Mischa Barton's Real Name: Mischa Barton

Quick answer: The actress is known professionally as Mischa Barton. Encyclopedia.com gives the full name Mischa Anne Barton and dates the birth to January 24, 1986, in London, England. TV Guide independently gives the birth name Mischa Anne Marsden Barton and the birthplace Hammersmith, London, England.

Real name and early life

Independent publishers identify her under the professional name Mischa Barton. Encyclopedia.com gives the full name Mischa Anne Barton, dates the birth to January 24, 1986, in London, England, and says her father was a stockbroker and her mother a photographer. TV Guide independently gives the birth name Mischa Anne Marsden Barton, places the birth in Hammersmith, London, England, and says she was born to photographer Naula and exchange broker Paul Barton. TV Guide also records classes at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and a stage debut in the lead role in Tony Kushner's Slavs!. Encyclopedia.com independently lists the 1994–1995 New York production of Slavs! among her early stage credits.

Career highlights

Encyclopedia.com records early television work on All My Children from 1994 to 1996, later film appearances including Lawn Dogs (1997), Notting Hill (1999), and The Sixth Sense (1999), and the later Fox series The O.C., beginning in 2003, in the role of Marissa Cooper. TV Guide independently cites the roles of Marissa Cooper in The O.C., later film and television work, and a 2004 Teen Choice Award for Choice Breakout TV Star — Female, plus later Teen Choice nominations, and later credits including Aiden Ashley in Cyberstalker and an appearance in the 2005 James Blunt music video "Goodbye My Lover." Encyclopedia.com also lists early modeling work in print advertisements for Calvin Klein in 1997–98, later print work for Lay's and Gitano Jeans, and a Neutrogena spokesperson role beginning in 2003. TV Guide independently says she was signed to the Ford Modeling Agency prior to her teenage years. Encyclopedia.com further lists later stage work in Twelve Dreams at Lincoln Center Theatre in 1995 and in One Flea Spare at the Public Theatre in 1997, plus the later Disney Channel movie A Ring of Endless Light (2002) and a recurring role on Once and Again in 2001–2002.

Name notes for searchers

People looking up Mischa Barton, Mischa Anne Barton, or Mischa Anne Marsden Barton are looking for the same actress, including the later television work most often associated with her name. Search traffic often uses the professional name Mischa Barton.