Born Mischa Anne Marsden Barton
24 January 1986 (1986-01-24) (age 25)
London, England
Occupation Actress, presenter, model
Years active 1995–present
In a December 2007 interview, she indicated that she would return to television for the right project; "It's not that I dislike doing television at all. It would be interesting having more creative control over where the storylines go or the characters. But for the right thing, of course."
In early 2009 she starred alongside Martin Sheen in Bhopal: Prayer for Rain a biopic of the Bhopal gas tragedy. The title is currently in post-production and expected to be released in 2010.
Barton was recently cast in The Science of Cool. She recently starred as one of the main characters on The Beautiful Life a new series on The CW. The series was subsequently cancelled on 25 September 2009 after televising 2 episodes. In December 2009 the technology company HP became the show's sponsor and began airing the show's five episodes on YouTube.
She will guest star on a Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode airing on 3 March 2010.
She was recently cast in the lead role of the film adaptation of the novel, Engram in the UK/German production listed as a medical conspiracy action/thriller.