Marisa Tomei is an American actress, best known for her role in the 1992 film My Cousin Vinny, What Women Want (2000) and Love Is Strange (2014).

She is known for her failures and unsuccessful movies, and equally for the best performances and roles that she has done over the years.

A versatile actress, she has played a variation of roles in her career and has received or been nominated for several awards and achievements over the course of time.

Having acclaimed international fame and stardom, she also has a huge fan following on the media too. Apart from acting in TV and movies, she has also had a brief career in theater and has worked in almost a dozen acts with Naked Angels Theatre Company.

Marisa was born in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A on the 4th of December, 1964 and was raised in Midwood, Brooklyn. She was born to a lawyer father Gary A.

Tomei and her mother were Patricia Adelaide "Addie" Tomei, who worked as an English teacher. Apart from Marisa, they also had a son named Adam Tomei, who is currently an actor too.

Raised mostly by her grandparents, she was into acting from a long time and as a child would demand to go and watch shows on Broadway. An American by nationality, she has got an Italian ethnicity as both of her parents were born in Italy.

As a child, she used to study at Andries Hudde Junior High School, where she started acting on stage. Then, she got enrolled at the Edward R. Murrow High School and graduated in 1982 after which she studied Fine Arts at Boston University, although only for a year or so.

With an average height of 5 feet and 5 inches, Marisa has however got an attractive appearance, a charming personality, and a sexy figure. These three combinations could be one of the reasons for her popularity and success.

Having done a couple of hot scenes in the movies that she has played in, she has even gone completely naked in some parts. Considered to be sexy by her fans, it would be no surprise to know that this woman has been in many relations and has an extensive list of boyfriends.

Her dating list includes actors and celebs like Christian Slater, Robert Downey Junior, Lenny Kravitz and Nicholas Carpenter.

Recently, she was having an affair with Josh Radnor but after that ended in early 2015, she has been single since. Having never been married, there is no chance of her having a husband; nor getting divorced.

As mentioned above, she has got a massive popularity and equally huge fan following. To keep in touch with her fans from all over the world, she has joined social media sites like Instagram and Twitter.

With more than 70 thousand fans and followers, you can also stay connected with her to find out her recent activities. Also, you can find more about her by reading her biography in sites like IMDb and Wikipedia.

A recent survey in 2016 showed her net worth value to be about $20 million US dollars, which shows the fame that she has earned.