Marla Lynne Sokoloff is an actress and musician, born on 19th December 1980 in San Francisco, California USA, and is probably best known for her role of Lucy Hatcher in the TV show “The Practice” and Gia Mahan on TV series “Full House”, followed by its sequel “Fuller House”.
Have you ever wondered how rich Marla Sokoloff is? According to sources, it has been estimated that Marla Sokoloff’s overall net worth is $500 000, acquired through a versatile career which she has been building since the early ‘90s. Since she is still performing as an actress and musician, her net worth continues to increase.
Marla Sokoloff Net Worth $500 000
Marla was born into a Jewish family of Russian and German descent. Raised in San Francisco, she moved to Los Angeles in 1994 and enrolled at Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, as she had previously had acting experience when she was cast as Gia Mahn in the ABC sitcom “Full House”. Apart from this, Marla’s film debut happened in 1993, when she had a cameo appearance in the romantic black comedy film “So I Married an Axe Murderer”. The ‘90s brought another role to young actress, and she portrayed the character of Jody Lynch in the TV series “Party of Five”, and had the role of Gwen Martin in the TV series “Over the Top”. Upon graduation, Sokoloff was cast in her most notable role as receptionist Lucy Hatcher in the legal drama TV series “The Practice”, in which she starred for five seasons. Her other notable roles include appearing in “Friends” as Dina, Joey’s pregnant sister, and playing a three-episode role of a nanny in “Desperate Housewives”. Later, she made a guest appearance in an episode of USA Network’s TV series “Burn Notice”, playing receptionist Melanie on an undercover task.
Sokoloff has also had several movie roles as well, among others in “The Climb”(1999), the teen comedy “Whatever It Takes”(2000), teen crime comedy film “Sugar&Spice”(2001) and the 2004 drama “Tollbooth”.
In 2009, Marla starred next to Paul Campbell, Doris Roberts and Liz Sheridan in the romantic comedy film “Play the Game”, and voiced the character Glatorian Kiina in “Bionicle: The Legend Reborn” animated film in the same year. In TV disaster mini series “Meteor”, she was seen in the role of Imogene O’Neil. Her net worth was rising steadily. More recently, she has had a recurring role in the TV series “The Fosters” since 2014, and appeared in the “Full House’s” sequel “Fuller House” as a special guest in 2016. Apart from her acting, Marla has musical talent, and was a member of the rock band “Smittin”, based in Los Angeles, until 2003. She also released “Grateful” in February 2006, so far her only solo album,.
Regarding her private life, Sokoloff dated actor James Franco for five years after meeting on the set of “Whatever It Takes” in 1999. However, Marla started dating drummer Alec Puro in 2004, and the couple married in November 2009; they have two daughters.
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Movies
Whatever It Takes, Dude, Where's My Car?, Sugar & Spice, Christmas in Boston, Play the Game, The Baby-Sitters Club, Scents and Sensibility, Love on the Side, The Chateau Meroux, Freshman Orientation, The Tollbooth, A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster, True Crime, Strange Fre...
TV Shows
Big Day, Modern Men, The Practice, Over the Top, Meteor
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We went down for pilot season, I got Full House, and we wound up never leaving.
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I was in seventh grade, and getting a part in Full House was huge. It opened so many doors for me.
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On my show, I'm definitely the youngest one. So going from a show where everyone is over 30, to the movie, where everyone was like 20, 25, it was like summer camp.
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Acting kind of pays my bills more than music does.
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Cancer has been unfortunately in my life. My mom's best friend is kicking ass in her battle with breast cancer. Both of my grandmas had cancer. I recently lost a friend to cancer.
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At the time, the only options were playing the local county fair. Now with American Idol and younger recording artists that have come out, there is more of an opportunity.
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An agent saw one of the plays I did at ACT, but my mom was like, No, she's too young. I became so annoying that a year and a half later she just couldn't stand hearing me any more!
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I didn't go to a normal high school. It was for people in the performing arts.
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I'm pretty sure this is it for the teen movie thing. It's so frustrating to read when you get to page 20 and you're like, Oy! It's the same thing again!
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The most frustrating thing for me as a singer is that people have pinpointed me as an actress who suddenly woke up one day and decided that I wanted to sing.
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Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 34, a daughter named Olive Mae Puro on March 13, 2015 in Los Angeles, weighing 4 lbs., 10 oz. and measuring 18 inches long and she arrived six weeks early. Child's father is her husband, Alec Puro.
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 31, a daughter named Elliotte Anne Puro on February 8, 2012. Child's father is her husband, Alec Puro.
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(November 8, 2009) Married her boyfriend of 5 years Alec Puro.
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Living in LA with her dog, Coco (Chanel, not Cox-Arquette), writing music and sewing for her own guitar strap line. [August 2008]
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Filming Against Their Will (2003), a TV movie and working on a new TV show, Alyx (2003). [June 2003]
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Filming Play the Game (2009) with Andy Griffith. [October 2007]
She was the singer/guitarist for the band Smittin and now plays shows under her own name in LA.
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Has a "Venus Guitar" that Courtney Love designed and that is now autographed by Courtney, lead singer of Hole.
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Her father, Howard Sokoloff, is a doctor and her mother, Cindi Sussman, is a former caterer. Older brother Jared M. Sokoloff (B. February 11, 1977) is a chef.