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Trivia
Birth name: Mischa Anne Barton
Date of birth: 24 January 1986
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Nickname: Meesh
Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
The name Mischa is a common Russian boys' name. It is the Russian
equivalent of the name Michael.
Older sister of Hania Barton & younger sister of Zoe Barton
(Barrister)
'It Girl 2003' according to Entertainment Weekly's 'It List' for top
Creative People in Entertainment
Is a spokesperson for Neutrogena.
Is half English and half Irish.
Born in London, England, but moved to New York when she was still a
toddler.
Attends The Professional Children's School in Manhattan, New York.
Finishing up her senior year via correspondence. Is reportedly a
straight-A student.
Has aspirations to attend the Yale School of Drama in New Haven,
Connecticut after graduation from high school.
She is friends with Nicole Richie and has appeared with her on the cover of the Australian Who magazine.
Favorite book: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Favorite author: William Shakespeare, George Orwell.
Favorite movies: Say Anything... (1989), Almost Famous (2000), The
Godfather (1972) and The Graduate (1967).
Pet: Angelo, a cat.
Her favorite jeans come from Calvin Klein.
She prefers flats rather than heeled shoes due to being relatively tall (5'9")
Shares a birthday with actor Matthew Lillard and former Olympian Mary
Lou Retton.
Born the same day as Ricky Ullman and Jeff Doiron.
Older sister Zoe is a barrister in London
Mother's name is Nuala
As a child, she was a model with Ford Modeling agency.
She never wanted to start acting but said "Acting released things inside of her that I didn't want to deal with in 'real-life'"
Named #33 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
Younger sister is an aspiring singer.
In season 6 episode 1 of Punk'd, Barton became the fourth of The O.C. Young Guns to get
punk'd.
Still maintains her British citizenship.
Has a song named after her on Rozino Smith's 2005 album, "Blurry
Summer"; entitled "Mischa Barton".
Ranked as #52 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005"
special supplement. (2005)
Most of her roles before The OC were R-rated, and usually involved sex, drugs, alcohol, horror, and homosexuality. She admits that she likes the "edgier" roles when acting.
Is a dual British & American citizen.
Barton became a naturalized U.S. citizen in Los Angeles on 3 February 2006.
Has a new puppy that she calls, Ziggy.
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