As one of the most talked-about figures, Mischa Barton has built a significant fortune. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.

What is Mischa Barton's Net Worth and Salary?

In 1995, Barton landed a role in an Off-Broadway production ofTony Kushner's"Slavs!," earning critical acclaim from "The New York Times" and "New York" magazine. That year, she also co-starred withMarisa Tomeiin the play "Twelve Dreams" at Lincoln Center and made her television debut on an episode of the ABC soap opera "All My Children." Mischa then appeared in "Where the Truth Lies" (1996) at New York's Irish Repertory Theatre and "One Flea Spare" (1997) at The Public Theater before gracing the big screen for the first time in 1997's "Lawn Dogs." She followed up her film debut with two box office hits in 1999: "Notting Hill," which grossed $364 million, and "The Sixth Sense," which brought in $672.8 million. From 1996 to 1997, Barton voiced Betty Ann Bongo on 15 episodes of Nickelodeon's "KaBlam!," and she had a recurring role as Katie Singer on ABC's "Once and Again" from 2001 to 2002.

Mischa appeared in the films "Paranoid" and "Skipped Parts" in 2000 and "Lost and Delirious," "Julie Johnson," and "Tart" in 2001. In 2002, she played the lead role in the Disney Channel movie "A Ring of Endless Light," which is based on a book by Madeleine L'Engle, and the following year, she guest-starred on an episode of Fox's "Fastlane" and appeared in her first music video,Enrique Iglesias' "Addicted." Barton would go on to appear in several more music videos, includingJames Blunt's"Goodbye My Lover" (2005) and "Everybody's on the Run" (2012) byNoel Gallagher'sHigh Flying Birds. In 2003, Mischa began starring as Marissa Cooper on "The O.C.," appearing on 76 episodes before being killed off in a car accident in the season three finale. After leaving the show, she starred in the 2007 films "Closing the Ring," "Virgin Territory," and "St Trinian's" and 2008's "Assassination of a High School President." Barton made a return to TV in 2009's "The Beautiful Life," but the series was canceled after just two episodes.

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Mischa's ex-boyfriend Jon Zacharias tried to sell nude photos of her as well as a sex tape that he had filmed without Barton's knowledge; she took Zacharias to court, and in 2017, he was barred from distributing the tape and photos and ordered to stay 100 yards away from Mischa. In December 2007, Barton was arrested for DUI in West Hollywood, and she was sentenced to three years of unsupervised probation in April 2008.

Mischa Barton was born Mischa Anne Marsden Barton on January 24, 1986, in Hammersmith, London. She grew up in New York City with mother Nuala (an Irish photographer), father Paul (an English foreign exchange broker), and sisters Hania and Zoe. Mischa began acting in stage productions at age eight and landed her first film role within three years. She attended Manhattan's Professional Children's School, graduating in 2004, and during the summer of 2006, she took an Acting Shakespeare course at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on the recommendation of SirRichard Attenborough, her "Closing the Ring" director.

Mischa Barton is an actress with British, American, and Irish citizenship who has a net worth of $2.5 million. Mischa Barton is best known for her role as Marissa Cooper on the popular Fox teen drama "The O.C." (2003–2006), a role which would inspire "Entertainment Weekly" to name her 2003's "It Girl." In 2013, she graced the cover of "People" magazine and gave an interview that addressed the "full-on breakdown" she experienced during the tumultuous years that followed. Mischa returned to television in 2009, starring in The CW's short-lived,Ashton Kutcher-produced "The Beautiful Life," and in 2012, she appeared in the Irish stage production of "Steel Magnolias." She has also appeared in several films, including "The Sixth Sense" (1999) and "Notting Hill" (1999), and she launched a fashion line, Mischa, in 2012.

In 2017, Mischa began dating Australian model James Abercrombie, and the two split up in 2019. Barton was named the spokesperson for the environmental organization Climate Star in 2009, and she teamed up with QVC to raise money for cancer research in 2007. She was a spokesperson for the SAFE (Skin Awareness for Everyone) campaign in 2006 and an ambassador for Save the Children the following year.

Mischa received positive reviews for her performance as Shelby in a 2012 production of "Steel Magnolias," which premiered at Dublin's Gaiety Theatre and later toured the country. She competed on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" in 2016, coming in 11th place. Barton has starred in more than 40 movies in the 2000s, such as "Into the Dark" (2012), "Hope Lost" (2014), and "The Toybox" (2018), and in 2019, she joined the cast of the MTV reality series "The Hills: New Beginnings." She has also modeled for Aéropostale,Calvin Klein, and Dooney & Bourke and designed a collection of handbags for ASOS.com in 2008.

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