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Date of Birth

24 January 1986, London, England, UK

Birth Name

Mischa Anne Marsden Barton

Height

5' 8½" (1.74 m)

Mini Biography

An actress with talent and poise beyond her 21 years, born in London and raised in New York, Mischa Barton has the kind of career most actors can only dream about. From humble beginnings in New York Theater in 1994 where she trained with such esteemed Director/Writers as James Lapine ("Twelve Dreams" at Lincoln Center with Donna Murphy), Tony Kushner ("Slavs!" at New York Theater Workshop with Marissa Tomei), and Naomi Wallace ("One Flea Spare" at the Public Theatre with Dianne Weist)., she went on to work side by side with modern day screen icons including Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant, "Notting Hill"., Bruce Willis and Toni Collette "The Sixth Sense" and Sam Rockwell in her Sundance critically lauded feature film debut "Lawn Dogs' produced by Duncan Kenworthy in 1998.

Yet, despite this early success in theater and film what really catapulted Mischa to the next level and made her a household name is her small screen performance as the irrepressible and irresistible Marisa on the popular Fox television show, "The O.C." 2003 to 2006. The show fast become a global cult phenomenon and has earned many awards including a Television Critics Association Award nomination for "Outstanding New Program of the Year."

Established as one of the most sought after young actresses of her generation Mischa was named "It Girl" in 2003 by Entertainment Weekly, she was also Hollywood Life's "Breakthrough Actress of the Year"., she won several American Teen Choice Awards for the show, and also Cosmopolitan's "Fun Fearless Female Award" for "Knockout Ingenue" and Glamour's "Women of the Year'. She has been ranked as one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" from 2003 to 2007. She was awarded the VIPer Award in 2008 for "Style Icon 2007" by Mr Karl Lagerfeld.

Most recently in 2007, she played opposite Shirley McClaine & Christopher Plummer in Sir Richard Attenborough's "Closing the Ring"., with Hayden Christiansen in the Dino De Laurentiis film "Virgin Territory", and starred opposite Bruce Willis in "Assassination of a High School President" for the Yari Production Company. In 2007 she filmed "Walled In" for the French production Company Canal Plus, and has starred in and produced the film "Homecoming" 2008.

Even at such an early age, Mischa has also made a major impression in the fashion and beauty world. She has already graced the covers of countless international magazines and has become the face of numerous advertising campaigns.

This commercial and theatrical success has given the young woman an opportunity to take an extremely influential role in the global community. She became the spokesperson for "Climate Star", an organization that fights global warming through social and legislative activism. She serves as an "Entertainment Industry Foundation" ambassador teaming up with QVC to spread awareness and raise funds for women's cancer research through the "Fashion Footwear Association" of New York "Shoes on Sale Initiative" and is also involved in the "SAFE" campaign for skin cancer awareness. She is an ambassador for "Save the Children" and the "One Water" campaign which brings water to remote locations in Africa., and is on the board of the "Lupus Research Committee" in Los Angeles.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Mania Inc

Trivia

Older sister of Hania Barton & younger sister of Zoe Barton.

'It Girl 2003' according to Entertainment Weekly's 'It List' for top Creative People in Entertainment

Is half English and half Irish

Born in London, England, but moved to New York when she was still a toddler.

Attends The Professional Children's School in Manhattan, New York. Finishing up her senior year via correspondence. Is reportedly a straight-A student.

Has aspirations to attend the Yale School of Drama in New Haven, Connecticut after graduation from high school.

Favorite book: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

Favorite author: William Shakespeare, George Orwell.

Favorite movies: Say Anything... (1989), Almost Famous (2000), The Godfather (1972) and The Graduate (1967).

Pet: Angelo, a cat

Older sister Zoe is a barrister in London

Mother's name is Nuala

As a child, she was a model with Ford Modeling agency with Lindsay Lohan.

Named #33 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.

Younger sister is an aspiring singer.

Has a song named after her on Rozino Smith's 2005 album, "Blurry Summer"; entitled "Mischa Barton".

Ranked as #52 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)

Is a dual British & American citizen

Has a new puppy that she calls, Ziggy.

Would like to go back overseas to birthplace, London, England, and study more acting for a year.

Named #32 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).

Childhood friend of Brenda Song and Ashley Tisdale.

Her favorite town is Paris.

Lives in the Hollywood Hills and in Tribeca, New York. [2007]

Ranked #49 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.

Arrested in West Hollywood, California on December 27, 2007 and could be charged with possession of a controlled substance, drunk driving and possession of marijuana. Has been released from jail.

Sentenced on April 10, 2008 to three years of unsupervised probation stemming from her DUI arrest on December, 2007.

Ranked #22 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.

Personal Quotes

I do intelligent roles. I don't want to be labeled as doing silly movies. I'm more mature than kids my age because I'm constantly surrounded by adults.

I love to draw people's faces. I do that all the time.

I like playing dark, offbeat, quirky characters.

It kind of irritates me that I'm seen as this pretty face. People also say I'm too thin. The truth is pretty people aren't as accepted as other people. It comes with all these stigmas.

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