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Mischa Barton has been released from the hospital and is recuperating after being placed under an involuntary psychiatric hold.

“I can confirm that she’s left the hospital with the intention to resume production [on her new CW show The Beautiful Life],” her rep Craig Schneider tells Us Weekly.

“I can tell you right now Mischa Barton is doing great,” added Ashton Kutcher, who created the model-centric drama.

Producers of The Beautiful Life recently started casting to “replace” Mischa. The show is slated to premiere on Wednesday, September 16 at 9PM ET/PT on The CW.

Producers of the upcoming model-centric drama The Beautiful Life are casting to fill the void left by Mischa Barton, who was placed under psychiatric hold last week.

According to EW, the contingency plan is to add a new female character to the show and not directly recast Mischa’s character, supermodel Sonja Stone.

Production on Beautiful Life will begin July 31. It was originally scheduled to start on July 22 but was not postponed to Mischa’s medical problems (the show says some sets were not completed on time).

It was reported earlier today that Mischa Barton was removed from her home on Wednesday afternoon (July 15).

Access Hollywood is now reporting that the 23-year-old actress was placed under an involuntary psychiatric hold and transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Wednesday evening. According to Wiki, someone can be held involuntary if s/he us deemed to have a mental disorder that makes them a danger to him or her self, and/or others and/or gravely disabled. Britney Spears was held involuntarily twice in Los Angeles in January 2008.

Get well soon, Mischa!

Los Angeles Police removed Mischa Barton from her West Hollywood home on Wednesday afternoon because of a “medical issue” .

“We responded to her home last night on a medical issue,” Officer April Harding tells Us Weekly. “We assisted with it. She was removed from her home.”

FYI: Mischa was charged in February 2008 with DUI and marijuana possession. She was sentenced to 36 months probation, told to attend alcohol education classes and pay a fine.

Ms. Barton has a new show on The CW coming out this fall called A Beautiful Life about living life as a supermodel.

Mischa Barton leaves Whisky Mist and Bungalow 8 Nightclub in London, England on Tuesday (June 30).

The 23-year-old former O.C. star recently shared about how everyone thinks she’s American, but is actually British. “I haven’t lived here since I was tiny, but my entire family is British and I’ve been raised as a Brit,” Mischa said. My sister lives and works in London as a barrister, but nobody can get their head round the fact I’m anything but a Hollywood girl. In the US nobody thinks of me as American, and here, nobody believes I’m British.”

Mischa also told the Daily Mail about how she tried to lose her British accent. “When I lived in New York I tried really hard to ditch the British accent to fit in. I went to classes and everything.” she said. “I ended up putting on this terrible ‘Nu Yawk’ accent and hid behind that for a while. Now I don’t try to hide it so much, but my accent slips all over the place. It’s a mess - I don’t sound like I’m from anywhere any more.”

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Mischa Barton celebrates the Harrods Summer Sale held at London’s Harrods Knightsbridge on Saturday (June 27).

The 23-year-old former O.C. star held hands with the Harrods boss, Egyptian businessman Mohamed al-Fayed (pictured below).

Other pictures include Mischa dining at West Wend’s Nobu restaurant the night before.

Mischa’s new show The Beautiful Life premieres @ 9PM ET/PT on Wednesday, September 16 on The CW. JustJared.com got a sneak peek of the pilot and can tell you that Mischa’s character, supermodel Sonja, reveals a major secret in the first ep. The cat is let out of the bag when Sonja shares a bathroom scene with Raina (Sara Paxton).

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Here are some first look pics of The Beautiful Life, set to premiere Fall 2009 on The CW.

Pictured (T-B, L-R): High School Musical’s Corbin Bleu as Isaac, The O.C.’s Mischa Barton as Sonja, Nico Tortorella as Kai, Sara Paxton as Raina, Ben Hollingsworth as Chris, Ashley Madekwe as Marissa, and Jordan Woolley as Egan.

The Beautiful Life will be executive produced by Ashton Kutcher and will revolve around a group of male and female models sharing a residence in New York City. The show will air on Wednesdays @ 9PM ET/PT on The CW (after America’s Next Top Model).

Mischa Barton (in Osman Yousefzada) hits the red carpet at the BAFTA Television Awards 2009 held at The Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre on Sunday (April 26) in London, England.

On April 22, the 23-year-old former O.C. actress wore another another floor-grazing gown to London’s Dorchester Hotel for The FiFi UK Fragrance Awards. She finished off her look with her favorite $3K Louis Vuitton “Spicy Sandals.”

While leaving her hotel on April 25, Mischa continued the thrasher jeans trend.

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