Nuala Quinn-Barton (born March 1952) is an Irish American independent film producer, artist, talent manager and former fashion model from

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. She is best known for producing films such as ''Homecoming'' (2009), ''

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'' (2012), ''

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'' (2017), and for managing the careers of her daughter, actress

Mischa Barton Mischa Anne Marsden Barton (born 24 January 1986) is a British-American film, television, and stage actress. She began her career on the stage, appearing in Tony Kushner's '' Slavs!'' and took the lead in James Lapine's '' Twelve Dreams'' at ...

, actress Kelly Lynn Reiter, producer Taheim Bryan, and best-selling writer Ted Lazaris. She is married to Paul Marsden Barton.

Early life and career

Nuala Quinn was born in

and spent her early years on her mother's family farm in Ballintober, County Roscommon,

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. She went to London for her education at

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, Sion Manning School and

Lucie Clayton Charm Academy Lucie Clayton College was founded by Sylvia Lucie Golledge in 1928 as a modelling agency and finishing school. It was bought by Leslie Kark who owned a successful model directory. It became Britain's top modelling agency during the 1950s and 1960 ...

. Nuala was a fashion model for Lucie Clayton and the Gavin Robinson Agency in the late 1970s. During that period she worked in-house for several fashion companies including

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in Paris. She married Paul Marsden Barton, a foreign exchange broker, in June 1975 at St Osmund's Roman Catholic Church in Barnes London. They have three daughters: Zoe Barton, a London barrister; Hania Barton, a writer and real estate manager; and

, an actress. She has two grandchildren from her eldest daughter Zoe's marriage to Ian Taylor. The family moved from London to New York City in the early '90s and became naturalized American Citizens. Nuala built relationships in the Arts with New York Theatre Workshop, the Public Theater The Circle in the Square, and Lincoln Center Theater and encouraged her daughter, actress Mischa Barton, through her passion for theatre in New York City. She has been her mentor and talent manager throughout her early career during her rise to fame, responsible for the casting of her daughter including The O.C., a popular Television Series on the Fox Network, The Sixth Sense and the Notting Hill Film amongst others.

Filmography

References

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