Marla Lynne Sokoloff is an American actress. She is known for playing the part of Lucy Hatcher on the television show The Practice and Gia Mahan on the ABC sitcom Full House and Netflix sitcom Fuller House.
Career[]
Sokoloff began acting at age 12 when she was cast as Gia Mahan, Stephanie Tanner's archenemy-turned best friend in the sitcom Full House. In 1998, Sokoloff landed her most notable role as she was cast as the receptionist Lucy Hatcher in The Practice. Along with other popular appearances, she is well-remembered as Joey's pregnant sister, Dina, in season 8 of Friends. Sokoloff also had a three-episode stint as a nanny in Desperate Housewives.
In November 2006, she starred in the ABC television series Big Day, which ended on January 30, 2007. She also made a guest appearance in an episode of Burn Notice, where she played Melanie, working undercover as a receptionist at a Miami art gallery, whose owner had murdered her character's father.
Sokoloff also has starred in several movies, including Whatever It Takes, The Climb, The Tollbooth, Dude, Where's My Car?, Sugar & Spice and Love on the Side.
In 2008, Sokoloff starred alongside Paul Campbell, Andy Griffith, Doris Roberts and Liz Sheridan in the romantic comedy Play the Game. She also voices the Glatorian Kiina in Bionicle: The Legend Reborn. She played Imogene O'Neill in the mini series Meteor.
In 2012, she starred in the cable-TV movie A Christmas Wedding Date.
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | So I Married an Axe Murderer | Alcatraz Visitor | Uncredited |
1995 | The Baby-Sitters Club | Margarite 'Cokie' Mason | |
1996 | True Crime | Vicki Giordano | |
1997 | The Date | Stacey | Short film |
1998 | The Climb | Leslie Himes | |
2000 | Whatever It Takes | Maggie Carter | |
2000 | Dude, Where's My Car? | Wilma | |
2001 | Sugar & Spice | Lisa Janusch | |
2001 | Prairie Dogs | Starlett | Short film |
2004 | Freshman Orientation | Marjorie | |
2004 | Love on the Side | Eve Stuckley | |
2004 | The Tollbooth | Sarabeth Cohen | |
2005 | The Drive | Rachel | Short film |
2005 | Crazylove | Ruth Mayer | |
2009 | Play the Game | Julie Larabee | |
2010 | BIONICLE: The Legend Reborn | Kiina | |
2010 | Gifts for Christmas | Della | |
2011 | The Chateau Meroux | Wendy | |
2011 | Scents and Sensibility | Marianne Dashwood | |
2013 | The Fosters | Dani | Recurring role |
2016 | Do You Take This Man | Zoe | |
2017 | A Happening of Monumental Proportions | Mindy |