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Actors seek 'Salvation'

Variety - Found 8 hours ago
Jennifer Connelly and Greg Kinnear have been added to the cast and Marisa Tomei is in negotiations to star in comedy-thriller "Salvation Boulevard"

Posted on March 21, 2010, 9:05 am

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TMC Net - Found Mar. 18, 2010
... distribution, has allowed it to dominate the health and wellness category with celebrity talent Marisa Tomei, Valerie Bertinelli and Trudie...
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Posted on March 18, 2010, 11:07 am

Summer film sleepers beckon

Variety - Found Mar. 16, 2010
... directed the pic, about a divorced man (John C. Reilly) who must contend with the overprotective son (Jonah Hill) of new love (Marisa Tomei).

Posted on March 16, 2010, 5:00 am

Fitness: Hooping Already Has Its Own Jane Fonda

New York Times - Found Mar. 14, 2010
Marisa Tomei used to play with a Hula-Hoop as a child. And like most of those same Americans, she hadnt hooped since. SHAKE IT UP Marisa Tomei...

Posted on March 14, 2010, 2:02 pm

Train: Save Me, San Francisco (Reviews)

PopMatters: The Magazine of Global Culture - Found Mar. 11, 2010
In a memorable scene from The Wrestler, Mickey Rourke is drinking in a bar with Marisa Tomei and listening to Ratt's ?Round and Round?.

Posted on March 11, 2010, 12:00 pm

Fitness : Hula-Hooping Fans Hope It Is the Next Big Trend in Fitness

International Herald Tribune - Found Mar. 10, 2010
... shot a hooping workout video with Ms. Tomei that is scheduled for release in May. More are in the works. ?We?re working with Marisa Tomei ...
Fitness : Hooping Already Has Its Own Jane Fonda - New York Times
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International Herald Tribune

Posted on March 10, 2010, 8:55 am

OK, they won so what's next?

Miami Herald - Found Mar. 9, 2010
In the past, stars such as Ben Affleck and Marisa Tomei were vaulted to the A-list because of a statuette, then took a quick succession of...
OK, they won -- so what's next? - Los Angeles Times
They won. What's next? - AZCentral.com
OK, they won so what's next? - KansasCity.com
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Posted on March 9, 2010, 8:18 am

What Was Up With Judd Nelson's Creepy Oscar Appearance?

E! Online - Found Mar. 8, 2010
Right, Marisa Tomei and Rachel Weisz? ?Additional reporting by Joal Ryan
What Was Up With Judd Nelson's Creepy Oscar Appearance? - E! Online
What Was Up With Judd Nelson's Creepy Oscar Appearance? - EOnline.com
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Posted on March 8, 2010, 2:15 am

Marisa Tomei at Sundance 2010

Talking makeup: daily cosmetics and makeup blog. - Found Jan. 26, 2010
... behind Marisa Tomei?s radiant skin at Sundance 2010 . ?I had an amazing result using VOTRE VU today on Marisa Tomei. Getting Marisa ready...

Posted on January 26, 2010, 2:56 am

Feb 21, 2008 Hairstyles Picture. Ponytail Hair Style. Marisa Tomei ...

Celebrity Hair Styles Blog - Found Feb. 20, 2010
Photo galleries. Womens formal haircuts. Female celebrities hairdos. Long hair style images 2008. Celebrity hair cuts. Marisa Tomei.

Posted on February 20, 2010, 10:50 am

Marisa Tomei Biography

Marisa Tomei
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei at the premiere for the film War, Inc., April 2008
Born December 4, 1964 (1964-12-04) (age 45)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1983–present

Marisa Tomei (pronounced /məˈrɪsə toʊˈmeɪ/; born December 4, 1964) is an American stage, film and television actress. Tomei first came to prominence as a supporting cast member on The Cosby Show spinoff A Different World in 1987.

She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in My Cousin Vinny (1992). She received subsequent nominations for her performances in In the Bedroom (2001) and The Wrestler (2008).

