Mischa Barton Biography, Career, Movies, TV Shows, Leonardo DiCaprio, Boyfriend, Net Worth, Latest News, Age, And More

Mischa Barton is a British-American film, television, and stage actress, model, and fashion designer. In 2005,  a Hollywood reporter told her to have sex with Leonardo DiCaprio when she was just 18 to benefit her career.

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Mischa Barton Personal Life

Mischa Barton was born on 24 January 1986 in Hammersmith, London, England to Nuala Quinn-Barton, an Irish mother & producer, and Paul Marsden Barton, an English father & foreign exchange broker from Manchester. Mischa has two siblings, an elder sister named Zoe and a younger sister named Hania.

At the age of 5, she moved to New York City, United States with her family.  In 2006, she became an American citizen but retained her British citizenship. She is also entitled to Irish citizenship through his mother

Mischa Barton Career

Acting

Barton began acting at the age of eight, starring in Tony Kushner’s play The Slavs! at its Off-Broadway premiere in 1994. Vincent Canby of The New York Times praised Barton’s “so good” and “coldly authoritative” performance. She appeared in several other Off-Broadway productions and took the title role opposite Marisa Tomei in James Lapine’s Twelve Dreams at Lincoln Center.

In 1996, Barton played a supporting role in Catherine Butterfield’s Where the Truth Lies, which opened at the Irish Repertory Theater in New York. In 1997, she appeared with Dianne Wiest in Naomi Wallace’s One Flea Spare at the Public Theatre. She made her film debut in Lawn Dogs, which won awards at film festivals around the world.

Barton received critical acclaim for her role. Barton then appeared in Notting Hill (1999) and The Sixth Sense (1999). Both films were critical and commercial, grossing $363,889,700 and $672,806,292 respectively. She also starred in Pups, “Dog Day Afternoon for the MTV Generation” with Burt Reynolds. Barton’s first television appearance was in 1994 when she played young Corvina Lang in flashbacks of the soap opera All My Children.

In 1996, she returned to the show, replacing Michelle Trachtenberg with Lily Benton Montgomery. She also played the daughter of a woman in a lesbian relationship in Julie Johnson (2001) opposite Lili Taylor and Courtney Love. Barton also had a supporting role in the independent teen drama Tart (2001) alongside Brad Renfro and Dominique Swain. Other television appearances include an episode of the Fox series Fastlane (2003).

She also appears as a love interest in James Blunt’s music video “Goodbye My Lover” (2005) and Enrique Iglesias’ music video “Addicted” (2003). In August 2003, Fox premiered The O.C., a television series about wealthy teenagers with turbulent personal lives living in picturesque Orange County, California. The show became an overnight hit thanks to a large fan base and saw Barton rise to fame for her role as Marissa Cooper. Barton left the show in the third season finale in May 2006.

In July 2006, Barton made a guest appearance on the British comedy variety show The Friday Night Project. In 2007, Barton starred in the films Ohio and the comedy film Virgin Territory opposite Hayden Christensen. She also joined Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer in Richard Attenborough’s war drama The Closing of the Ring. In 2007, Barton got a role in the international film “You and Me” produced by Russian t.A.T.u. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2008 and was shown in Russia in 2011.

Mischa Barton movies and TV Shows

She appeared in The Assassination of a High School President (2008), starring Bruce Willis, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. The Hollywood Reporter praised Barton’s “captivating” performance. She also starred in the horror film Walled In, which was released straight to DVD in March 2009. She guest starred in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, portraying a threatened prostitute in the episode that aired on March 3, 2010. Since then, she has mostly filmed horror and thriller projects, appearing in The Sibling, Cyberstalker, a Lifetime Television film.  and Apartment 1303 3D, the English remake of the Japanese horror film Apartment 1303. Barton also appeared alongside Ryan Eggold in Mark Edwin Robinson’s supernatural romantic thriller Into the Dark.

In July 2012, Barton returned to the stage as Shelby in the Irish production of Steel Magnolia. It premiered at the Gaiety Theater in Dublin on 12 September and was followed by a national tour. On March 8, 2016, Barton competed on season 22 of Dancing with the Stars. She paired with professional dancer Artem Chigvintsev. On April 4, 2016, Barton and Chigvintsev, who finished in eleventh place, were eliminated from the competition.

At the 2018 MTV Music Awards, MTV announced a reboot of The Hills, titled The Hills: New Beginnings, which will premiere in 2019. Barton was announced as part of the cast of the new series. She did not return for the second season. Barton made a cameo appearance in Spree, starring Stranger Things’ Joe Keery, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

In April 2023, it was announced that Barton would guest star in the rebooted Australian soap opera Neighbors on Amazon Freevee. Barton plays Reece, a new American in Erinsborough who is not quite whom she seems.

