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Career. 1983–1991: Early acting roles. Tomei at the premiere of War, Inc. (2008) at the Tribeca Film Festival. Tomei followed up As the World Turns in 1987 with a main role on the sitcom A Different World as Maggie Lauten during the first season.
Marisa Tomei. Actress: My Cousin Vinny. Marisa Tomei was born on December 4, 1964, in Brooklyn, New York, to Patricia "Addie" (Bianchi), a teacher of English, and Gary Tomei, a lawyer, both of Italian descent. Marisa has a brother, actor Adam Tomei. As a child, Marisa's mother frequently corrected her speech as to eliminate her heavy Brooklyn ...
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Marisa Tomei was born on December 4, 1964, in Brooklyn, New York, to Patricia \"Addie\" (Bianchi), a teacher of English, and Gary Tomei, a lawyer, both of Italian descent. Marisa has a brother, actor Adam Tomei. As a child, Marisa's mother frequently corrected her speech as to eliminate her heavy Brooklyn accent. As a teen, Marisa attended Edward R...
Her real breakthrough came in 1992, when she co-starred as Joe Pesci's hilariously foul-mouthed, scene-stealing girlfriend in My Cousin Vinny (1992), a performance that won her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. Later that year, she turned up briefly as a snippy Mabel Normand in director Richard Attenborough's biopic Chaplin (1992), and was soon give...
Marisa's other 1994 role as Michael Keaton's hugely pregnant wife in The Paper (1994) was well-received, although the film as a whole was not. Fortunately for Tomei, she was able to rebound the following year with a solid performance as a troubled single mother in Nick Cassavetes' Unhook the Stars (1996) which earned her a Screen Actors Guild nomin...
Marisa Tomei is an American actress of Italian descent, known for her roles in My Cousin Vinny, Chaplin, The Wrestler and more. She has been nominated for three Oscars and won one for her performance in My Cousin Vinny.
- December 4, 1964
May 25, 2021 · Oscar-winning actress Marisa Tomei has starred in such successful films as 'My Cousin Vinny,' 'In the Bedroom,' 'The Wrestler' and 'Spider-Man: Homecoming.'.
Mar 11, 2022 · Her performance as Mona Lisa Vito, the long-suffering fiancée and legal secret weapon of Joe Pesci’s title character, was a breakthrough for the Brooklyn-born actress, who had done her time Off...
Jan 20, 2024 · Marisa Tomei is a wonderful actress with serious comedic firepower, who can also play restrained and dramatic when necessary. She received significant attention with her star turn as Mona Lisa...
Jun 18, 2024 · Tomei portrayed the college roommate of the character played by Lisa Bonet in the first season (1987–88) of the television sitcom A Different World, a spinoff of The Cosby Show, and she had small parts in two minor movies before being cast in My Cousin Vinny.
