Johanna Selhorst "Josie" Maran (born May 8, 1978) is an American model, actress, and entrepreneur.
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Early life
Josie Maran was born May 8, 1978, in Menlo Park, California. Her father is of Russian Jewish ancestry and worked in green home construction. Her mother Roberta was an artist, interior decorator and had chronic fatigue syndrome, which inspired the family to live more healthily. She was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Maran attended Castilleja School, an all-girls school in Palo Alto, California, from grades 7 to 12.
Modeling and acting career
While she was still in high school, Maran was approached by a woman who asked her for a modeling performance in San Francisco, and a scouting agent encouraged her to pursue modeling professionally. In 1990 an appendectomy left Maran with a noticeable scar that is typically edited out of photos.
