MISCHA Barton shot to fame in the noughties in teen drama The OC. She is now dipping her toe in reality TV as she joins the cast of The Hills reboot – here’s the lowdown on her. Who is Mischa Barton? What has she been in? Actress Mischa, 33, was born January 24, 1986 in […]
MISCHA Barton shot to fame in the noughties in teen drama The OC.
She is now dipping her toe in reality TV as she joins the cast of The Hills reboot – here’s the lowdown on her.
Actress Mischa, 33, was born January 24, 1986 in London.
Her family moved to New York when she was five.
She began her career on the stage, appearing in Tony Kushner’s Slavs! and took the lead in James Lapine’s Twelve Dreams at New York City’s Lincoln Center when she was just eight-years-old.
Mischa kicked off her TV career in American soap opera All My Children in 1996.
She hit the big time when she appaered in Hugh Grant rom-com Notting Hill in 1999, when she was 13.
But Mischa gained international fame when she took the lead role of Marissa Cooper in teen drama The OC from 2003 until 2007, before her character was killed off.
In 2007 she returned to big screen when she starred in St Trinians.
In 2016 Mischa also appeared on Dancing With The Stars.
In 2018 it was revealed that Mischa would be part of the cast of The Hills: New Beginnings.
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight the actress revealed why she decided to join the show: “It’s definitely starting a new chapter in my life.
“I do feel I’ve been through a lot, especially in the last few years.
“This has been an interesting journey and it’s been really fun to do. I’m really happy to be back in Los Angeles.
The Hills: New Beginnings will air from June 25, 2019 on MTV.
Mischa isn’t married but she is loved up.
She is currently dating Australian millionaire James Abercrombie.
The couple got together in 2017 and are still going strong.
Misha has a wealth of around £1million.
This is from her TV and film roles.
This will be bumped slightly by appearing in The Hills: New Beginnings.
