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name: "Mischa Barton"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 January 1986"
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average_fi1m_score: 81
updated: "2026-09-16T21:18:19.094579+00:00"
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# Mischa Barton

Actor. Born 24 January 1986 in Hammersmith, London, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 January 1986, Hammersmith, London, UK
- **Also known as:** Mischa Anne Marsden Barton

## Biography

Mischa Anne Marsden Barton is a British-American actress. She was born on 24 January 1986 in Hammersmith, London, and began her career on stage in New York productions including Tony Kushner's Slavs! and James Lapine's Twelve Dreams at Lincoln Center.

She made her screen debut in the soap opera All My Children (1995) and appeared in the film Lawn Dogs (1997). Her early film roles include Notting Hill (1999) and The Sixth Sense (1999), in which she played Kyra Collins. Barton starred as Marissa Cooper in the television series The O.C. (2003–2006), for which she received two Teen Choice Awards.

Later credits include Lost and Delirious (2001), St Trinian's (2007) and Assassination of a High School President (2008). She became a naturalised United States citizen in 2006 while retaining British citizenship.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Notting Hill* (1999), Fi1m 78, as 12-year-old Actress — [page](https://film.one/film/notting-hill.md)
- *The Sixth Sense* (1999), Fi1m 84, as Kyra Collins — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sixth-sense.md)

## Also known for

- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Gladys Dalton
- *The O.C.* (2003), Marissa Cooper
- *Spree* (2020), London
- *Lost and Delirious* (2001), Mary 'Mouse' Bedford
- *St Trinian's* (2007), JJ French
- *Virgin Territory* (2007), Pampinea
- *Assassination of a High School President* (2008), Francesca Fachini
- *Apartment 1303 3D* (2012), Lara Slate

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