Mischa Barton

Mischa Anne Marsden Barton born 24 January 1986 is a BritishAmerican film television and stage actress She began her career onstage appearing in Tony Kushners Slavs and took the lead in James Lapines Twelve Dreams at New York Citys Lincoln Center She made her screen debut with a guest appearance on the American soap opera All My Children 1995 and voicing Betty Ann Bongo on the Nickelodeon cartoon series KaBlam 199697 Her first significant film role was as the protagonist of Lawn Dogs 1997 a drama costarring Sam Rockwell She appeared in major pictures such as the romantic comedy Notting Hill 1999 and M Night Shyamalans psychological thriller The Sixth Sense 1999 She also starred in the indie crime drama Pups 1999 Barton later appeared in the independent drama Lost and Delirious 2001 and gueststarred as Evan Rachel Woods girlfriend on ABCs Once and Again 200102 She played Marissa Cooper in the Fox television series The OC20032006 for which she received two Teen Choice Awards The role brought Barton into mainstream fame and Entertainment Weekly named her the It Girl of 2003 Barton has since appeared in the comedy remake St Trinians 2007 the Richard Attenboroughdirected drama Closing the Ring 2007 and Assassination of a High School President 2008 She returned to television starring in the shortlived Ashton Kutcherproduced CW series The Beautiful Life 2009 In 2012 she returned to the stage performing in the Irish production of Steel Magnolias She also appeared alongside Martin Sheen in Bhopal A Prayer for Rain 2014 She has garnered critical praise for her roles in independent films with the Los Angeles Times praising her standout performance in Starcrossed 2014 Barton was cast in the first season of the MTV series The Hills New Beginnings 20192021 a reboot of The Hills In 2023 she was cast in an extended guest role for the rebooted Australian soap opera Neighbours on Amazon Freevee and Network 10 Description above from the Wikipedia article Mischa Barton licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia