Marla Sokoloff

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Marla Sokoloff

Born Marla Lynne Sokoloff
December 19, 1980 (1980-12-19) (age 27)
San Francisco, California

Marla Lynne Sokoloff (born December 19, 1980 in San Francisco, California) is an American musician and actress, best known for playing the part of Lucy Hatcher on the show The Practice and Gia on the ABC sitcom Full House.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

Sokoloff was born in Danville, California, to Howard Sokoloff, a doctor, and Cindi Sussman, a former caterer. She is Jewish.[1] Sokoloff is an alumna of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. Sokoloff has dated actors James Franco and Shane West who both starred with her in the teen flick Whatever It Takes. As of 2004, she has been dating composer and drummer Alec Puro. [1]

[edit] Acting

In 1993, Sokoloff began acting at the age of twelve, when she was cast as Gia Mahan in the sitcom Full House.

In 1998, her breakthrough role came when she was cast in the drama The Practice as Lucy Hatcher. The 5 ft. 3 in. Sokoloff also had a three-episode stint as a nanny in Desperate Housewives. Along with other popular appearances, she is well remembered as Joey's pregnant sister Dina in season 8 of Friends.

In November 2006, she starred in the ABC television series Big Day. The last episode aired on January 30, 2007.

Aside from television, Sokoloff has also starred in many movies, including Whatever It Takes, The Climb, The Tollbooth, Dude, Where's My Car?, and Sugar & Spice.

[edit] Music

Sokoloff enjoys music and has a large guitar collection. She sang and played rhythm guitar in LA-based rock band Smittin until 2003 when she struck out on her own. On 17 February 2006, she released her first solo CD, called Grateful.

[edit] Filmography


[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Bloom, Nate (2006-11-24). "Celebrity Jews". The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California. 

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