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), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) and The Wrestler (2008).2

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Early life

Tomei, an Italian American,34 was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Patricia "Addie," an English teacher, and Gary A. Tomei, a trial lawyer.5 She has a younger brother, actor Adam Tomei, and was partly raised by her paternal grandparents, Rita and Romeo Tomei.6 Tomei grew up in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn.7 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, transferring to New York University in 1983 after landing a role in the soap opera As The World Turns. Soon afterward, she dropped out of college as her acting career became more successful.

Career

Tomei followed up As the World Turns, in 1987, with a role on the sitcom A Different World. Her breakthrough comedic performance8 came in My Cousin Vinny (1992), for which she was named Best Supporting Actress at the 1993 Academy Awards, prevailing over Miranda Richardson, Joan Plowright, Vanessa Redgrave and Judy Davis. American film critic Rex Reed created controversy (and a minor Hollywood myth)91011 when he suggested that Jack Palance had announced the wrong name after opening the envelope.1213 While this has been repeatedly disproved1415 - even the Academy has officially denied it16 - Tomei has called the story "extremely hurtful"17.

After her Oscar win, she received a Screen Actor's Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Female Supporting Actor for Nick Cassavetes's Unhook the Stars. Next, Tomei received an American Comedy Award nomination for Funniest Supporting Actress for Tamara Jenkins's Slums of Beverly Hills. However, she spent several years away from high-profile roles and major motion pictures before rising again to prominence18. Next she was nominated for a Satellite Award, as Best Supporting Actress for What Women Want. She would go on to receive further critical acclaim and respect for her performances in Alfie and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead and received Academy Award nominations for In the Bedroom and The Wrestler.

Former Saturday Night Live cast member Jay Mohr wrote in his book Gasping for Airtime that, as guest host in October 1994, Tomei insisted that a proposed sketch about another actress not be used because she didn't like the idea of making fun of her, which displeased the writers and performers, given the show's penchant for satirizing celebrities.19

In 1996, Tomei made a guest appearance on the sitcom Seinfeld, playing herself in the two-part episode "The Cadillac". In this episode, George attempts to get a date with Tomei through a friend of Elaine. She has also made an appearance on The Simpsons as movie star Sara Sloane, who falls in love with Ned Flanders.

She received her first Golden Globe Award and her second Academy Award (Best Supporting Actress) nominations for her work in Todd Field's In The Bedroom (2001).

Tomei at the 81st Academy Awards in February 2009

In 2003, Tomei appeared in the hit Anger Management with Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson. In 2005, she was 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.

In 2006, Tomei had a recurring role on the TV series Rescue Me, playing Johnny Gavin's ex-wife Angie. She won a Gracie Allen Award for Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work in the four episodes she appeared in.

In 2007, she appeared in the comedy Wild Hogs alongside John Travolta, Tim Allen, William H. Macy and Martin Lawrence. The film was a blockbuster hit and was one of the highest-grossing movies of 2007. She also starred in the Sidney Lumet-directed Before the Devil Knows You're Dead opposite co-stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke. This role received extra attention because Tomei appeared in nude love scenes with both Hoffman and Hawke. In 2008, Tomei performed nude dance routines in the independent film The Wrestler opposite Mickey Rourke.20 She was nominated for a BAFTA, Golden Globe and Academy Award for this performance. Numerous critics heralded this performance as a standout in her career.

Tomei was included at #18 on the FHM annual list of "100 Sexiest Females in the world" in 2009.21

Theatre

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.

Personal life

In the early 1990s, Tomei dated Robert Downey, Jr. (her co-star in Chaplin and Only You).22 In 1999, she dated actor Dana Ashbrook2223 and had a relationship with playwright Frank Pugliese, living with him in Greenwich Village.2224

