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Biography

Early life

Tomei was born in Brooklyn, New York to a Roman Catholic Italian-American family ^[1][2] to Patricia, an English teacher, and Gary A. Tomei, a trial lawyer. She has a younger brother, Adam, and was partially raised by her paternal grandparents, Rita and Romeo Tomei.^[3] Tomei grew up in Midwood.^[4] While there she became captivated by the Broadway shows that her theater-loving parents took her to, and became drawn to acting as a career. After graduating from Edward R. Murrow High School she attended Boston University for a year, then transferred to New York University in 1983 after landing a role in the soap opera As The World Turns. Soon after, she dropped out of school altogether as her career began to take off. For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Languages American English, Italian, Sicilian, Neapolitan, other (predominantly southern) Italian dialects and languages of italian historical minorities Religions Roman Catholic An Italian American is an American of Italian descent. ... Midwood has a substantial population of Haredi Jews and Modern Orthodox Jews, many of whom live and worship in the side streets around Kings Highway Midwood is a neighborhood located in the south central part of the Borough of Brooklyn, New York, USA, roughly halfway between Prospect Park and Coney... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Edward R. Murrow High School, founded in 1974 by Saul Bruckner, is located in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, New York City, New York and is part of the New York City Department of Education. ... For similarly-named academic institutions, see Boston (disambiguation). ... New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in New York City. ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... As the World Turns (ATWT) is the second longest-running American television soap opera (the first being Guiding Light),[1] airing each weekday on CBS. Set in the fictional town of Oakdale, Illinois, the show debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956[2] at 1:30pm. ...

Career

Tomei followed up As the World Turns in 1987 with a role on the sitcom A Different World. Her breakthrough performance came in My Cousin Vinny (1992), for which she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. After her Oscar win, she received a Screen Actor's Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Female Supporting Actor for Unhook the Stars. Next, she received an American Comedy Award nomination for Funniest Supporting Actress for Slums of Beverly Hills. She was nominated for a Satellite Award as Best Supporting Actress for What Women Want. A Different World is an American television sitcom which aired for six seasons on NBC (from September 24, 1987 until July 9, 1993). ... My Cousin Vinny is a 1992 American movie, released on Friday, 13 March, starring Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1992. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to actresses working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is the labor union representing film actors in the United States. ... Unhook the Stars is a 1996 movie starring Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, and Jake Lloyd. ... Slums of Beverly Hills is a 1998 motion picture, written and directed by Tamara Jenkins. ... What Women Want is a [[2000 in film|2000](with fantasy elements), directed by Nancy Meyers and starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. ...

She received a second Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for In The Bedroom (2001). Tomei has also done substantial work in the theater, including taking lead roles on Broadway in Wait Until Dark (1998) and Salomé (2003), and many Off-Broadway plays. In the Bedroom is a 2001 movie directed by Todd Field and starring Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei, and William Mapother. ... For the 1968 science-fiction film and novel, see 2001: A Space Odyssey The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ... Hepburn, Crenna, Arkin and Weston Wait Until Dark is a 1966 film which tells the story of a blind woman terrorized by three criminals searching for drugs in her apartment. ... Salomé, originally written in French in 1891 and translated into English, is a tragedy by the Irish-born playwright Oscar Wilde. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ...

In 1996, Tomei made a guest appearance on the sitcom Seinfeld, playing herself in "The Cadillac, Part 1" and "2." She has also made an appearance on The Simpsons, as a movie star who falls in love with Ned Flanders. In 2005, Tomei featured in an ad campaign for Hanes with the slogan "Look who we've got our Hanes on now", featuring various other celebrities including Michael Jordan, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Damon Wayans, Matthew Perry and, on Spanish-language advertising, Aracely Arambula and Pablo Montero. Seinfeld can refer to: Seinfeld - a popular TV series that ran 1989-1998. ... The Cadillac, Part 1 is the first half of an hour-long, two-part episode of NBC sitcom Seinfeld (followed by The Cadillac, Part 2). It aired on February 8, 1996. ... The Cadillac, Part 2 is the second half of an hour-long, two-part episode of NBC sitcom Seinfeld (preceded by The Cadillac, Part 1). It aired on February 8, 1996. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Nedward Ned Flanders is a fictional character on The Simpsons, based on the real life Donald Macmillan, heir to the Alcan Fortune, voiced by Harry Shearer. ... is an offical leading brand This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... For other persons named Michael Jordan, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). ... Jennifer Love Hewitt (born February 21, 1979) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. ... Damon Kyle Wayans (pronounced WAYNES) (born September 4, 1960) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor who began his career as a stand-up comic in 1982. ... Matthew Langford Perry (born August 19, 1969) is an American-Canadian Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor, best known for his role as Chandler Bing in the hugely popular television sitcom Friends, a part he played for 10 years. ... Aracely Arambula (born March 6, 1975 in Chihuahua, Mexico) is an actress and singer. ... Pablo Montero (born c. ...

In 2006, Tomei had a recurring role on the TV series Rescue Me, playing Johnny's ex-wife Angie. “TV” redirects here. ... Rescue Me is a critically-praised American television drama that premiered on the FX Network in 2004. ... Johnny Gavin was a cop on the fictional FX drama Rescue Me. ...

Personal life

In the early 1990s, Tomei dated Robert Downey, Jr. (her co-star in Only You). In 1999, she dated actor Dana Ashbrook and had a relationship with Frank Pugliese. She is currently dating former WWE professional wrestler Vito Lograsso. She usually likes to keep her personal life away from the media. In 2005, she stated that she would like to return to NYU to study civics. Robert John Downey, Jr. ... Only You is a 1994 film starring Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr. ... Dana Ashbrook (born May 27, 1967 in San Diego, California, USA) is an actor known for starring in the films Comfortably Numb (1995) and The Last Place On Earth (2002), a role on the TV series Twin Peaks (as well as its 1992 prequel film Fire Walk With Me), and...

Filmography

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Dottie (Marisa Tomei) with Juan Raul (Alfred Molina) in The Perez Family The Perez Family is a comedy film released in 1995, about a group of Cuban refugees in America, who pretend to be a family. ... The year 1995 in film involved some significant events. ... Four Rooms is a 1995 anthology film telling four stories set in a Los Angeles hotel on New Years Eve. ... Unhook the Stars is a 1996 movie starring Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, and Jake Lloyd. ... The year 1996 in film involved some significant events. ... The year 1997 in film involved some significant events. ... Welcome to Sarajevo is a British war movie from 1997. ... Slums of Beverly Hills is a 1998 motion picture, written and directed by Tamara Jenkins. ... The year 1998 in film involved some significant events. ... Happy Accidents is a 2000 film starring Marisa Tomei and Vincent DOnofrio. ... The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. ... The Watcher is a film set in modern urban Chicago. ... 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Before the Devil Knows Youre Dead is a 2007 film starring Oscar-winning actors Philip Seymour Hoffman and Marisa Tomei, as well as Rosemary Harris , Albert Finney, Aleksa Palladino, and Ethan Hawke. ... War, Inc. ...

Academy Awards

• 1993 - Won Best Actress in a Supporting Role for My Cousin Vinny (1992)

• 2002 - Nominee Best Actress in a Supporting Role for In The Bedroom (2001)

References

External links

• Marisa Tomei at the Internet Movie Database
• Marisa Tomei at TV.com
• Marisa Tomei at the Internet Broadway Database