Mischa Barton
Actor, Celebrity
1986 –
Who is Mischa Barton?
Mischa Anne Barton is a film, television, and stage actress, and occasional fashion model with British, Irish, and American citizenship. She began her acting career on the stage, appearing in Tony Kushner's Slavs! and took the lead in James Lapine's Twelve Dreams at New York's Lincoln Center. She made her screen debut, making a guest appearance on the American soap opera All My Children. She then voiced a character on the Nickelodeon cartoon series KaBlam!. Her first major film role was as the protagonist of Lawn Dogs, an acclaimed drama co-starring Sam Rockwell. She continued acting, appearing in major box office pictures such as the romantic comedy, Notting Hill and M. Night Shyamalan's psychological thriller, The Sixth Sense. She also starred in the critically acclaimed indie crime drama Pups.
She later appeared in the independent drama, Lost and Delirious and played Evan Rachel Wood's girlfriend during a guest-arc on ABC's Once and Again. She is best known for her role as Marissa Cooper in the Fox television series The O.C., for which she received two Teen Choice Awards and a Prism Award nomination.
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- Born
- Jan 24, 1986
Hammersmith - Also known as
- Mischa Anne Marsden Barton
- Mischa Anne Barton
- Parents
- Siblings
- Ethnicity
- English American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- England
- Republic of Ireland
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Professional Children's School
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Lived in
- Hammersmith
- London
- New York City
- Manhattan
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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