Cast & creator
Mischa Barton
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The View, Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Mischa Anne Marsden Barton (born 24 January 1986) is a British-American film, television, and stage actress. She began her career onstage, appearing in Tony Kushner's Slavs! and took the lead in James Lapine's Twelve Dreams at New York City's 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! (1996–97). Her first significant film role was as the protagonist of Lawn Dogs (1997), a drama co-starring Sam Rockwell. She appeared in major pictures such as the romantic comedy Notting Hill (1999) and M. Night Shyamalan's 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 guest-starred as Evan Rachel Wood's girlfriend on ABC's Once and Again (2001–02). She played Marissa Cooper in the Fox television series The O.C.(2003–2006), 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 Trinian's (2007), the Richard Attenborough–directed drama Closing the Ring (2007) and Assassination of a High School President (2008). She returned to television, starring in the short-lived Ashton Kutcher-produced 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 (2019–2021), 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Mischa Anne Marsden Barton
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Filmography (83)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Gladys Dalton
1999
The View
Self
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Contestant
2005
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Guest
2003
The O.C.
Marissa Cooper
2003
Neighbours
Reece Sinclair
1985The Tony Danza Show
Self
2004
Punk'd
Self
2003
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self - The O.C.
2004
The Sixth Sense
Kyra Collins
1999
Once and Again
Katie Singer
1999
Fastlane
Simone Collins
2002
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Notting Hill
12-year-old Actress
1999
Recovery Road
Olivia
2016
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
Self
2009
Virgin Territory
Pampinea
2007
The Hills: New Beginnings
Self
2019
KaBlam!
Betty Ann Bongo (voice)
1996
British Film Forever
2007
Invitation to a Murder
Miranda Green
2023
The Beautiful Life: TBL
Sonja Stone
2009
E! True Hollywood Story
Self (archive footage)
1996
St Trinian's
JJ French
2007
Murder at the Embassy
Miranda Green
2025
Spree
London
2020
Assassination of a High School President
Francesca Fachini
2008
Closing the Ring
Young Ethel Ann
2007
A Ring of Endless Light
Vicky
2002
Hope Lost
Alina
2015
Lost and Delirious
Mary 'Mouse' Bedford
2001
Sleepwalker
Joelle
2026
The Oh in Ohio
Kristen Taylor
2006
Ouija House
Samantha
2018
The Hoarder
Ella
2015
The Toybox
Samantha
2018
Apartment 1303 3D
Lara Slate
2012
Skipped Parts
Maurey Pierce
2000
Walled In
Sam Walczak
2009
Lawn Dogs
Devon Stockard
1997
Tart
Grace Bailey
2001
Julie Johnson
Lisa Johnson
2001
Homecoming
Shelby Mercer
2009
Checkmate
Lauren Campbell
2015
Deserted
Jae
2016
Papa
Jennifer
2018
The Joneses Unplugged
Rebecca Jones
2017
You and I
Lana
2011
Paranoid
Theresa
2000
Christmas at Fields Ranch
Angela
2025
Cyberstalker
Aiden Ashley
2012
American Beach House
Ms. Maureen
2015
Operator
Pamela Miller
2015
Swat: Unit 887
Agent Melanie Hamlin
2015
Frankie & Hazel
Francesca 'Frankie' Humphries
2000
Beauty and the Least
Amy Warner
2012
A Prayer for Rain
Eva
2014
Don't Fade Away
Katherine Morrison
2010
The Cat and the Moon
Jessica Peterson
2019
Monsters at Large
Katie Parker
2018
L.A. Slasher
The Actress
2015
I Will Follow You Into the Dark
Sophia Monet
2012
The Basement
Kelly Owen
2018
Octane
Natasha 'Nat' Wilson
2003
DragonMan: The Adventures of Luke Starr
Crystal Starr
A Resurrection
Jessie
2013Bad News on the Doorstep
Starcrossed
Kat
2014
New York Crossing
Drummond
1996
The Off-Beats
Betty Anne Bongo (voice)
1996
Throwdown
Lisa Thoams
2014
Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard
Toni
2015
An Off-Beats Valentine's
Betty Ann Bongo (voice)
1999
Painkillers
The Girl / Sarah Mendelsohn
2019
Executor
Tara
2016
Mining for Ruby
Jessica King
2014
Pups
Rocky
1999
The Mystery of the Golden Spear
Miranda Green
The Friday Night Project
Self - Host
2005
The Malevolent
Ms Lowell
2016