• Name: Marisa Tomei
  
• Height: 5' 6"
  
• Sex: F
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: December 4, 1964
  
• Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York
  
• Profession: actress
  
• Education: Boston University for one year
  
•   : Edward R. Murrow High School, Brooklyn, New York
  
• Relationship: Dana Ashbrook (actor)
  
• Father: Gary A. Tomei (lawyer)
  
• Mother: Addie (an English teacher)
  
• Brother: Adam
  
• Grand Mother: Rita Tomei
  
• Claim to fame: as Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinny (1993)
  

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• "I don't prefer much of film over stage... The only thing I prefer is the paycheck."
• "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."
• "I pretty much always knew I wanted to be an actor."

• Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actress, IN THE BEDROOM (2002)
• ShoWest Convention: ShoWest Award - Supporting Actress of the Year (2002)
• Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actress, IN THE BEDROOM (2002)
• MTV Movie Awards: Best Kiss, UNTAMED HEART (1993) - shared with Christian Slater
• Academy Awards: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, MY COUSIN VINNY (1993)
• MTV Movie Awards: Best Breakthrough Performance, MY COUSIN VINNY (1993)

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