Johanna Selhorst "Josie" Maran (born May 8, 1978) is an American model and actress. Maran was born in Menlo Park, California. She attended Castilleja School, an all-girls' school in Palo Alto, California. She is of Russian-Jewish descent on her paternal side. Her first cover was Glamour in 1998. In 1990, an appendectomy left Maran with a noticeable scar that is typically edited out of photos. Maran's modeling career began at the age of 12; when an agent spotted her at a local barbecue restaurant,