Charles in Charge

Background:

“I would overhear fans say, 'Look, there's the ugly girl from Charles in Charge.'” Josie Davis

A brilliant, lively and attractive child actor of the 1980s who made transition into adult roles in the late 1990s, American actress and producer Josie Davis rose to fame playing the profound middle child Sarah Powell on the hit syndicated sitcom “Charles in Charge” from 1987 to 1990. Going through puberty in front of an audience while starring on the show proved extraordinarily painful for the young actress, but she verified a competent performer and won a 1989 Young Star Award for her turn as the smart and sensible teen. After several years battling that image, Davis returned to series TV playing the sexy love interest Camille Desmond in Fox's hit series, “Beverly Hills 90210” (2000). After the series ended, the lithe blonde actress furthered showed her skillfulness portraying Laurie Williams, the take-charge daughter of a prosperous and turbulent family, in the NBC short-lived drama “Titans” (2000). Davis also offered memorable guest turns in series like “The Profiler,” “Nash Bridges,” “Love Boat: The Next Wave,” “CSI: Miami” and “Two and a Half Men,” as well as collected a number of TV film credits, including the highly rated “Psychic Murders” (2002), “The Partners” (2003), “Blind Justice” (2005), “McBride Requiem” (2006) and “Carolina Moon” (2007). Kicking off her big screen career in 1995, Davis has since also tried to amass credits with projects like “Badge of Fear” (1997), “Slammed” (2001), “Sonny” (2002), “Be My Baby” (2006), “Kalamazoo?” (2006), “In the Land Of Merry Misfit”(2007) and “Chasing Tchaikovsky” (2007) and “The Trouble with Romance” (2007). The award-winning performer also starred in the acclaimed short “Lotto” (2003), which was produced under her production company, “3 Sketch Films.”

Moviegoers should not miss her outstanding performance in the forthcoming films “Tranced” (2008) and “Tenebrous” (2008). TV audience will see her acting in the film “The Perfect Assistant” (2007).

Joz

Childhood and Family:

Josie Davis was born on January 16, 1973, in Los Angeles, California, to an actor/artist/drummer father. She has an older brother named Joshua Davis, who was born on October 26, 1965. Josie, whose nickname is Joz, was a straight-A student in high school and intended to attend USC's esteemed writing program after graduation. However, she made up her mind and studied acting instead. At age 18, she signed on with one of Hollywood's most respected acting coaches, Paul E. Richards, and studied with him for five years before being accepted into the prestigious Actors Studio, becoming one of the only two performers selected to join that year. At the time, Joz was 24.

Joz enjoys photography.

90210's Camille

Career:

Los Angeles-raised Josie Davis initiated acting at age 3 when she starred in a number of commercials. Her huge breakthrough arrived in 1987 (aged 14) when the talented beauty landed the role of Sarah Powell on the No. 1 syndicated television series “Charles in Charge” (1984-1990), starring heartthrob Scott Baio. As the quiet, sweet, bookish, little girl, she won a 1989 Young Artist for Best Young Actress in a Family Syndicated Show, and stayed with the show until it came to an end in 1990. She added two Young Artist nominations in the category of Best Young Actress in an Off-Primetime Family Series to her accomplishment during 1990 to 1991.

However, after “Charles in Charge” wrapped, the young performer had a hard time shedding the image she created. She then took some time off to focus on her studies, but returned in the mid 1990s with notable guest spots on the syndicated detective shows like “Silk Stalkings” and “High Tide.” In 1996, she originated the role of Grace Turner on the CBS popular daytime soap “The Young and the Restless,” a gig that she kept for a year. In 1997, two years after making her feature acting debut in 1995's “Beach House,” she starred as Officer Samantha 'Sam' Edwards on Roberto Tenura's thriller “Badge of Fear.”

