Josie Maran life and biography

Josie Maran is an American fashion model, born in Menlo Park, California.

Career Highlights:

1990:
- An appendectomy leaves Maran with a permanent scar that is edited out of most photos
- Enters a fashion show after an agent spots her at a barbecue restaurant in her hometown

1995:
- Signs with Elite modeling agency

1998:
- Appears in the video for the Backstreet Boys’ “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”
- Face of the summer and fall Guess? ad campaigns
- Appears on her first cover with Glamour

1999:
- Becomes the spokesperson for Maybelline Video»

2000:
- Dates David Blaine
- Featured in Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit edition

2002:
- Plays Mallory, a girl whose ex-boyfriend is trying to sabotage her new relationship, in the movie The Mallory Effect
- Appears on the Craig Kilborn show discussing having an orgasm on national television and pet chimpanzees(30 SEP)

2004:
- Appears in an editorial feature in GQ
- Appears on the cover of Maxim
- Plays one of Dracula’s brides in the movie Van Helsing (7 MAY)
- Appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live, talking about Little Black Book, The Aviator, her hypothetical crushes on Gwen Stefani and Johnny Depp, and more (12 AUG)
- Plays a French model in Little Black Book, a parody on the modeling industry (14 AUG)
- Plays one of Leonardo DiCaprio’s romantic interests in Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator (25 DEC)

2005:
- Appears with Wentworth Miller in the short film The Confession
- Appears as Mia, one of the main characters, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, a computer-video game about street racing

2006:
- Plays Kira, a girl who reunites with two best friends at a funeral, in the movie The Gravedancers
- Gives birth to daughter Rumi Joon with boyfriend and clothing designer Ali Alborzi (20 JUN)

2007:
- Announces launch of an eco-friendly cosmetics line called Josie Maran Cosmetics

2008:
- Models for Op's rebranding ad campaign with Pete Wentz, Christina Milian, and other celebrities
- Speaks at Cookie magazine’s “Motherhood Begins Now” event

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