Mischa Barton
Biography
Born in Hammersmith, London, Mischa Barton is a British and American actress who began on the stage as a child. She appeared off-Broadway in Tony Kushner's Slavs! and led James Lapine's Twelve Dreams at Lincoln Center. Her screen work started with a guest role on All My Children in 1995 and voice acting on the Nickelodeon cartoon KaBlam!, and her first major film part came in the drama Lawn Dogs (1997). She then appeared in Notting Hill (1999), The Sixth Sense (1999) and Pups (1999), and starred in Lost and Delirious (2001). From 2003 to 2006 she played Marissa Cooper on the Fox series The O.C., a role that brought mainstream fame and two Teen Choice Awards. Later films include Closing the Ring (2007), Assassination of a High School President (2008), Deserted (2016), Spree (2020) and Invitation to a Murder (2023). She also returned to the stage in Steel Magnolias in 2012 and joined The Hills: New Beginnings in 2019.
40years old
Turns 41 on January 24in 103 days
- Born Hammersmith
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Mischa Anne Marsden Barton (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 32
- Career span
- 28 years1997 to 2025
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First role
Barton began acting at age eight, co-starring in the 1994 off-Broadway premiere of Tony Kushner's play Slavs!, a performance The New York Times critic Vincent Canby called chillingly authoritative.
Big break
Barton played Marissa Cooper on the Fox series The O.C. from 2003 to 2006, a role that earned her two Teen Choice Awards and brought her mainstream fame. Entertainment Weekly called her the "It Girl" of 2003.
A change of course
Barton created a 14-piece handbag collection for the online retailer ASOS in July 2008, a line that retailed from £20 to £145.
Beyond film
Barton returned to the stage in July 2012, taking the part of Shelby in an Irish staging of Steel Magnolias. That production opened on 12 September at Dublin's Gaiety Theatre, then toured nationwide.
Mischa Barton movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Stephen Shimek directed two of these films. Nine actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Stephen ShimekDirector, 2 films, 2023 to 2025
All films by Stephen Shimek
Also two films together3 more actors
- Winter Ave ZoliDeserted (2016) and The Oh in Ohio (2006)
- Jackson DavisThe Basement (2018) and Deserted (2016)
- Brian NagelOuija House (2018) and The Toybox (2018)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Mischa Barton's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.0 billion
7 of the 32 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 32 films: 7 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 15 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 5US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 15Figure not found
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$673M64.5% of the total
- 2$364M34.9% of the total
- 3$5.4M0.5% of the total
- 4$648K0.1% of the total
- 5$106K0.0% of the total
- 6$70K0.0% of the total
- 7$44K0.0% of the total
