Josie Totah is an American actress who is best known for her roles in Jessie on Disney Channel, the ABC comedy Back in the Game, and the 2016 film Other People. In 2018, she appeared in NBC’s comedy Champions and she played Lexi in the 2020 Saved by the Bell revival. Early in her career, Totah played male roles but came out as a transgender woman in August 2018 and changed her name to Josie.
When I was young, growing up in a small town in Northern California, people would just assume I was gay. Then I found myself playing that role once I got into the entertainment industry, and people kept assuming my identity. Numerous reporters have asked me in interviews how it feels to be a young gay man. I was even introduced that way before receiving an award from an LGBTQ+ rights organization. I understand that they didn’t know better. I almost felt like I owed it to everybody to be that gay boy. But that has never been the way I think of myself. 1time
Josie Totah Bio
Josie Totah was born on 5 August 2001 in Sacramento, California, USA she is 23 years old as of 2024 and her height is around 5 feet 7 inches.
Josie Totah is an LGBTQ activist who speaks on panels about LGBTQ rights and representation in movies and TV. She was honored by the Human Rights Campaign with the Visibility Award in 2018 and the Upstander Award in 2019. Out Magazine included her in its Out100 list. Totah is also a celebrity ambassador for GLAAD and GLSEN, where she serves on the GLSEN Game Change Council. 2imdbÂ
Josie Totah Parents
Josie is the third child of Suheil and Christine Totah as she has a sister and brother and her family belongs to Palestinian and Lebanese ancestry.
Josie Totah Boyfriend
After a video went viral on TikTok, there were rumors that Josie was dating Karan Brar but she later denied it.
“I was afraid I wouldn’t be accepted, that I would be embarrassed, that the fans who knew me from the time when I acted in a Disney show would be confused, but I realized over the past few years that hiding my true self is not healthy. I know now, more than ever, that I’m finally ready to take this step toward becoming myself. I’m ready to be free.” 3peopleÂ
Josie Totah Career
Josie Totah started acting in 2012 with a role as the “Lil’ Dictator” in AwesomenessTV’s first production. In 2013, she played Stuart Wooten, a boy with a crush on Zuri Ross, in the Disney Channel show Jessie. She also appeared in shows like New Girl, 2 Broke Girls, and Liv and Maddie.
That same year, she had a supporting role in the ABC comedy Back in the Game and appeared with her mom on Family Game Night. In 2015, she joined the sixth season of Glee as the youngest member of the New Directions, appearing in four episodes. In 2016, her performance in the film Other People earned her critical acclaim, making her one of Variety’s Sundance Breakout Stars. Later that year, she worked on an NBC comedy project she helped develop.
In 2017, Josie appeared in Handsome: A Netflix Mystery Movie and Spider-Man: Homecoming. She also starred in the Disney movie Magic Camp and played Michael Patel in NBC’s comedy Champions, which aired in 2018.
Josie joined the cast of the Saved by the Bell reboot on Peacock in 2020, playing Lexi, a confident and popular cheerleader. In August 2022, she launched the podcast Dare We Say with Yasmine Hamady and her Saved by the Bell co-star Alycia Pascual-Peña. 4wikipediaÂ
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