Viewers are curious to know why Marissa Cooper, portrayed by Mischa Barton, left the Fox drama series, The O.C. Introduced in Season 1, Marissa was a key character who was rebellious, risk-taking, and ...

Mischa Barton portrayed Marissa Cooper in the beloved teen drama, which aired on Fox from 2003 until 2007 For Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke, some things are just never forgotten. In PEOPLE's ...

The 35-year-old actress talks about her treatment on the set of the hit series. Mischa Barton is sharing her experiences -- good and bad -- on The O.C. The 35-year-old actress spoke frankly about her ...

The original Cooper family sans Shailene Woodley's character of Kaitlin Cooper have publicly reunited and have transported fans back to the early 2000s. Tate Donovan (Jimmy Cooper), Melinda Clarke ...

The actors, who starred as teenage friends in The OC, have engaged mutually in passive aggressive public drama a couple of times recently. It's a bummer, since we hate to see two influential women ...

Over in The OC universe, her character Marissa was tragically killed off in a fiery twist, which the actress addressed in the summer of 2021. "It started pretty early on because it had a lot to do ...

Any diehard fan of The O.C. knows how shocking it was when Marissa Cooper was killed off at the end of Season 3. After falling victim to a car crash, thanks to her ex-boyfriend, Kevin Volchok, she ...

Mischa Barton got emotional watching her The O.C. character Marissa Cooper’s death almost 20 years after the show premiered. The 36-year-old actress appeared on the new episode of her former co-stars ...

"I started to really worry that I couldn't play this character if I didn't hurry up and mature a little," Mischa Barton said of playing Marissa Cooper Dory Jackson is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE's TV ...

Fifteen years after her character was killed off on “The O.C.,” Mischa Barton is finally opening up about the reasoning behind the decision. During a new interview, the 35-year-old actress said that ...