After joining the reputable Actor Studios, Davis embarked on the primetime TV show with 1999 guest performances in series like NBC's “The Profiler,” CBS's “Nash Bridges” and UPN's “Love Boat: The Next Wave.” Already having a 1998 guest spot under her belt, Davis joined the cast of the favorite Fox primetime soap “Beverly Hills, 90210” in 2000 in the regular role of Camille, the sexy girlfriend of Brian Austin Green's David. She kept the role until the end of the series. She went on to play Laurie Williams on the Aaron Spelling-produced series “Titans” (2000), opposite Casper Van Dien and Yasmine Bleeth, but it only had a short life. In the NBC drama, she was cast as the self-possessed and somewhat daunting daughter of Victoria Principal's cunning matriarch, a role that could demonstrate her versatility.

Davis took a short hiatus from television to make films. She acted along side Justin Whalin, Zachery Ty Bryan and Sasha Mitchell in 2001's “Slammed” and was cast by Nicolas Cage in the actor's directorial debut “Sonny” (2002), playing Gretchen. The crime/drama also starred James Franco, Brenda Blethyn, Harry Dean Stanton, Mena Suvari, Scott Caan and Cage himself. Davis resurfaced on the small screen and got parts in television movies like “Psychic Murders” (2002, with Terry Farrell and Henry Rollins), the reunion “L.A Law: The Movie” (2002) and “The Partners” (2003, as the wife of Jason Gedrick). She also delivered remarkable guest turns in the critically acclaimed dramas “Philly” (2002), “The Division” (2003) and “CSI: Miami” (2004), and acted opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ed O' Neal in “In the Game” (2004), a pilot for ABC.

In 2005, Davis starred with Jamie Luner and James Thomas in the made-for-TV film “Blind Justice,” directed by Rex Piano. She followed it up with a series of guest roles in series “Living with Fran,” “Eve” and the CBS hit “Two and a Half Men” (all 2005). “Santa's Village of the Damned,” the episode of “Two and a Half Men” in which Davis memorably starred as Sandy was selected by US Weekly as a “Must see.” The following year saw Davis explore her comedic flair by playing Linda in the film “Be My Baby,” opposite René Ashton, Brody Hutzler, Julia Duffy, Cris Judd and Lacey Chabert, and starring as Carol Cavanaugh in the independent movie “Kalamazoo?,” along side Claire Bloom, Renee Taylor, and Chita Rivera. She also supported John Larroquette in the thriller made-for-TV film “McBride Requiem” (2006).

Recently, Davis played Karen in the comedy/romance “The Trouble with Romance” (2007), with Jordan Belfi, John Churchill and Kip Pardue, costarred with Claire Forlani and Oliver Hudson in the television film “Carolina Moon” (2007), which was adapted from a Nora Roberts novel, and teamed up with writer/director Keven Undergaro for the comedy “In the Land Of Merry Misfit”(2007), produced by Maria Menunos. In “Chasing Tchaikovsky” (2007), a comedy starring Art Aroustamian as ambitious businessman who has reached a lot of success in the time he has been in America, but was forced to go back to his Russian roots in order to keep his luck in tact. Davis rejoined Jennifer Love Hewitt in a 2007 episode of “Ghost Whisperer,” a drama/fantasy starring Hewitt as Melinda Gordon, a woman with a gift of seeing and talking with the spirits of the dead people. On September 28, she appeared as Kelly Abbott in an episode of the James Woods vehicle “Shark” (2006-present).

The 34-year-old actress has currently completed filming “Tranced” (2008), an highly anticipated drama directed by David M. Evans and writer Marshall Sylver. Playing Annie Bodie, she costarred with Marshall Sylver, Meshach Taylor, Maria Conchita Alonso and Douglas Fish. Besides, she has a supporting role as Mrs. Jimmy Muldoon in the upcoming film “Tenebrous” (2008), a horror helmed by Joel Bender. On television, Davis will star as Rachel on the crime/mystery telepic “The Perfect Assistant” (2007) for director Douglas Jackson.

Apart from her busy work as an actor, Davis also owns and runs a production company called “3 Sketch Films.” It has produced the award-winning short movie “Lotto” (2003) with Davis starring as Stacey, as well as projects for hip hop star Triple Seven, Kevin Federline and son of the legendary Bob Marley, Rohan Marley.

Awards:

• Young Artist Awards: Best Young Actress in a Family Syndicated Show, “Charles in Charge,” 1989