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Most Recent Role: Herself (Presenter) on The Tony Awards
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York (USA)
Birthday: 12-4-1964
Birth Name: Marisa Tomei
Marisa was born on December 04, 1964 in Brooklyn. She started acting on-screen in 1983 with a role in the daytime soap opera As The World Turns . This role lasted for two years. She then went on to do several movies in the 1990s, which granted her notability. Among these are My Cousin Vinny and Untamed Heart . Her role in My Cousin Vinny even landed Marisa an Oscar. Marisa...

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The Tony Awards
62nd Annual Tony Awards
Sunday 15 June 2008 on CBS

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In 1997, Marisa was nominated for a SAG Award for "Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role" for Unhook The Stars. In 2002, she was nominated for "Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture" for In The Bedroom. (edit)
Marisa is the voice of Mary Magdalene in "The Word of Promise," a dramatized audio book of the New Testament released by Thomas Nelson in October of 2007. (edit)
When she was younger, Marisa took tap dancing lessons. (edit)
Marisa often travels to Italy and she has dual citizenship in both Italy and USA. (edit)
In 1982, Marisa graduated from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, New York. (edit)

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Marisa Tomei:As Jesus was coming to be known, all the cults of women goddesses-fertility and nature goddesses, and so on-were starting to be swept aside. (edit)
Marisa Tomei: Singing really oxygenates your blood. You stretch your lungs and take in much more air into them than before. It's really good for your health.
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Marisa Tomei: I don't prefer much of film over stage... The only thing I prefer is the paycheck. (edit)
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