Johanna Selhorst "Josie" Maran (born 8 May 1978)
is an American model and actress. Maran's modeling career
began at the age of 12; when an agent spotted her at a local
barbecue restaurant, she began modeling part time. Maran
graduated from the Castilleja School in Palo Alto, then
began to pursue modeling more seriously. As those in the
fashion industry consider her height of 5'7" to be too
short for runway modeling, Maran works mainly in editorial
modeling and advertising/image modeling. 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.