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Josie Maran (born May 8, 1978) is an American
female model and actress who was born to a father of Russian and Polish descent
and a mother of Dutch, French and German ancestry. 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.
Notable
Work
Editorial
Cosmopolitan
ELLE
Glamour (6 time cover girl)
Lucky
Mademoiselle
Marie Claire
Vogue
Shape
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
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