Nuala Quinn-Barton

Nuala Quinn-Barton is an Irish independent film producer, talent manager and former model. She is best known for producing films such as Homecoming (2009),[1] The Third Half (2012), Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017),[2] and for managing the career of her daughter Mischa Barton. She is married to Paul Marsden Barton.[3]

Nuala Quinn-Barton
Born
Nuala Quinn

Newry, County Down
Northern Ireland
NationalityIrish
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active1968–present
RelativesMischa Barton (daughter)

Early life and career

Nuala Quinn was born in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland and spent her early years on her mother's family farm in Ballintober, County Roscommon. She went to London for an education at Our Lady of Sion School, Sion Manning School and Lucie Clayton Charm Academy. Nuala was a fashion model for Lucie Clayton and the Gavin Robinson Agency in the late 1960s.

She married Paul Marsden Barton, a foreign exchange broker, in June 1975. They have three daughters Zoe Barton QC a London barrister; Hania, a student; and Mischa Barton, an actress.[4]

Nuala encouraged her daughter, actress Mischa Barton, through her passion for theatre in New York City and has been her talent manager throughout her early career during her rise to fame, responsible for the casting of her daughter including The O.C.,[5][6] The Sixth Sense and Notting Hill amongst others.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1997 Lawn Dogs creative assistant
1999 Notting Hill personal assistant
1999 The Sixth Sense personal assistant
2002 A Ring of Endless Light creative assistant TV movie
2007 St Trinian's creative assistant
2009 Homecoming creative assistant
2017 By Love Reclaimed: The Untold Story of Jean Harlow and Paul Bern development executive
2017 Marilyn Monroe Back? development producer pre-production
2017 Goodbye Christopher Robin executive producer completed
2017 Deaf to the Past producer announced
2018 The Naughty Boys development executive/producer pre-production
2018 Marilyn Monroe Returns: A Doctors' Odyssey producer pre-production
2018 Glastonbury Isle of Light: Journey of the Grail producer pre-production
2018 For the Love of a Butterfly producer pre-production
2018 Cast Out producer announced

References
  1. "Review: 'Homecoming'". Variety. Ronnie Scheib. 15 July 2009.
  2. "U.K. sets Pooh scribe saga". Variety. Dave McNary. 7 May 2010.
  3. "Actress Mischa Barton suing 'greedy stage mother posing as a talent manager' for stealing her earnings". Belfast Telegraph. INM. 9 April 2015.
  4. "Irish American actress Mischa Barton says Ireland is a dream come true". IrishCentral. Michille Smith. 5 October 2012.
  5. "'O.C.' beauty winds up in the ER following party". New York Daily News. 31 May 2007.
  6. "Mischa Barton's Mom Wants Momager Lawsuit Trimmed". The Hollywood Reporter. Eriq Gardner. 8 October 2015.
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