Biography
Her irresistible, girl-next-door charm on television and her precocious demeanor on the big screen made Barton a hot commodity in both big budget features and small independents. After getting her start on and off-Broadway, Barton cut her teeth on the famed daytime soap "All My Children" (ABC, 1969- ), then made her mark in independent film with "Lawn Dogs" (1997). But it was her three seasons on the popular teen primetime soap "The O.C." …
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Career Milestones
2009 | Played as model Sonja Stone in the short-lived CW drama, "The Beautiful Life" | |
2009 | Starred in and produced the thriller "Homecoming" | |
| Starred in "Assassination of a High School President," co-starring Bruce Willis (lensed 2007) | ||
2007 | Co-starred with Hayden Christensen in the straight to DVD release "Virgin Territory" | |
2005 | Appeared in James Blunt's music video "Goodbye My Lover" | |
2003 | Cast as Marissa in the FOX series "The O.C"; character killed off in the third-season finale | |
2001 | Had a recurring role in "Once and Again" (ABC) as Jessie Sammler's (Evan Rachel Wood's) female love interest | |
2000 | Played the title role of Frankie, opposite Joan Plowright as Hazel, in Showtime's "Frankie and Hazel" | |
1999 | Featured in "The Sixth Sense" as a deceased child and "Notting Hill" as a child actress | |
1997 | Made featured movie debut, in the Sundance hit "Lawn Dogs" | |
1996 | Early film credit, "New York Crossing" | |
1995 | Played a young Lily Montgomery on "All My Children" (ABC) | |
| Landed a lead role in James Lapine's "Twelve Dreams" at Lincoln Center | ||
| Appeared in the Off Broadway premiere of "Slavs!," written by Tony Kushner | ||
| Spotted by a talent agent while performing in a show at summer camp | ||
| Raised in NYC | ||