Marla Sokoloff (; born December 19, 1980) is an American actress. She is known for playing Gia Mahan on Full House and Fuller House, Cokie Mason in The Babysitters Club movie, and Lucy Hatcher on the legal drama series The Practice. She also appeared as Joey's sister Dina on Friends and as the nanny Claire on Desperate Housewives. She has starred in the films True Crime (1996), The Climb (1999), Whatever It Takes (2000), Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), Sugar & Spice (2001), The Tollbooth (2004), Love on the Side (2006), Play the Game (2009), and The Merry Gentlemen (2024).
Early life
Sokoloff was born in San Francisco, to Cindi (née Sussman) and Howard Sokoloff, a former caterer and podiatrist. Her family is Jewish and originates from Russia and Germany. She graduated from the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, where she studied music and theatre.
She reprised her role as Gia on Full Houses sequel series Fuller House, making 11 appearances starting with the second season episode "Girl Talk".
Personal life
Sokoloff dated actor James Franco for five years after they met on the set of Whatever It Takes in 1999.
In 2004, she began dating Deadsy drummer Alec Puro. They married in 2009, and have three daughters.
Filmography
Film
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
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| 1993
| So I Married an Axe Murderer
| Alcatraz Visitor
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|rowspan="2"| 1995
| Freaky Friday
| Rachel French
| TV movie
|-
| '
| Marguerite "Cokie" Mason
|
|-
| 1996
| True Crime
| Vicki Giordano
| Video
|-
| 1997
| '
| Stacey
| Short
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| 1999
| '
| Leslie Himes
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2000
| Whatever It Takes
| Maggie Carter
|
|-
| Dude, Where's My Car?
| Wilma
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2001
| Sugar & Spice
| Lisa Janusch
|
|-
| Prairie Dogs
| Starlett
| Short
|-
| 2003
| '
| Connie
| TV movie
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2004
| Freshman Orientation
| Marjorie
|
|-
| Love on the Side
| Eve Stuckley
|
|-
| '
| Sarabeth Cohen
|
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2005
| '
| Rachel
| Short
|-
| Crazylove
| Ruth Mayer
|
|-
| Christmas in Boston
| Gina
| TV movie
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2009
| Play the Game
| Julie Larabee
|
|-
| Bionicle: The Legend Reborn
| Kiina (voice)
| Video
|-
| The Flower Girl
| Laurel Haverford
| TV movie
|-
| 2010
| Gift of the Magi
| Della Young
| TV movie
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2011
| Scents and Sensibility
| Marianne Dashwood
|
|-
| '
| Wendy
|
|-
| 2012
| A Christmas Wedding Date
| Rebecca
| TV movie
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2016
| Do You Take This Man
| Zoe
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|-
| Summer in the City
| Mindy
| TV movie
|-
| 2017
| '
| Mindy
|
|-
| 2018
| Preschool in L.A.
| Miss Allison
| Short
|-
| 2019
| The Road Home for Christmas
| Lindsey
| TV movie
|-
| 2020
| Home, But Not Alone
| Mom
| Short
|-
| 2023
| Sweet on You
| Kate's Mom
| TV movie
|-
| 2024
| The Merry Gentlemen
| Marie
| Netflix
|-
|}
Television
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1993
| Boy Meets World
| Paige
| Episode: "Cory's Alternative Friends"
|-
| The Second Half
| Courtney
| Episode: "It's My Party"
|-
| 1993–95
| Full House
| Gia Mahan
| Recurring Cast: Season 7–8
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| 1994
| Step by Step
| Marissa
| Episode: "Thirteen with a Bullet"
|-
| 1995
| Home Improvement
| Paige
| Episode: "Let Them Eat Cake"
|-
| 1995–96
| Party of Five
| Jody Lynch
| Recurring Cast: Season 2, Guest: Season 3
|-
| 1996
| 3rd Rock from the Sun
| Dina
| Episode: "Post-Nasal Dick"
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| 1997
| Over the Top
| Gwen Martin
| Main Cast
|-
| 1998
| 7th Heaven
| Jen
| Episode: "Nothing Endures But Change"
|-
| 1998–04
| '
| Lucy Hatcher
| Main Cast: Season 3–7, Recurring Cast: Season 8
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2001
| Night Visions
| Julia
| Episode: "My So-Called Life and Death"
|-
| Strange Frequency
| Darcy King
| Episode: "More Than a Feeling"
|-
| Friends
| Dina Tribbiani
| Episode: "The One with Monica's Boots"
|-
| 2004–05
| Desperate Housewives
| Claire
| Recurring Cast: Season 1
|-
| 2006
| Modern Men
| Molly Clark
| Recurring Cast
|-
| 2006–07
| Big Day
| Alice Hopkins
| Main Cast
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2009
| Burn Notice
| Melanie
| Episode: "Seek and Destroy"
|-
| Meteor
| Imogene O'Neil
| Episode: "Part 1 & 2"
|-
| Maneater
| Jennifer Ellenback
| Episode: "Part 1 & 2"
|-
| Drop Dead Diva
| Mia Reynolds
| Episode: "Crazy"
|-
| 2011
| CSI: NY
| Abigail West
| Episode: "Party Down"
|-
| 2013
| Melissa & Joey
| Dr. Chelsea Mullins
| Episode: "Can't Hardly Wait"
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2014
| Mind Games
| Jane
| Episode: "Texts, Lies and Audiotapes"
|-
| '
| Dani Kirkland
| Recurring Cast: Season 1–2
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2015
| Grey's Anatomy
| Glenda Castillo
| Recurring Cast: Season 11
|-
| Hot in Cleveland
| Chloe
| Episode: "Kitchen Nightmare"
|-
| 2016–20
| Fuller House
| Gia Mahan-Harmon
| Guest: Season 2, Recurring Cast: Season 3–5
|-
| 2018
| Hollywood Darlings
| Marla
| Episode: "Y2K"
|}
Music videos
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
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! Year
! Artist
! Song
! Role
|-
| 2001
| Everclear
| "Brown Eyed Girl"
| Brown Eyed Girl
|-
| 2013
| Cindy Alexander
| "Wonderful"
| Girlfriend
|}