THE PRACTICE
Starring on the award-winning series The Practice, Marla Sokoloff has caught the attention of audiences throughout the country.

“In 1998, Sokoloff beat out Portia de Rossi and [Acadamy Award Winner]
Hilary Swank for the role of lippy, headset-wearing Lucy Hatcher on the
award-winning drama The Practice.” (TV Guide - The Insider)

“Miss that old noir standard, the gal Friday with great gams and a fresh mouth who always keeps the gumshoe on his toes?  She’s back, in living color, in the body of The Practice’s Lucy-Marla Sokoloff.  A mini-tornado of a woman with spunk, sass, curves and balls.” (Interview Magazine)

“Sokoloff plays the hilarious headset-wearing, conference interrupting, gaffe-spouting, practical joke playing receptionist, Lucy Hatcher, on ABC’s award-winning legal drama.” (Detour Magazine)

“Marla Sokoloff was supposed to have a seven-episode stint on The Practice but the 18-year-old so impressed producer David Kelley that her guest gig as no-nonsense secretary Lucy Hatcher turned into a recurring role.“ (New York Post)

“Sassiness pays off for Sokoloff” (USA Today) as Lucy’s “tact free come-backs may be just the dose of levity the heavy legal drama needs...” and “as a reward, Sokoloff gets some of the ABC series most out-there story lines”(Entertainment Weekly)

Controversial reactions to Marla’s character Lucy “thrilled executive producer David E. Kelley...’that’s why she’s on this show, to stir you up’” (People)  “Kelley is supportive of the young actress-so much that he’s cooked up a couple of major story lines for Lucy.” (Time Out New York)

Her work on The Practice  earned Marla and her colleagues the SAG Award - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 1999, 2000, 2001, while The Practice earned two Emmy awards for Outstanding Drama Series in 1998 and 1999 (as well as nominations in 2000 and 2001) and a Golden Globe for Best Drama Series in 1999 (as well as nominations in 2000 and 2001).  The Practice won the ASCAP award for top television series in 2001, The Peabody Award for Best Drama in 1999, as well as numerous other awards
and nominations for the shows cast and writers.

FILM
Marla Sokoloff made her mark on the big screen in 2000, starring in two global hits -- Columbia Tri Star’s Whatever it Takes, a modern-day Cyrano de Bergerac tale set in high school and 20th Century Fox’s hit comedy Dude Where’s My Car, with Ashton Kutcher and Sean William Scott.

In 2001 she had the led the cast of New Line Cinema’s acclaimed dark comedy Sugar and Spice, which depicts the desperate risks a group of high school cheerleaders take to help out a pregnant fellow squad member.

“Marla Sokoloff may be the youngest member of The Practice, but she’s an old pro at winning hearts.” (TV Guide)

As a child star, she had featured roles in films The Climb, The Babysitters Club and True Crime and lead roles in television movies Back in Black (VH1) and Freaky Friday.

TELEVISION
In addition to her role as Lucy Hatcher on The Practice, Sokoloff has most recently appeared on Friends as Joey’s little sister Dina Tribiani - who gets pregnant and goes to Rachel for advice, beginning her stint as a recurring character on this number one sitcom.

Before landing her role on The Practice, Sokoloff had recurring roles on Party of Five and Full House and guest starring roles on 7th Heaven, Third Rock from the Sun, Step by Step, Boy Meets World and Home Improvement.

MUSIC
Marla is the lead singer and guitarist of the band Smittin - which has performed in diverse locations from The Viper Room and Genghis Cohen in West Hollywood, CA to the Kola Note in Montréal, Canada.

In addition to club gigs, Smittin appeared on The Late Show with Craig Kilbourn in February of 2002, the TV Guide Channel in January of 2002 and E! Entertainments E-News Daily in December of 2001.  They have been interviewed in Self Magazine, People Magazine and US Weekly as well as numerous L.A.
radio shows.

PRESS
In addition to the above, Sokoloff has appeared in Vogue, Teen Movieline, Rosie Magazine, talk, diablo, US weekly, Jane, In Style, MXG, Pop Pie, and numerous web magazines and interviews.

She was named CosmoGirl Rising Star in 2000.

She has also been a guest on The View and The Martin Short Show.