Marla Sokoloff

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, 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 Year Title Role Notes 1993 So I Married an Axe Murderer Alcatraz Visitor 1995 Freaky Friday Rachel French TV movie Marguerite "Cokie" Mason 1996 True Crime Vicki Giordano Video 1997 Stacey Short 1999 Leslie Himes 2000 Whatever It Takes Maggie Carter Dude, Where's My Car? Wilma 2001 Sugar & Spice Lisa Janusch Prairie Dogs Starlett Short 2003 Connie TV movie 2004 Freshman Orientation Marjorie Love on the Side Eve Stuckley Sarabeth Cohen 2005 Rachel Short Crazylove Ruth Mayer Christmas in Boston Gina TV movie 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 2011 Scents and Sensibility Marianne Dashwood Wendy 2012 A Christmas Wedding Date Rebecca TV movie 2016 Do You Take This Man Zoe 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 Year Title Role Notes 1993 Boy Meets World Paige Episode: "Cory's Alternative Friends" The Second Half Courtney Episode: "It's My Party" 1993–1995 Full House Gia Mahan Recurring Cast: Season 7–8 1994 Step by Step Marissa Episode: "Thirteen with a Bullet" 1995 Home Improvement Paige Episode: "Let Them Eat Cake" 1995–1996 Party of Five Jody Lynch Recurring Cast: Season 2, Guest: Season 3 1996 3rd Rock from the Sun Dina Episode: "Post-Nasal Dick" 1997 Over the Top Gwen Martin Main Cast 1998 7th Heaven Jen Episode: "Nothing Endures But Change" 1998–2004 Lucy Hatcher Main Cast: Season 3–7, Recurring Cast: Season 8 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" 2004–2005 Desperate Housewives Claire Recurring Cast: Season 1 2006 Modern Men Molly Clark Recurring Cast 2006–2007 Big Day Alice Hopkins Main Cast 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" 2014 Mind Games Jane Episode: "Texts, Lies and Audiotapes" Dani Kirkland Recurring Cast: Season 1–2 2015 Grey's Anatomy Glenda Castillo Recurring Cast: Season 11 Hot in Cleveland Chloe Episode: "Kitchen Nightmare" 2016–2020 Fuller House Gia Mahan-Harmon Guest: Season 2, Recurring Cast: Season 3–5 2018 Hollywood Darlings Marla Episode: "Y2K"

Music videos + Year Artist Song Role 2001 Everclear "Brown Eyed Girl" Brown Eyed Girl 2013 Cindy Alexander "Wonderful" Girlfriend