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Jocelyn "Josie" Loren Lopez Leinart (born March 19, 1987) is an American attorney and former actress, best known for the role of Kaylie Cruz in the
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series '' Make It or Break It'', and as FBI Agent Michelle Vega in the TV series ''
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''.


Early life

Loren was born in
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, and is of Cuban descent. Her mother is Mercy Lopez, a middle school teacher at Zelda Glazer Middle School in Miami, Florida. She has one older sister and two brothers. Her older brother, Javier Lopez, is a Harvard University graduate and a commercial litigator in Miami. In 2010, she was voted one of the 50 Sexiest Singles by ''
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'' magazine. She attended high school at New World School of the Arts in Miami where she studied stage acting. Before becoming an actress, she cheered for an all-star
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team in Miami called Top Gun All Stars. She studied mass media communication, minoring in Spanish, at
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.


Career

Loren played the character Holly on ''
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'', working with the teen sensation
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on the episode "People Who Use People". Determined to make it big in show business, Loren then took on a role in ''
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'' and later appeared on two episodes of the
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'' as Maria. In 2007, Loren was cast on the
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'', playing the character Jessica in the episode "Get Smarter". Her next project was '' The Bill Engvall Show'', which led her to be chosen for a role in the short comedy ''Hardly Married'', written and directed by Diego Nunez. She followed it up with '' Christmas in Paradise'', and then with 2008’s comic drama '' This Is Not a Test''. She starred alongside
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, Robinne Lee, and Tom Arnold. Loren then obtained further popularity with a role in the hit film, '' 17 Again''. The big screen comedy was directed by Burr Steers, and starred
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, and Michelle Trachtenberg. In 2009, Loren was cast in the Disney TV movie '' Hatching Pete''. Later that year, she appeared in a starring role on the
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series '' Make It or Break It'', a program which follows the adventures of a group of gymnasts hoping to make it to the Olympics. In July 2014, Loren was cast as a series regular in the seventh and final season of the crime drama series ''
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'' as rookie FBI agent Michelle Vega.


Personal life

On May 28, 2018, Loren married former NFL player Matt Leinart. They have two sons, one born in January 2020 and the other on May 24, 2021, and a daughter, born in February 2025. On May 19, 2019, Loren graduated from LMU Law School.


Filmography


Film


Television


References


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Loren, Josie 1987 births 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Miami American film actresses American television actresses Living people University of California, Los Angeles alumni American entertainers of Cuban descent 21st-century American lawyers Loyola Law School alumni