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This attractive, dark-haired, stage-trained player of film and TV made her feature debut in “Miller’s Crossing” (1990), Joel and Ethan Coen’s stylish take on the gangster genre. Marcia Gay Harden scored with her sultry, husky-voiced portrayal of Verna whom she described as “a gun-toting, cigarette-smoking, poker-faced moll.”

One of five children born to a US Naval captain and his homemaker wife, Harden spent a peripatetic childhood, in which “I changed my identity all the time”, even pretending to be a boy for a time while living in Japan. Intending to enter diplomatic service, Harden changed her plans while attending college in Greece. After a stint at the University of Maryland, she eventually graduated from the University of Texas where she was directed by Edward Dmytryk in a film school production. After some success in regional theater in Washington, DC, Harden moved to Manhattan and joined the ranks of every other struggling actress, taking waitressing jobs and auditioning without much success. It perhaps didn’t help when a casting agent informed Harden that her “flaring-nostril look” would preclude her from ever being hired. Ignoring the rude comments, Harden enrolled in the graduate program at NYU. She went on to star in the short film “Florence” (1990), director Rebecca Miller’s portrait of an empathetic woman who develops amnesia just like her neighbor. That same year, she made her feature debut as Verna in “Miller’s Crossing”, although it took a while before her career kicked into gear.

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A delicate young English model turned actress of partially Chinese and Spanish descent, the slightly exotic-looking Jane March provided a quietly stunning star turn as the Young Girl in director Jean-Jacques Annaud’s adaptation of Marguerite Duras’ sensual autobiographical novel “The Lover” (1992). Starring opposite Bruce Willis in the “Color of Night” (1994), she played a flaky aspiring actress who has several steamy nude scenes with Willis. While March garnered favorable reviews, the film itself was not so warmly received. March continued to act in forgettable features before landing the plum assignment of playing Jane to Casper Van Dien’s Lord of the Jungle in “Tarzan and the Lost City” (1998).

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This sultry, ravishingly beautiful brunette began as a teenaged as the star of the top-grossing French film “La Boum/The Party” (1980) and its popular 1982 sequel, which earned her a Cesar as Most Promising Newcomer. Marceau’s subsequent films alternated between comedies (”Joyeuses Paques” 1984, with Jean-Paul Belmondo) and historical features (”Fort Saganne” 1983, with Gerard Depardieu). She won acclaim as a teenaged prostitute in “L’Amour Braques” (1985), directed by her longtime companion, Polish director Andrzej Zukawski. Marceau gave spirited, capable performances in Maurice Pialet’s “Police” (1984), “L’Etudiante/The Student” (1988) and “Fanfan” (1993). She broke into English-language films as the Princess of Wales in Mel Gibson’s Oscar-winning epic “Braveheart” (1995). The luminous actress brought a much needed injection of passion and smoldering sexuality amidst the battle scenes. Impressed with Marceau, Gibson (as producer) hired her for the lead in yet another screen version of “Anna Karenina” (1997). Also in 1997, Marceau was cast as a Swiss governess in the romance “Firelight”, which marked the directorial debut of screenwriter William Nicholson. She was featured as Hippolyta in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” opposite Kevin Kline and Michelle Pfeiffer and in the lighthearted “Lost and Found” opposite comedian David Spade (both in 1999). After co-starring in the French features “La Fidélité” (2000) for Poland’s acclaimed director Andrzej Zulawski and “Le fantôme du Louvre” (2001), for director Jean-Paul Salomé, Marceau returned to the States for the romantic feature, “Alex and Emma” (2003), which starred Kate Hudson and Luke Wilson.

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Josie Maran (born Johanna Selhorst Maran on May 8, 1978) is an American fashion model and actress. She is also well known for her association with cosmetics company Maybelline.

Maran was born in Menlo Park, California to a father of Russian and Polish descent and a mother of Dutch, French and German ancestry. She began modeling part-time after an agent spotted her at a local barbecue restaurant at the age of 12. Maran continued a more dedicated career after graduating from Castilleja School. Considered to be too short for runway modeling at 5 feet 7 inches, her career consists mostly of editorial modeling and advertising/image modeling. Signed at age 17 with the Elite agency of Los Angeles, Maran appeared on her first cover with Glamour in 1998, and was the featured Guess? Girl in their Summer 1998 and Fall 1998 campaigns. After accumulating a resumé of over 25 commercials and advertisements, including a music video for popular boy-band Backstreet Boys, Maran moved cross-country to join with Elite New York. In 1999 she landed a multiyear deal with Maybelline following in the footsteps of Christy Turlington, her idol.

In addition to her thriving modeling career, Maran began an acting career in 2001 with a star turn as title character Mallory in an independent film, The Mallory Effect. She continued to take on roles, in 2004 landing film roles as a French model in Little Black Book and as one of Dracula’s brides in Van Helsing.

In 2005, she was recruited by EA Games to appear as a main character in the street-racing computer and video game, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, which was released on November 17, 2005. She plays the game’s second lead Mia Townsend, who guides the lead character through the game.

A January 2006 Shape Magazine interview with Josie has revealed that she has quit modelling and acting and is now happily living in Hawaii teaching children. She has also started doing yoga, eating organic foods, and has quit smoking.

She has dated magician David Blaine.

She is expecting a baby with Lee Alialbozi.

Josie Maran is an avowed bisexual. She has spoken of having sex with women, including porn star Jenna Jameson.

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A petite, pretty actress, Taryn Manning alternately appears as a blonde and a brunette and possesses both a tough girl air and a childlike vulnerability that has helped her win some interesting roles early in her career. An Arizona native who relocated to Southern California at age 12, Manning spent her early years filled with competitive karate, roller-skating and dance. The multitalented teen was also a talented singer and attended the Orange County High School of the Arts. Making her breakthrough in 1999, Manning was featured in the film drama “Speedway Junky” and landed a recurring role on the Fox drama series “Get Real”, which suffered an early cancellation. Guest shots on “The Practice” (ABC) and “Ryan Caulfield: Year One” (Fox) rounded out the year for the up and comer. Continuing to work in television, the actress appeared in the Fox TV-movie “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye” (2000) and 2001 episodes of “NYPD Blue” (ABC) and “Boston Public”, the latter a role tailor-made for her and BoomK.A.T., her musical collaboration with brother Kellin.

In 2001, Manning had a high-profile role in the teen romance “crazy/beautiful”, stealing scenes from talented co-stars Kirsten Dunst and Jay Hernandez with her energetic and charming performance as a party girl. One of the few highlights of the film (which was driven by an uninspired middle-of-the-road soundtrack) was Manning’s moment in the sun, ditching school and singing the appropriate “Bein’ Bad”, a song co-written by the actress and her brother.

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