Mischa Barton’s ‘Beautiful Life’
Here are new photos of Mischa Barton lookin’, well, odd on the NYC set of her new TV series The Beautiful Life which, in all honesty, doesn’t look all that beautiful at all:

Mischa has been in NYC ever since she was released from the psychiatric hospital here in SoCal and she’s been pretty much making the most of her new freedom. I believe these photos are of her first actual work on the TV show. I dunno, I still do not think she should be throwing herself into a new project so soon after her mental breakdown, and these photos don’t help, but she is a big girl and I guess she’s gonna do what she’s gonna do. I guess it would be easier to believe that she’s no longer crazy if she didn’t, well, look crazy.
[Photo credit: Splash News]
Tags: 'The Beautiful Life', Mischa Barton


August 10th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
the bad make-up doesn’t help either….
August 10th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
I like the 4th shot…..? :)
August 10th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
there’s always a sort of lost look in her eyes these days. kind of sad.
August 10th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
sort of a*
August 10th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Where the hell is Marissa Cooper??!!! I miss Coop!
August 10th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
…I really don’t see why you think she looks so bad, Trent. I like she looks kinda healthy actually.
August 10th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Dead behind the eyes.
August 10th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
She is nasty…sorry!! She looks like LLO in they eyes…
August 10th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
She looks fine, she’s playing a model pill-popper and is on set and ready to act.
August 10th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Meh, we have seen a lot worse from young Hollywood Starlets. Yes it may have been a better idea to take some down time after the hospitalization, but if she wants to stay current she has to suck it up and start this new show.I think It’s a good thing that she is trying to pull herself together and save her career. Time will tell I guess.
August 10th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
The makeup is not the best for her but she is not that thin and she is looking better
August 10th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
@Andrea – you totally nailed it on the hammer.
August 10th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
I’ve seen some videos of her a while ago that she posted on her website. She looked much better back then. But I’m glad to see she’s back to work.
August 10th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
I always feel like these candid shots of people are a not fair representation of what is actually going on with them. To say she looks crazy is kind of unfair when clearly she’s in the middle of a conversation and the photog caught her with her mouth open. It’s the same when you see the ones of celebs walking out of a club with a thousand flashbulbs in their face and they close their eyes and all of a sudden they are a drunken train wreck.
Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying that she’s not a mess, or that some of those celebs are drunken train wrecks, but sometimes these pictures need to be taken with a grain of salt.
August 10th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
She is nasty… i agreee
August 10th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
i dont think she looks bad at all.
August 10th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
like my momma always said, ‘crazy is as crazy does’. That’s all I have to say about that.
August 10th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
I don’t get the issue here, she looks happy / silly in the first…and as others pointed out these are candids of her on-set not really the best representation of her as a whole
August 10th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
WTF i agree with MANSCAPER i don’t see the problem either she looks great to me. This is one of the problems of our society we try to perfect every little fucking thing, we just notice flaws in people and dont take them for who they are.
August 10th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
So is ‘A Beautiful Life’ a drama or a reality show, cause lets face it, Mischa playing a drugged out ex-somebody isn’t exactly stretching her ‘acting’ talents.
August 10th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
I hope the negative comments calling her crazy don’t get back to her. Coming back from a mental exhaustion is hard work and negative comments like that are gonna sting. I’ve been depressed before, nothing close at all to what she’s gone through but even still, negative comments from ignorant family members hurt. I hope she feels great and does well. I think that stars are fair game and all but when they’ve been mentally unwell or grieving they should alone.
August 10th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
*should be left alone.
August 10th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
I really thought she looked pretty good in all those photos! She looks alot better than some recent photos I have seen of this girl looking a little like L.L. in her wildest partying days.
August 10th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
She has a case of the crazy eyes
August 10th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
“Here are new photos of Mischa Barton lookin’, well, odd on the NYC set of her new TV series The Beautiful Life which, in all honesty, doesn’t look all that beautiful at all” –
you have no idea how much that cracked me up. couldnt stop laughing!
August 10th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
I definitely agree with manscaper. She’s just being silly in those first two, obviously. The second row seems like pretty normal. They’re just her being lost in thought. Just some candid/mid-expression shots.
I also REALLY agree with Jaded. I know candid shots of ME almost always make me look high, when, in fact, I’m definitely not! Candid shots always catch people in mid-expression/facial movement so they really don’t always hold much truth.
August 10th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
lmao wow, pictures are beign taken of ehr mid sentences, how can she look crazy when she is in the middle of doing shit, talk about kickign someone when their down,,,ps she looks good
August 11th, 2009 at 5:32 am
Ahh i quite think she looks great. Obviously these 4 pictures are the ones where she is talking or doing something whilst the paps were snapping pictures. These aren’t poses or anything for the camera.
Shes hot nonetheless.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:19 am
a beautiful hot mess
August 11th, 2009 at 7:42 am
someone hired her?
August 11th, 2009 at 9:02 am
never liked her at all but I dont thikn these pictures say anythng negative at all.. LOL they are kinda funny
August 11th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
When my boyfriend takes pictures of me talking, blinking, etc I have a 40% chance of looking wasted or crazy, and I don’t drink at all or take any drugs- I act silly and laugh a lot, though. I’m also the type of person who everyone thinks is mad or very serious when I don’t have a particular expression on my face, just because of my bone structure- I think pictures sometimes don’t say crap..