Josie Davis

Actress Josie Davis stars in director Drew Water's Christmas comedy, Festival of Trees, out this holiday season. Set to release next year, is her role as government astrophysicist, Dr Barboux, opposite James Remar, in the comedy Glowzies, which premiered at the respected Sitges Film Festival, in Spain. A Hollywood, California native, Josie Davis began her career at the age of three years old. She starred in numerous television commercials, and as just a child, she was cast as a series regular, on the hit television show, Charles In Charge, rated number-one in syndication. Josie received three nominations for her performance on the series and won the respected Youth In Film Award for her role as the awkward and bookish, Sarah Powell. Josie was the youngest student to study with respected acting teacher from Brooklyn, Paul E Richards, for twenty years until his passing. Lee Strasberg had made Richards, the Broadway star, Richards, a judge for The Actors Studio in the 1950's, which included such actors such as James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, and Paul Newman etc. At the age of twenty four, Davis auditioned for Hollywood heavyweights, Martin Landau, Mark Rydell, Shelley Winters, and Barbara Bain. After only one audition Davis was accepted into the legendary Actors Studio as a "Member with working privileges", then was made a Lifetime Member after only one callback. Over one thousand actors auditioned, making Davis only one of two actors to be accepted that year. After wanting to focus on film, Academy Award winning director Mark Rydell told Josie she should be proud to be a new series regular on the last season of the iconic television series, Beverly Hills 90210. After the series ended, legendary Aaron Spelling cast Josie again as a series regular on his next show for NBC called, Titans, until it's final run. Josie 's additional series credits include: a recurring role on CSI: NY with Gary Sinese, the fan favorite Christmas episode of Two and a Half Men that USA Today called "A must see". Comedy King, Chuck Lorre and the ex President of Warner Brothers, Peter Roth, told Davis she should've been nominated for an emmy as Sandy, the multiple personality cook. Lorre said, "I couldn't imagine anyone else playing that part". Davis' other television credits include: CSI: Miami, Hawaii Five-O, NCIS, Rules of Engagment, opposite David Spade, The Mentalist, and the list goes on. Josie was cast opposite Ed O'Neil and Jennifer Love Hewitt in the comedy, In the Game, playing a diva sports reporter which guest starred Tom Brady, for ABC. In 2011, Martin Landau and Mark Rydell cast Josie in the stage production out of The Actors Studio, called Speed the Plow, written by writer David Mamet. Her performance extremely well-received. Josie took a break from television to focus on films. Her first up was Wizardream, playing the British, Evil Queen, opposite Malcolm Mc Dowell. Nicolas Cage cast Josie in his directorial debut, "Sonny", opposite James Franco with the late Harry Dean Stanton. Josie has played the lead in numerous independent films as well as Lifetime movies, which earned her two wins, both voted entirely by Lifetime fans. Josie is writing the "Untitled Josie Davis Pilot" followed by completing her Memoir. She is involved in a variety of animal charities, but has especially loved her volunteer work at the South Los Angeles Animal Shelter where she adopted her cats Gia and Snow.