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Marisa Tomei

Birth name: Marisa Tomei was born on December 4, 1964, in Brooklyn, New York to mother Patricia

Birth date: 04.12.1964

Marisa Tomei was born on December 4, 1964, in Brooklyn, New York to mother Patricia "Addie" Tomei, an English teacher and father Gary Tomei, a lawyer. Marisa also 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. Murrow High School and graduated in the class of 1982. She was one year into her college education at Boston University when she dropped out for a co-starring role on the CBS daytime drama "As the World Turns" (1956). Her role on that show paved the way for her entrance into film: in 1984, she made her film debut with a bit part in The Flamingo Kid (1984). Three years later, Marisa became known for her role as Maggie Lawton, Lisa Bonet's college roommate, on the sitcom "A Different World" (1987). 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 given her first starring role in Untamed Heart (1993). A subsequent starring role -- and attempted makeover into Audrey Hepburn -- in the romantic comedy Only You (1994) proved only moderately successful. 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 nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She turned in a similarly strong work in Welcome to Sarajevo (1997), and in 1998 did some of her best work in years as the sexually liberated, unhinged cousin of Natasha Lyonne's Vivian Abramowitz in Tamara Jenkins Slums of Beverly Hills (1998). In recent years, Marisa has co-starred with Mel Gibson in the hugely successful romantic comedy What Women Want (2000) and during the 2002 movie award season, she proved her first Best Supporting Actress Oscar win was no fluke when she received her second nomination in the same category for the critically acclaimed dark drama, In the Bedroom (2001).

Filmography

# The Night Job (2007) (pre-production) # Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) (filming) .... Gina # Wild Hogs (2007) (post-production) # I Was a Network Star (2006) (VG) # "Rescue Me" ... aka Rescue Me: FDNY (USA: complete title) - Chlamydia (2006) TV Episode .... Angie # Danika (2006) .... Danika # Factotum (2005) .... Laura # Loverboy (2005) .... Sybil # Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2005) .... Meredith Morrison # Alfie (2004) .... Julie # "Game Over" (2004) TV Series (voice) .... Raquel Smashenburn (unaired pilot) # Anger Management (2003) .... Linda # "The Simpsons" - A Star Is Re-Born Again (2003) TV Episode (voice) .... Sara Sloane # The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) (voice) .... Bree Blackburn # The Guru (2002) .... Lexi ... aka Gourou et les femmes, Le (France) # Just a Kiss (2002) .... Paula # Jenifer (2001) (TV) .... Nina Capelli # Someone Like You... (2001) .... Liz ... aka Animal Attraction (UK) # In the Bedroom (2001) .... Natalie Strout # What Women Want (2000) .... Lola # King of the Jungle (2000) .... Det. Costello # The Watcher (2000/I) .... Dr. Polly Beilman # Happy Accidents (2000) .... Ruby Weaver # Dirk and Betty (2000) .... Paris # Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) .... Rita Abromowitz # Only Love (1998) (TV) .... Evie # Since You've Been Gone (1998) (TV) (uncredited) .... Tori # My Own Country (1998) (TV) .... Mattie Vines # Welcome to Sarajevo (1997) .... Nina # A Brother's Kiss (1997) .... Missy # Unhook the Stars (1996) .... Monica Warren ... aka Décroche les étoiles (France) # Four Rooms (1995) .... Margaret # The Perez Family (1995) .... Dorita Evita Perez # "Saturday Night Live" ... aka SNL ... aka SNL 25 (USA: new title) - Episode #20.2 (1994) TV Episode .... Host # Only You (1994) .... Faith Corvatch ... aka Him ... aka Just in Time # The Paper (1994) .... Martha Hackett # Untamed Heart (1993) .... Caroline # Chaplin (1992) .... Mabel Normand ... aka Charlot (Italy) # Equinox (1992) .... Rosie Rivers ... aka Isimeria # My Cousin Vinny (1992) .... Mona Lisa Vito # Zandalee (1991) .... Remy # Oscar (1991) .... Lisa Provolone # Parker Kane (1990) (TV) .... April Haynes # "A Different World" .... Maggie Lauten (1987-1988) - Clair's Last Stand (1988) TV Episode .... Maggie Lauten - Dr. Cupid (1988) TV Episode .... Maggie Lauten - Wild Child (1988) TV Episode .... Maggie Lauten - The Prime of Miss Lettie Bostic (1988) TV Episode .... Maggie Lauten - Advise and Descent (1988) TV Episode .... Maggie Lauten (8 more) # "Leg Work" - Pilot (1987) TV Episode .... Donna # Supermom's Daughter (1987) (TV) .... Noelle Crandall # Playing for Keeps (1986) .... Tracy # The Toxic Avenger (1985) (uncredited) .... Health Club Girl # The Flamingo Kid (1984) .... Mandy # "As the World Turns" (1956) TV Series .... Marcy Thompson Cushing (1983-1985)