Josie Totah

About

Josie Totah (born 2001 or 2002), formerly known as J. J. Totah, is an American actress. She is known for her recurring role on the Disney Channel series Jessie and a supporting role on the 2013 ABC comedy series Back in the Game. She received praise from critics for her role in the 2016 film Other People. In 2018, she starred in the NBC comedy series Champions. Totah starred as Lexi in the 2020 revival of Saved by the Bell, which ran for two seasons.
Totah began her career playing male roles. She publicly came out as a trans girl in August 2018, changing her first name to Josie.

Totah is the third child of Suheil and Christine Totah. She has a sister and brother; she is of Palestinian and Lebanese ancestry.

Totah began her acting career in 2012 when she was cast as the “Lil’ Dictator” in the first production for AwesomenessTV. Beginning in 2013 she portrayed Stuart Wooten, a boy with a crush on series regular Skai Jackson (Zuri Ross), on the Disney Channel Original Series Jessie. Totah has guest starred on the TV shows New Girl, 2 Broke Girls, and Liv and Maddie.
Also in 2013, Totah was cast in a supporting role in the ABC comedy Back in the Game. In the…