Facts

Name :Mischa Anne Marsden Barton
Know as Mischa Barton
Birthday : January 24, 1986
Birthplace : Hammersmith, London, England
Occupation : Tennis Player , Model

Mischa Barton got a lot of attention from people after starring in the Fox hit The O.C.

Celebrity Movie Archive

St Trinian's (2007 - awaiting release)

Closing the Ring 2007 - awaiting release)

Don't Fade Away 2007 - awaiting release)

Virgin Territory 2007 - awaiting release)

The OH in Ohio (2006)

Octane (2003)

The O.C. (2003–2006) Marissa Cooper

Fastlane (2003, in episode "Simone Says") as Simone

A Ring of Endless Light (2002, TV movie) as Vikki

Once and Again (2001–2002, TV series) as Katie Singer

Tart (2001) as Grace

Lost and Delirious (2001) as Mary

Frankie & Hazel (2000, TV movie) as Frankie

Skipped Parts (2000) as Maurey

Paranoid (2000) as Theresa

The Sixth Sense (1999) as Kyra

Notting Hill (1999)

Pups (1999) as Rocky

Lawn Dogs (1997) as Devon

One Flea Spare (1997, stage play) as Morse

KaBlam! (1996–1997, episode "The Off-Beats") as Betty Anne Bongo (voice)

All My Children (1996) as Lily Montgomery

New York Crossing (1996, TV movie) as Drummond

Where The Truth Lies (1996, stage play) as Cinda

All My Children (1995-6, TV series) as Lilly Benton Montgomery

Polio Water (1995) as Diane

Twelve Dreams (1995, stage play) as Emma

Slavs! (1995, stage play) as Vodya

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Biography

Mischa Anne Barton was born in London, England, on January 24th, 1986, to an English father and Irish mother. By the time she was 4 years old, the family moved to New York City, where her father continued to work in the world of finance.

This allowed Mischa to have a privileged upbringing, which consisted of traveling across the globe and sampling the best things in life. She grew up with American values that often made her clash with her parents; they hadn't yet adjusted to the culture shock. Nevertheless, the Bartons were always a tight family.

a precocious camper

At the age of 8, Mischa and one of her two sisters were sent to summer camp. One of the activities involved the children writing their own monologues and performing them for their parents. Mischa wrote a piece about turtles and her delivery was so impressive that an agent who was scouting for talent told her parents they had a star on their hands.

Her parents were thrilled of course, but at the same time wondered if it was an appropriate path for their daughter. When she was 9 and in the fifth grade, Mischa decided that it was something she definitely wanted to try.

She got her start after auditioning for the lead role in Tony Kushner's play, Slavs!. Since the part required her to have a Russian accent, she got herself an acting coach to master it. Not only did she get the role but she also got to share the stage with future Oscar winner Marisa Tomei.

Mischa's rave reviews led to other theatrical productions such as James Lapine's Twelve Dreams, which was produced at the celebrated Lincoln Center, and Where the Truth Lies and One Flea Spare, which were both part of the New York Shakespeare Festival.

a world of options

Doing theater was rewarding but Barton was hungry for more. In 1994, she became a recurring character on the long-running ABC soap opera All My Children, a job she held for a year. But in the meantime, her beauty was also attracting interest.

Before she had entered her teens, Barton was signed to the Ford Modeling Agency. In that capacity, she modeled in a Calvin Klein campaign and worked for the likes of Gitano and Vogue. Mischa admits that the work is difficult but very rewarding, since "it's every teenager's dream."

But it was Barton's acting skills that gave her the most recognition. One of her first feature film roles was in 1997's Lawn Dogs, opposite Sam Rockwell. In 1999, she appeared in Pups, a modern take on Bonnie & Clyde; the summer hit Notting Hill, with Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant; and the international Bruce Willis blockbuster The Sixth Sense, in which she played a young ghost seeking reparation.

For the next couple of years, Barton appeared with Jennifer Jason Leigh and Drew Barrymore in Skipped Parts (2000), co-starred with Jessica Alba in Paranoid (2000), starred alongside Melanie Griffith and Dominique Swain in Tart (2001), appeared with Courtney Love and Lili Taylor in Julie Johnson (2001), and starred in Lost and Delirious (2001), a film that explored lesbianism at a private boarding school.

on her way

Barton demonstrated her talents once more as she returned to television with a recurring role in the critically-acclaimed ABC show Once and Again during its 2001-2002 season. In 2003, she acted with Madeleine Stowe in the horror thriller, Octane.

But what is sure to make her popular to millions for years to come, is her role in the new FOX television show, The O.C. In this primetime melodrama geared toward young adults -- a Beverly Hills, 90210 clone as some have branded it -- Mischa portrays a wealthy and popular Orange County high school student who has difficulty adjusting to her surroundings.

Although she still attends Manhattan's Professional Children's School, the extraordinary popularity of her new TV show guarantees that we haven't seen the last of Mischa Barton. In addition to being the subject of magazine pictorials, she's currently appearing in Neutrogena print ads and the new Enrique Iglesias video "Addicted," which sure helps us get our fix.