Josie Maran
Birth name Johanna Selhorst Maran
Date of birth May 8, 1978 (1978-05-08) (age 31)
Place of birth Menlo Park, California
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1?2 in)
Hair color Brown
Eye color Brown
Measurements (US) 34C-23-34 ; (EU) 86.5-58.5-86.5
Dress size (US) 4 ; (EU) 34
Shoe size (US) 8 ; (EU) 39
Johanna Selhorst “Josie” Maran (born May 8, 1978) is an American model and actress.
In 2001, Maran appeared in an independent film, as title character Mallory in The Mallory Effect. Maran followed this by appearing as Susan in Swatters in 2002. In 2004, she appeared in three films - as a French model in Little Black Book, as one of Dracula’s brides, Marishka, in Van Helsing, and briefly as a cigarette girl in The Aviator. Maran appeared in a short film “The Confession” alongside Wentworth Miller in 2005, and as Kira Hayden in The Gravedancers in 2006. Maran will not play Polly Hudson in The Final Season, scheduled for release in 2007. This role is now played by Rachael Leigh Cook.
She was recruited in 2005 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.
In June 2007, Maran launched her own natural cosmetics product line, named Josie Maran Cosmetics. Beyond her business activities she commits herself to the protection and improvement of nature and the environment.
Maran competed in the 2007 season of Dancing with the Stars, but she and dance partner Alec Mazo were the first couple eliminated. Maran subsequently appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live and in reference to getting voted off first, said, “I should have cut my legs off”.
Filmography
Swatters (2002): Susan
The Mallory Effect (2002): Mallory
The Aviator (2004): Thelma
Little Black Book (2004): Lulu Fritz
Van Helsing (2004): Marishka
The Confession (2005): Wife
The Gravedancers (2005): Kira Hastings
Need For Speed: Most Wanted (VG) (2005): Mia Townsend
Television and radio appearances
The Howard Stern Show (2000)
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (2004) (2002)
Van Helsing: Behind the Screams (2004)
Late Night with Conan O’Brien (2004)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2007) (2005) (2004) (2003)
Dancing with the Stars (2007) (Voted off after 1 episode)
Karma Air (2008)
Music video for “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” by Backstreet Boys (1997)
Music video for “Morning Light” by Truman (2004)
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