesca Fachini

2008

St. Trinian's

JJ French

2007

Virgin Territory

Pampinea

2007

Closing the Ring

Young Ethel Ann

2007

The Oh in Ohio

Kristen Taylor

2006

Dancing with the Stars

Self - Contestant · (3 episodes)

2005

The Friday Night Project

Self - Host · (1 episode)

2005

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

Self - The O.C. · (1 episode)

2004

The O.C.

Marissa Cooper · (76 episodes)

2003

Punk'd

Self · (1 episode)

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

(1 episode)

2003

Fastlane

Simone Collins · (1 episode)

2002

A Ring of Endless Light

Vicky Austin

2002

Frankie & Hazel

Francesca 'Frankie' Humphries

2000

Once and Again

Katie Singer · (8 episodes)

1999

Notting Hill

12-year-old Actress

1999

DragonMan: The Adventures of Luke Starr

Crystal Starr

Lawn Dogs

Devon

1997

Sleepwalker

The Tony Danza Show

Self · (1 episode)

2004

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self · (1 episode)

2003

Octane

Natasha 'Nat' Wilson

2003

Tart

Grace Bailey

2001

Julie Johnson

Lisa Johnson

2001

Lost and Delirious

Mary 'Mouse' Bedford

2001

Paranoid

Theresa

2000

Skipped Parts

Maurey Pierce

2000

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Gladys Dalton · (1 episode)

1999

The Sixth Sense

Kyra Collins

1999

Pups

Rocky

1999

An Off-Beats Valentine's

Betty Ann Bongo (voice)

1999

The View

Self · (1 episode)

1997

New York Crossing

Drummond

1996

KaBlam!

Betty Ann Bongo (voice) · (26 episodes)

1996

E! True Hollywood Story

Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)

1996

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

1993

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

(1 episode)

1988

Neighbours

Reece Sinclair · (60 episodes)

1985

Entertainment Tonight

Self · (4 episodes)

1981