Name : Marisa Tomei
Date of Birth : 4 December 1964, Brooklyn, New York City
Height : 5' 4½" (1.64 m)
Occupation : Actress
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 so as to eliminate her heavy Brooklyn accent. As a teen, Marisa attended Edward R. Murrow High School and graduated in the class of 1982.
The Oscars of 2002 were immediately noted for the nomination of several black actors and actresses - far more than has been the norm. But there was another comment worth making; that, aside from perennials like Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, another series of great and usually unheralded character actors made the list. Step up Jim Broadbent, Tom Wilkinson and Marisa Tomei. Now, it's true that Tomei had already triumphed at the Academy Awards, for My Cousin Vinny, but all of her other performances - many of them scintillating - had gone wholly unnoticed. The plaudits given to her efforts in In The Bedroom were more than well-deserved. She'd been shining for over a decade, and would continue to do so, being nominated for the third time in 2009 for The Wrestler.
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