Mischa Barton

Mischa Barton
Birth name	Mischa Anne Marsden Barton
Born	January 24 1986 (age 22) Hammersmith, London, England
Years active	1995-Present

Mischa Anne Marsden Barton (born January 24 1986) is an English-born American actress and fashion model, who despite her early successful film career is best known for her role as Marissa Cooper on the popular Fox television teen drama series The O.C..

Biography

Born in Hammersmith, London, England, to an English father - Paul Marsden Barton, and an Irish mother, Nuala Quinn. Mischa moved to New York City at the age of four and was naturalised as a citizen of the United States in Los Angeles on February 3, 2006. She has an older sister, Zoe Barton, a London Barrister, and a younger sister, Hania Barton, currently a student in Los Angeles. Barton graduated from the Professional Children's School in Manhattan in 2004, and attended a summer school in Shakespearean acting at RADA in summer 2006.

Personal life

Barton recently split with her boyfriend Cisco Adler, vocalist of rock band Whitestarr, supposedly after naked pictures of him leaked onto the Internet.^[1] She also dated oil heir Brandon Davis.

Career

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 Broadway plays, taking a lead role in James Lapine's Twelve Dreams at Lincoln Center. 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. During this early period she was also featured in numerous television commercials and print advertising campaigns. She has been represented then and to the present day by long time friend and mentor Ivan Bart of IMG Models New York.

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 a modern re-make of Bonnie and Clyde. She also had a one-time appearance in the FOX show Fastlane, and appeared in music videos for Goodbye My Lover by James Blunt and the Enrique Iglesias video, Addicted. She played in eight episodes on the television show Once and Again as Katie Singer, Jessie Sammler's (Evan Rachel Wood's) girlfriend.

By August 2003 she had become a household name due to a lead role on the television show The O.C., produced by McG. Barton played Marissa Cooper, a beautiful and popular teenager of Newport Beach, California. The story revolved around her relationships with on/off boyfriend Ryan Atwood, her mother Julie Cooper, and her friends and acquaintances of Newport. Barton's role lasted three seasons.

Following her departure from The O.C., she completed three films awaiting release in 2007. Lord Richard Attenboroughs' Closing the Ring alongside Shirley Maclaine and Brenda Fricker, the Dino de Laurentiis Production Virgin Territory and an independent feature Don't Fade Away. She will next work on the feature films Radio-Active by Ash Baron-Cohen, Walled In to be directed by Sylvain White and Malice in Sunderland.

Endorsements

Barton has modeled for Calvin Klein and appeared in advertisements for Aéropostale, Monsoon Accessorize, Dooney & Bourke, JC (Jeans and Clothes), Morgan de Toi, Jaspal, Neutrogena skincare products, and Bebe. She has more recently become the spokesperson for Keds Sneakers, substantially increasing sales.^[2] In Australia, she appears in commercials for gossip magazine Famous and was the guest of honor at retail giant David Jones Tahitian Summer Collection launch.

Filmography

• Malice in Sunderland (2007) (pre-production)
• Don't Fade Away (2007) (now completed)
• Virgin Territory (2007) (now completed)
• Closing the Ring (2007) (completed)
• The Man Who Fell To Earth (2006) (Cameo)
• 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)

Television

• The Dame Edna Treatment (2007) Guest
• The Friday Night Project (2006) Guest Host, Herself
• Punk'd (2006) Herself
• The O.C. (2003–2006) Marissa Cooper
• Fastlane (2003) Simone
• Once and Again (2001–2002) Katie Singer
• A Ring of Endless Light (2002) Vikki
• Frankie & Hazel (2000) Frankie
• KaBlam! (1996–1997) Betty Anne Bongo (voice)
• All My Children (1996) Lily Montgomery
• New York Crossing (1996)

References

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