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Mischa Barton

Mischa Barton

Birthday: 1986-01-24 | Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London, UK

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2026
Sleepwalker

as    Joelle

2025
Christmas at Fields Ranch

as    Angela

2025
Murder at the Embassy

as    Miranda Green

2023
Invitation to a Murder

as    Miranda Green

2020
Spree

as    London

2019
The Cat and the Moon

as    Jessica Peterson

2018
Papa

as    Jennifer

2018
Monsters at Large

as    Katie Parker

2018
The Basement

as    Kelly Owen

2018
The Toybox

as    Samantha

2018
Ouija House

as    Samantha

2017
The Joneses Unplugged

as    Rebecca Jones

2016
Deserted

as    Jae

2016
The Malevolent

as    Ms Lowell

2016
Executor

as    Tara

2015
Swat: Unit 887

as    Agent Melanie Hamlin

2015
Hope Lost

as    Alina

2015
The Hoarder

as    Ella

2015
Checkmate

as    Lauren Campbell

2015
American Beach House

as    Ms. Maureen

2015
Operator

as    Pamela Miller

2015
L.A. Slasher

as    The Actress

2014
A Prayer for Rain

as    Eva

2014
Mining for Ruby

as    Jessica King

2014
Starcrossed

as    Kat

2014
Throwdown

as    Lisa Thoams

2013
A Resurrection

as    Jessie

2013
Apartment 1303 3D

as    Lara Slate

2012
Cyberstalker

as    Aiden Ashley