Mia Barron, a Massachusetts native, came to New York to attend NYU's BFA and MFA acting programs at Tisch School of the Arts.
Her recent projects include a recurring role on Jenji Kohan's HBO show, The Devil You Know, and the soon to be released film I Smile Back with Sarah Silverman and Josh Charles.
Her stage work in New York includes Tom Stoppard's Tony winning production of The Coast of Utopia (with Billy Crudup, Ethan Hawke and Jennifer Ehle), two of Pulitzer-winning writer Bruce Norris's plays; The Pain and the Itch (Playwrights Horizons) and Domesticated (Lincoln center, opposite Jeff Goldblum and Laurie Metcalf) and Beau Willimon's Spirit Control (Manhattan Theatre Club, opposite Jeremy Sisto). Mia has performed in many Off-Broadway plays at the most prestigious Off Broadway houses in NYC. Her regional stage work includes House of Blue Leaves (Mark Taper Forum, opposite Jane Kaczmarek), Farragut North (Geffen Theatre, opposite Chris Noth and Chris Pine), as well as being a regular performer at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
As a writer, she co-wrote and performed in Off-Broadway's Big Times (directed by Tony nominee Leigh Silverman), an adaptation of Chekhov's Ward Six for the Graduate Acting Program at NYU, and an ongoing project about slain human rights activist, Natalya Estemirova for Villa La Pietra in Florence. She is active in the independent comedy scene, performing with Sarah Silverman on The Sarah Silverman Program and in both of Rob Corddry's series Children's Hospital and Newsreaders.Mia voices the long-running character of Molotov Cocktease on Cartoon Network's cult hit, The Venture Bros.
Mia has guest starred on many shows in both LA and NY, including Grey's Anatomy, Medium, Numb3rs, Blue Bloods, Elementary, Glee, Law and Order, Newsroom.
She and her partner, media artist/director Lars Jan, have one child, Esme Jan, born in 2012.
