'''Mischa Anne Barton''' (born January 24 1986) is a British/Irish actress and former child fashion model, now a naturalized U.S. citizen.
Biography
Early life
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, and attended a summer school in Shakespearean acting at RADA in 2006.
Career
As a child, Barton was a child fashion model. She was signed with Ford Models. 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 1996, 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''. She played in eight episodes on the television show ''Once and Again'' as Katie Singer, Jessie Sammler's (Evan Rachel Wood)'s school friend.
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.http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/05/18/fans_angry_by_the_o_c_spoiler
In August 2006, news emerged that she may replace Teresa Palmer as Millie in Doug Liman's upcoming sci-fi thriller ''Jumper''.
Endorsements
Barton has modeled for Calvin Klein and FHM. She has appeared in advertisements for Aéropostale, bebe, Accessorize, Dooney and Bourke, JC (Jeans and Clothes), Neutrogena, Jaspal and Keds. 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. In Australia, she appears in
