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Marisa Tomei (/ t oʊ ˈ m eɪ / toh-MAY, Italian:; born December 4, 1964) [1] is an American actress. She gained prominence for her comedic performance in My Cousin Vinny (1992), which earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
IMDb provides an extensive overview of Marisa Tomei's life and career, from her early roles in As the World Turns and My Cousin Vinny to her Oscar-winning performance in The Wrestler. Browse her photos, videos, credits, awards, trivia, and more on the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content.
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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...
Learn about the life and career of actress Marisa Tomei, who won two Oscars for her supporting roles in My Cousin Vinny (1992) and The Wrestler (2008). Find out her family background, filmography, trivia, quotes and more on IMDb.
- December 4, 1964
May 25, 2021 · Oscar-winning actress Marisa Tomei has starred in the movies My Cousin Vinny, In the Bedroom, The Wrestler, and Spider-Man: Homecoming.
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Jun 18, 2024 · Marisa Tomei (born December 4, 1964, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) is an American actress who won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her scene-stealing performance as the brassy girlfriend of the novice lawyer played by Joe Pesci in the comedy My Cousin Vinny (1992).
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Jan 20, 2024 · A list of the best films featuring the versatile actress Marisa Tomei, from My Cousin Vinny to The Wrestler. See why she is a wonderful actress with serious comedic firepower and three Oscar nominations.
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Mar 11, 2022 · Much like Vinny in the South, the film was a fish out of water at the Academy Awards. But the comedy endures, thanks to a generous Joe Pesci and a fiery Marisa Tomei.
