Josie Totah

Some Lesser Known Facts About Josie Totah

• Josie Totah is best known for her roles in Jessie (2013), Saved by the Bell (2020), and Other People (2016).

• Josie produced a comedy show for the NBC TV Networks in 2016.

• Josie worked in the Marvel film Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). She starred in the film as Seymour O’Reilly.

  

• Josie was originally cast in male roles before publically declaring herself as a transgender woman.

  

• In a heartfelt 2018 essay for Time magazine, Josie Totah came out as a transgender woman. She shared her journey of self-discovery and expressed her readiness to embrace her true identity. Her essay was widely celebrated as an empowering message for LGBTQ+ representation.

• Totah identifies with the pronouns she/her and has become an advocate for inclusivity in Hollywood.

• Totah has also lent her voice to animated projects like Big Mouth (2022) and Human Resources (2022).

• Josie launched the podcast ‘Dare We Say’ in 2022 with co-hosts Yasmine Hamady and Alycia Pascual-Peña in which she talks about topics ranging from pop culture to social issues.

  

• The rumours of Josie and Karan Brar dating each other broke out when a video of them went viral on the internet in which they can be seen sharing an intimate moment while dancing to a romantic song, followed by a surprising lip-lock. However, Josie denied any such rumour citing the video as a joke.