• Source: Mia Barron

      • Mia Barron is an American actress. She won the Lucille Lortel Award (Best Featured Performance in a play) for her performance in the Lincoln Center production of The Coast Starlight, an Obie award for her performance in Hurricane Diane at New York Theatre Workshop, as well as a second Obie and a Drama Desk Award for her work in the ensemble of the Off Broadway production of The Wolves. She co-created, along with director Lars Jan, a theatrical adaptation of Joan Didion's The White Album, which premiered in New York to sold out houses at BAM's Harvey Theatre as part of the Next Wave Festival. She is known for her extensive New York City theater credits, alongside her television and independent film work, most recently Half Empty Half Full, which received a New York Film Award nomination for Best Ensemble. She is also known as the voice of Molotov and Sally Impossible on the Cartoon Network's long-running comic science-fiction series, The Venture Bros.


      Early life


      Mia Barron was born in Toronto and raised in Brookline, Massachusetts, the daughter of psychologist James Barron and writer Susan Barron. Her parents divorced and she has two brothers from her father's second marriage. Barron moved to New York to get her BFA at the Tisch School of the Arts and stayed to get her MFA from the graduate acting program at Tisch.
      When she first got out of school, Barron worked extensively in regional theatre appearing in multiple shows at The Long Wharf, The Guthrie, The Old Globe, Huntington Theatre, New York Stage and Film, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Westport Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville's Humana festival, and The Acting Company among others. After she settled in New York, Barron became a mainstay in the off-Broadway scene, often working on the premieres of new plays.


      Career


      Barron's television credits include a recurring role on Get Shorty (with Chris O'Dowd and Ray Romano), a recurring role on Law & Order True Crime (opposite to Edie Falco) and the recurring role of Katrina Griffin on NCIS.
      Barron was in the off-Broadway production of Sarah Delappe's The Wolves, named one of the best productions of the year by The New York Times, and by Forbes magazine as "a milestone for women in entertainment." Barron was in the Broadway production of Tom Stoppard's Tony-winning Coast of Utopia, alongside Billy Crudup and Ethan Hawke. Barron was in the New York premieres of Pulitzer-winning writer Bruce Norris's The Pain and the Itch at Playwrights Horizons, and Domesticated at Lincoln Center Theater, alongside Jeff Goldblum and Laurie Metcalf. She has also been heavily involved with Chekhov Project at Lake Lucille, having appeared as Elena opposite Bill Irwin's Vanya, and Natasha opposite Michael Chernus's Andrey.
      Barron moved to Los Angeles, where she has become a regular on television and in the independent film world, as well as continuing her work in the New York theatre world.


      Awards


      Lortel Award - Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play (The Coast Starlight)
      Obie Award - Outstanding Performance (Hurricane Diane)
      Obie Award - Outstanding Ensemble (The Wolves)
      Drama Desk Award Outstanding Ensemble (The Wolves)
      Audie Awards Finalist (Female Narration for Crosstalk)
      Best Ensemble Nomination New York Film Awards (Half Empty/Half Full)


      Personal life


      Barron has one child, Esme, with her partner multi-media artist Lars Jan.


      Credits




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      = Film and television

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      References




      = Further reading

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      Holdren, Sara (February 24, 2019). "Theater Review: Hurricane Diane, a Tragicomedy of Eco-Collapse". Vulture. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
      McNulty, Charles (April 7, 2019). "Review: The White Album, Joan Didion and the seismic shifts of California in the '60s". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
      L. Ulin, David (March 22, 2019). "Lars Jan's White Album turns Joan Didion's words into a multi-sensory performance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
      Lemon, Brendan (November 26, 2013). "Mia Barron Talks About the Play". Lincoln Center Theater. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
      Fleischmann, Stephanie (July 11, 2011). "Balm in Brooklyn: A Case Study". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
      Verini, Bob (June 25, 2009). "Farragut North". Variety. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
      Kennedy, Marina (January 17, 2017). "BWW Interview: Mia Barron in Hurricane Diane at TRT". Broadway World. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
      Bird, Alan (November 14, 2009). "Questions & Answers with... Mia Barron". NewYorkTheatreGuide.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017.
      Healy, Patrick (June 6, 2011). "A Theater Is Conjured, Then Leaves Only Memory". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
      Frey, Hillary (November 24, 2008). "Hillary Clinton Makes Off-Off-Broadway Appearance, Courtesy Actress Mia Barron". Observer.com. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
      Als, Hilton (September 24, 2006). "Kingdom Come". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved January 18, 2024.


      External links


      Mia Barron at IMDb
      Mia Barron at the Internet Broadway Database

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