TOMEI (toh-MAY)
Marisa
Tomei: American stage, film and television actress
Common
clues: Marisa
of “My Cousin Vinny”; Actress Marisa; Oscar winner
Marisa; Marisa of “What Women Want”; “Anger
Management” actress
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Marisa
Tomei on Sesame Street
Marisa
Tomei (born December 4, 1964) is an American stage, film and
television actress. Following her work on As The World Turns,
Tomei came to prominence as a supporting cast member on The Cosby
Show spinoff A Different World in 1987. After appearing in a few
films, her breakthrough came in 1992 with the comedy My Cousin
Vinny, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actress.
Tomei
at the 81st Academy Awards in February 2009
Appearing
in many films over the past fifteen years, her most commercially
successful films to date are What Women Want (2000), Anger
Management (2003), and Wild Hogs (2007).[1] She received critical
acclaim for her performances in Unhook the Stars (1996), Slums of
Beverly Hills (1998), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
and received subsequent Academy Award nominations for her
performances in In the Bedroom (2001) and The Wrestler (2008).
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