Photo Archive: Happy Birthday to Academy Award Winner Marisa Tomei

News Photo Archive: Happy Birthday to Academy Award Winner Marisa Tomei

Dec 04, 2015

Stage and screen veteran Marisa Tomei, who is currently featured on the TV show Empire, celebrates her birthday Dec 4. Playbill.com takes a look at her stage career. Happy birthday, Marisa!

PHOTO ARCHIVE: Happy Birthday to Academy Award Winner Marisa Tomei

John Christopher Jones and Marisa Tomei in the 1994 NYTW production of <i>Slavs!</i> — John Christopher Jones and Marisa Tomei in the 1994 NYTW production of *Slavs!* Joan Marcus

Mary Shultz and Marisa Tomei in the 1994 NYTW production of <i>Slavs!</i> — Mary Shultz and Marisa Tomei in the 1994 NYTW production of *Slavs!* Joan Marcus

Marisa Tomei in the 1996 Playwrights Horizons production of <i>Demonology</i> — Marisa Tomei in the 1996 Playwrights Horizons production of *Demonology* Joan Marcus

Marisa Tomei in the 1998 Broadway production of <i>Wait Until Dark</i> — Marisa Tomei in the 1998 Broadway production of *Wait Until Dark* Joan Marcus

Ritchie Coster, Quentin Tarantino, Stephen Lang and Marisa Tomei in the 1998 Broadway production of <i>Wait Until Dark</i> — Ritchie Coster, Quentin Tarantino, Stephen Lang and Marisa Tomei in the 1998 Broadway production of *Wait Until Dark* Joan Marcus

Marisa Tomei and cast in the 1999 A.R.T. production of <i>We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!</i> — Marisa Tomei and cast in the 1999 A.R.T. production of *We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!* A.R.T.

Marisa Tomei, Al Pacino and Dianne Wiest in the 2003 Broadway staged reading of <i>Salome</i> — Marisa Tomei, Al Pacino and Dianne Wiest in the 2003 Broadway staged reading of *Salome*

Al Pacino and Marisa Tomei in the 2003 Broadway staged reading of <i>Salome</i> — Al Pacino and Marisa Tomei in the 2003 Broadway staged reading of *Salome* Joan Marcus

Tomei, who won her Academy Award for the 1992 film My Cousin Vinny, is universally known for her dramatic and comedic roles on stage, film and television. Her TV credits include As the World Turns; A Different World; and Seinfeld.

Marisa’s first stage role was Hedy LaRue in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying at Andries Hudde Junior High School in Brooklyn. She has appeared on Broadway in Wait Until Dark; Salome; Top Girls, and The Realistic Joneses. Other stage credits include Daughters; What the Butler Saw; The Comedy of Errors; Slavs!; Dark Rapture; Demonology; The Vagina Monologues and Marie and Bruce.

Photo Archive: Happy Birthday to Academy Award Winner Marisa Tomei

PHOTO ARCHIVE: Happy Birthday to Academy Award Winner Marisa Tomei

PHOTO ARCHIVE: Happy Birthday to Academy Award Winner Marisa Tomei

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