MARISA TOMEI (Isabella Bird/Joyce/ Mrs. Kidd) received an Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the hit comedy, My Cousin Vinny. Best known for rich comic performances, Tomei took a dramatic turn with In the Bedroom, earning her second Academy Award® nomnation. Marisa can currently be seen alongside Ethan Hawke and Philip Seymour Hoffman in Sidney Lumet's jewel heist drama, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead for which she recently received an Independent Spirit Award nomination. She is currently starring in Will Eno’s Oh the Humanity and Other Good Intentions opposite Brian Hutchison at Off-Broadway’s Flea Theatre and just completed filming War, Inc a political satire written by and also starring John Cusack. Tomei's diverse credits include Factotum, Loverboy, Wild Hogs, Marilyn Hotchkiss, Alfie, Charm School, Anger Management, The Guru, Happy Accidents, What Women Want, Slums of Beverly Hills, Welcome to Sarajevo, The Perez Family, A Brother's Kiss, Danika, and Unhook the Stars opposite Gena Rowlands, for which she was honored by her peers with a Screen Actor's Guild nomination. On stage, Tomei was last seen on Broadway opposite Al Pacino and Dianne Wiest in Oscar Wilde's Salome in the title role. Her previous theater credits include Nobel Prize-winning playwright Dario Fo's We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!, Clifford Odet's Waiting for Lefty and Rocket to the Moon, both directed by Joanne Woodward, among others. Tomei also starred in Noel Coward’s Design for Living at the Williamstown Theater Festival. Tomei is a member of the Naked Angels Theater Company in New York City.
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