Mischa Barton
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| Mischa Barton |
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| Born |
| January 24 1986 Hammersmith, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation |
| Actress, spokesmodel |
| Career milestones |
| Lost and Delirious (2001) The O.C. (2003-2006) |
Barton was born in Hammersmith, London, England, to a Manchester born English father and an Irish mother, but moved to New York City when she was five years old. She has two sisters, Hania and Zoe. Barton graduated from the Professional Children's School in Manhattan in 2004.
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 plays, taking a lead role in James Lapine's Twelve Dreams. 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.
Mischa Barton first appeared on television in 1994, as a younger Lily Montgomery in All My Children. Two years later she starred in the film Pups with Cameron Van Hoy. She also had a one-time appearance in the Fox show Fastlane, and appeared in the video for "Goodbye My Lover" by James Blunt. She has also appeared in Enrique Iglesias's video, Addicted.
Barton has modeled for Calvin Klein. She has appeared in advertisements for Aéropostale, bebe, Dooney and Bourke, JC (Jeans and Clothes), and Neutrogena. The executives at Neutrogena decided to make her the cover girl for their new worldwide ad campaign; in this regard Barton followed in the footsteps of fellow teen stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, Mandy Moore, and Kristin Kreuk. She also did a commercial for Keds sneakers.
Barton is best known for her role as Marissa Cooper in the TV series The O.C.. That role ended in a fatal car "accident" during the third season's finale, which aired on May 18 2006. Though rumors had been swirling for weeks about the show's much hyped season finale death, Barton and NBC entertainment news program Access Hollywood infuriated fans of the show in revealing the character's death before the finale even aired.[link]
Trivia
- Barton's elder sister, Zoe, is a barrister in London.
- Maxim magazine named her #21 on their 2006 [Hot 100] list.
- She is friends with Nicole Richie and has appeared with her on the cover of the Australian OK magazine.
- Most of her roles before The OC were R-rated, and usually involved sex, drugs, alcohol, horror, and homosexuality. She admits that she likes the "edgier" roles.
- Barton dated oil heir Brandon Davis for a year. Their relationship was known in the tabloids as a turbulent one (they were said to get in very public spats), but they were also known for their public displays of affection.
- She was in a relationship with Cisco Adler (since November 2005), son of legendary record producer Lou Adler.
- In season 6 episode 1 of Punk'd, Barton became the fourth of The O.C. Young Guns to get punk'd.
- Barton became a naturalized citizen of the United States in Los Angeles on 3 February 2006.
- She was ranked at 64 by FHM in the magazine’s U.K. edition 2005 100 Sexiest Women in the World list and 21 in 2006. The 2005 U.S. edition ranked her at 52.
Filmography
- Closing the Ring (2007)
- 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 Friday Night Project (2006) Guest Host, Herself
- The O.C. (2003–2006) Marissa Cooper
- Once and Again (2002–2003)
- A Ring of Endless Light (2002)
- Frankie & Hazel (2000)
- KaBlam! (1996–1997) (voice)
- All My Children (1996)
- New York Crossing (1996)
External links
- [] at TV.com
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