Modeling

Barton has appeared in numerous television commercials and print ads. Barton has modeled for Calvin Klein, baby stores, Aéropostale, Monsoon Accessorize, Dooney and Bourke, JC (jeans and clothing), European clothing line Morgan de Toi, Jaspal, and Neutrogena skincare.

She became the representative of Keds Sneakers, which greatly increased their sales. She also endorsed Chanel jewelry by appearing at the brand’s events. In an interview in 2005, she said that she liked the Chanel brand because they produced a large number of clip-on earrings that were suitable for women who did not have pierced ears, as she did not then.

In 2009, after getting her ears pierced for a role in The Beautiful Life, she modeled jewelry for Inspired Creations, including pierced earrings and wax poetry jewelry. Barton also became a spokesperson for the SAFE (Skin Awareness for All) campaign in 2007. In addition, she lent her name to the TRAID (Textile Recycling for Aid and International Development) campaign with Visa Swap. Barton was photographed in April 2007 for the Fall 2007/2008 advertising campaign for the Italian clothing brand Iceberg, modeled with Nicolas Bemberg.

In July 2008, she created a 14-piece handbag collection for online retailer ASOS.com. Barton is said to be heavily involved with the line, which retails between £20 and £145. She told ASOS magazine that she first discovered the site through her sister. In December 2008, Barton introduced his Stacy Lapidus-published hero series. Headbands cost between $90 and $200. She also has a handbag line from London-based Ri2k, which is sold exclusively in the UK and Australia.

In June 2010, she was announced as the face of Philipp Plein Couture. Plein said: “The appearance of a young and beautiful girl in the spotlight is of course always a lot of attention, Mischa Barton has gained a lot and learned to live with her fame. In May 2011, Barton became the “extraordinary godmother” of Catalan designer Rosa Clará for her 2011 collection at Barcelona Bridal Week. Together with Mexican singer Paulina Rubio, they became the stars of the show to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Barcelona wedding signature.

In October 2011, Barton appeared in the meat-themed film Tyler Shields, presented at the Imitate Modern gallery in London. In 2012, Barton opened a short-lived clothing store in Spitalfields, London, later revealing: “Retail isn’t really a piece of cake, so you just have to run the store and the production, the quality and the staff. The whole thing became overwhelming and overrated.”

Mischa Barton Net Worth

Mischa has a net worth of $3 million. She has gathered her fortune by being an actress. She has worked on many projects.

Mischa Barton Relationship

In 2004, she began dating Brandon Davis. The couple didn’t give much information about their relationship and were quite secretive.

After her rumored relationship with Cisco Adler, Mischa was seen with Taylor Locke. The couple had an on-again, off-again relationship in 2007. She later had a serious relationship with Ali Love from 2010 to 2012. After that, she had very short relationships, most of which didn’t last more than a few months. Mischa’s last relationship was with James Abercrombie in 2017. The couple kept their relationship mostly private but broke up in 2019, making it official as they stopped following each other’s Instagram accounts. Mischa Barton is currently in a relationship with Gian Marco Flamini.

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Mischa Barton Education

Mischa graduated from the Professional Children’s School in Manhattan in 2004 and completed an Acting Shakespeare short course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London in the summer.

Mischa Barton Some Interesting Facts

  • Mischa felt she had been “sexualized” in her previous film roles and even became a ” strange sex symbol” in Asia at the age of 13.
  • In 2007, Barton also served as an ambassador for Save the Children and the One Water campaign, which brings water to remote parts of Africa, and served on the board of the Los Angeles Wolf Research
  • In 2023, a 2005 article went viral in which Barton said a Hollywood reporter told her to have sex with Leonardo DiCaprio when she was just 18 to benefit her career.

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Mischa Barton Physical Stats

Height 5 feet 9 inches or 175 cm (1.75 m)
Weight 54 kg or 119 pounds
Breast Size 34 inches
Bra Size 32B
Cup Size B
Body Measurements 34-25-34 inches or 86.36-63.50-86.36 cm
Figure Hourglass
Chest Size 34 inches or 86.36 cm
Waist Size 25 inches or 63.50 cm
Hips Size 34 inches or 86.36 cm
Dress Size 4 (US) or 36 (EU) or 8 (UK)
Shoe Size 9 (US) or 40 (EU) or 7 (UK)
Eyes Color Blue
Hair Color Brunette

 Mischa Barton Wiki/Bio

Name Mischa Barton
Full Name Mischa Anne Marsden Barton
Date of Birth 24 January 1986
Age 37 (as of 2023)
Birthplace Hammersmith, London, England
Nationality United Kingdom, United States, Irish
Religion Roman Catholicism
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Gender Female
Profession Actress, model, fashion designer
Parents Nuala Quinn-Barton

Paul Marsden Barton

Siblings Zoe Barton

Hania Barton

Partner Gian Marco Flamini
Spouse N/A
Children N/A

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