A 2004 cover of TV Spielfilm magazine, featuring Josie Maran
Josie Maran (born May 8, 1978) is an American female model and actress who was born to a Russian/Polish father and a Dutch/French/German mother. She is also well known for her association with cosmetics company Maybelline.
Maran was born in Menlo Park, California. She began modeling part-time after an agent spotted her at a local barbecue restaurant at the age of 12. Maran continued a more dedicated career after graduating from high school. Considered to be too short for runway modeling, her career consists mostly of editorial modeling and advertising/image modeling. Signed at age 17 with the Elite agency of Los Angeles, Maran appeared on her first cover with Glamour in 1998, and was the featured Guess? Girl in their Summer 1998 and Fall 1998 campaigns. After accumulating a resumé of over 25 commercials and advertisements, including a music video for popular boy-band Backstreet Boys, Maran moved cross-country to join with Elite New York. In 1999 she landed a multiyear deal with Maybelline following in the footsteps of Christy Turlington, her idol.
An avowed bisexual, Josie revealed on the Howard Stern show that despite having boyfriends - one of whom was the famed illusionist/magician, David Blaine - she also enjoys sex with women, including adult movie actress Jenna Jameson.
In addition to her thriving modeling career, Maran began an acting career in 2001 with a star turn as title character Mallory in an independent film, The Mallory Effect. She continued to take on roles, in 2004 landing film roles as a French model in Little Black Book and as one of Dracula's brides in Van Helsing.
In 2005, she was recruited by EA Games to appear as a main character in the street-racing game, Need For Speed: Most Wanted, which was released on November 17, 2005.
Contents
- 1 Stats
- 2 Notable Work
- 3 Filmography
- 4 External links
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Stats
- Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
- Measurements: 34-23-35½
- Eyes: Brown
- Hair: Brown
Notable Work
Editorial
- Cosmopolitan
- ELLE
- Glamour (6 time cover girl)
- Lucky
- Mademoiselle
- Marie Claire
- Vogue
Print
- Guess?
- Maybelline
- Levi's
- Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
Filmography
- The Final Season (2006) - Polly Hudson
- Need For Speed: Most Wanted (VG) (2005) - Mia
- The Gravedancers (2005) - Kira Hastings
- The Aviator (2004) - Thelma
- Little Black Book (2004) - Lulu Fritz
- Van Helsing (2004) - Marishka
- Swatters (2002) - Susan
- The Mallory Effect (2002) - Mallory
External links
- Forums for Josie Maran fans & freaks
- Josie Maran's profile in the FMD-database
- Josie Maran at the Internet Movie Database
- Guess? profile
- Maybelline profilees:Josie Maran
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Categories: 1978 births | American actors | American models | Bisexual actors | People from the San Francisco Bay Area | Sex symbols | Supermodels
