Josie Maran

Josie Maran is a reinvention story I find quietly impressive. She came up as a model and actress, the kind of career that often peaks early, then pivoted into building her own cosmetics company. That entrepreneurial turn is what interests me most, because going from being the face of a brand to owning one takes a completely different skill set. The clean, argan-oil-focused beauty space she moved into was ahead of the wider wellness wave. From Menlo Park, California, she reads to me as someone who used the visibility of modeling as a launchpad rather than a finish line. That self-direction is the part I respect.

Name (English)

Josie Maran

Name (Japanese)

ジョジー・マラン

Reading

じょじー・まらん

Born

May 8, 1978 (age 48)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Horse

Origin

Menlo Park, California, United States

Height

173 cm

Occupation

actor / model / film actor

• Official sitehttps://www.josiemarancosmetics.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/josiemarancosmetics/
• Xhttps://x.com/josie_maran
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josie%20Maran
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q241025

Tags

• California
• actor
• model
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.