Mischa Barton is turning her back on the world of TV following the cancellation of her latest short-lived small screen excursion, The Beautiful Life.

Instead, 23-year-old Mischa has turned her focus to landing “more serious roles.” Uh-huh, well let’s see how that works out for her….

The actress rose to fame starring on teen soap The O.C., but struggled to land any major movie roles after the program ended in 2006. Eventually, Mischa signed up for Ashton Kutcher’s runway drama The Beautiful Life, but the series was scrapped by The CW due to poor ratings after just two episodes.

“I think I need to back away from the whole TV approach. That whole world of network television, probably isn’t, for me, a good idea now. I need to start reading for more serious roles,” she tells PEOPLE.com.