It sure is a Beautiful Life for Mischa Barton!

We spotted the former OC actress on the set of her new TV series The Beautiful Life filming in New York City.

She dazzles the set with a gold and silver sequence mini dress and gold shoes… although her costume change into a more biker-chick look isn’t my fav.. her new on-set man candy isn’t anything to complain about!! Nico Tortorella is a fresh new face on the scene.. he has been on the ABC Family series Make It or Break It… but it looks to me like we’ll be seeing a lot more of him in the future!

Friends of Mischa are afraid that she returned to work too soon after her stay at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center last month under psychiatric hold.. hopefully working in NYC with Nico will keep her spirits up!

Check out more pics from the set in our gallery below…