Born and raised in San Francisco, Marla Sokoloff moved to Los Angeles in 1994 and enrolled in the Los Angeles County High School of the Arts, where she studied theater and music. She won numerous awards and accolades for her singing, performing the national anthem at such high profile events as the Oakland A's baseball games and for the USO. Soon after moving to Los Angeles, Marla began landing roles on several popular television series including Hör' mal, wer da hämmert (1991), Party of Five (1994), Hinterm Mond gleich links (1996), and Eine himmlische Familie (1996). On the big screen, she has appeared in the films Der Baby-Sitters-Club (1995), Deception - Tödliche Täuschung (1995), and Hoffnungslos verliebt (2000).