Tomei was the recipient of an honorary degree from Boston University.25

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1984 The Flamingo Kid Mandy
1985 The Toxic Avenger Health Club Girl uncredited26
1986 Playing for Keeps Tracy
1991 Oscar Lisa Provolone
Zandalee Remy
1992 My Cousin Vinny Mona Lisa Vito Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
Equinox Rosie Rivers
Chaplin Mabel Normand
1993 Untamed Heart Caroline MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss shared with Christian Slater
1994 The Paper Martha Hackett
Only You Faith Corvatch
1995 The Perez Family Dorita Evita Perez
Four Rooms Margaret
1996 Unhook the Stars Monica Warren Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Supporting Female Actor - Motion Picture
1997 A Brother's Kiss Missy
Welcome to Sarajevo Nina
1998 Slums of Beverly Hills Rita Abromowitz
2000 Happy Accidents Ruby Weaver
The Watcher Dr. Polly Beilman
What Women Want Lola Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
King of the Jungle Det. Costello
Dirk and Betty Paris
2001 In the Bedroom Natalie Strout Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Cast - Motion Picture
Someone Like You Liz
2002 The Wild Thornberrys Movie Bree Blackburn voice
Just a Kiss Paula
The Guru Lexi
2003 Anger Management Linda
2004 Alfie Julie
2005 Loverboy Sybil
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School Meredith Morrison
Factotum Laura
2006 Danika Danika
Rescue Me Angie
2007 Grace Is Gone Woman at Pool
Wild Hogs Maggie
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Gina Hanson Gotham Award for Best Cast
Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
2008 War, Inc. Natalie Hegalhuzen
The Wrestler Cassidy/Pam Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
Hollywood Film Festival Award for Supporting Actress of the Year
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
2010 Cyrus Molly

References

  1. ^ "Marisa Tomei." Box Office Mojo. Accessed March 14, 2009.
  2. ^ Rochlin, Margy (1997-02-02). "Vinny's Girlfriend, Climbing Back After Success". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9403E0D81F3AF931A35751C0A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2. Retrieved 2008-10-18. 
  3. ^ Euvino, Gabrielle. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Italian History and Culture. Alpha Books, 2002. ISBN 0028642341.
  4. ^ Film professor researches how female stardom links to American views on immigration and ethnicity. University of North Texas. 25 October 2001.
  5. ^ Marisa Tomei Biography. Tiscali.co.uk.
  6. ^ Maris Tomei Biography. Yahoo! Movies.
  7. ^ Collins, Glenn. "Actress's Challenge in Change of Pace and Diction", The New York Times, August 10, 1992. Retrieved October 23, 2007.
  8. ^ The New York Times, 1992
  9. ^ Roger Ebert Movie Answer Man : the questions that will not die, 27 august 2000
  10. ^ Diane Negra, Off-white Hollywood: American culture and ethnic female stardom Routledge, 2001, ISBN 0415216788, p. 160
  11. ^ Richard Roeper Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Deliciously Entertaining Myths That Are Absolutely, Positively, 100% Not True, Career Press, 2000,ISBN 1564144186, p. 127
  12. ^ Truth and rumors: the reality behind TV's most famous myths
  13. ^ Roger Ebert, Movie Answer Man, 15 june 1997
  14. ^ Snopes.com : Oscar my error
  15. ^ Marisa Tomei on 'The Wrestler' and that weird, pesky rumor that she didn't really win the Oscar for 'Vinny'
  16. ^ Roger Ebert, Movie Answer Man
  17. ^ Marisa Tomei still upset about Oscar embarrasment
  18. ^ RICHARD SCHICKEL, The Appeal of Her Zeal, Time magazine, 18 may 2002
  19. ^ Mohr, Jay (June 9, 2004). Gasping For Airtime: Two Years In the Trenches of Saturday Night Live. Hyperion. ISBN 1401300065. 
  20. ^ USA Today, December 2008
  21. ^ "FMH 100 Sexiest 2009." FHM magazine. April 2009.
  22. ^ a b c "Marisa Tomei". Hollywood.com. http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Marisa_Tomei/190163#fullBio. Retrieved 5009-05-04. 
  23. ^ "Marisa Tomei". Ask Men. http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_100/141_marisa_tomei.html. Retrieved 2009-05-04. 
  24. ^ "Marisa Tomei Biography". Tiscali.co.uk. p. 3. http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/marisa_tomei_biog/3. Retrieved 2009-05-04. 
  25. ^ "Exclusively Marisa". www.exclusivelymarisa.com. 2007-11-19. http://www.exclusivelymarisa.com/gallery2/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=77&pos=8. Retrieved 2009-02-07. 
  26. ^ ToxicAvenger.com (official studio site)

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