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Josie Maran (her full name is Josie Selhorst Maran) was born on the 8th of May 1978, in Menlo Park, San Francisco. It was while attending an all-girls school in Northern California, Josie began dreaming of a career in modelling after seeing adverts for cosmetics company Maybelline. Whilst attending a barbecue, her stunning girl-next-door looks (thanks to a mix of Polish, Russian, Dutch, French and German heritages), got her noticed by a modelling agent who was also present.
Signed at age 17 with the Elite modeling agency of Los Angeles, Josie appeared on her first cover with Glamour magazine in 1998, and she was the featured Guess? Girl in their summer 1998 and fall 1998 campaigns. After building a resumé of over 25 commercials and advertisements, including a music video for the popular boy-band the Backstreet Boys, Maran moved cross-country to join with Elite in New York City. In 1999 she landed a multi-year deal with Maybelline following in the footsteps of her idol Christy Turlington. She appeared in the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue for three consecutive years—2000, 2001, 2002.
In addition to her thriving modeling career, Josie 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, appearing in 2002 as Susan in Swatters. In 2004 she landed film roles as a French model in Little Black Book, as one of Dracula's brides in Van Helsing, and was seen briefly as a cigarette girl in The Aviator. She appeared in a short film "The Confession" alongside Wentworth Miller in 2005, and as Kira Hastings in The Gravedancers in 2006. Josie will play Polly Hudson in The Final Season, scheduled for release in 2007.
In 2005, she was recruited by EA Games to appear as a main character in the street-racing computer and video game, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, which was released on November 17, 2005. She plays the game's second lead Mia Townsend, who guides the lead character through the game.
Since then she has never looked back. She is now one of the most recognisable faces in the modelling world.
Some Josie Maran Facts
- Josie has a scar from a appendectomy that was performed when she was 12 years old, but the scar is edited out of most photos.
- Her first cover was Glamour magazine in 1998.
Personal Life
Josie Maran has a long term boyfriend, photographer Ali Alborzi and on the 20th June 2006 they welcomed to the world their first born, daughter Rumi Joon.
Josie has been quoted as saying "I don't believe in marriage. I just don't think its necessary in this day and age. I just think if you need to get married, then you're already distrusting the person. Why do you have to sign something to show your love?"
