Real Name: Marisa Tomei Was Born: December 4, 1964. Brooklyn, New York Bio: Tomei, an Italian American the
daughter of Patricia "Addie", an English teacher, and Gary A. Tomei, a trial
lawyer. She has a younger brother, Adam, and was partly raised by her paternal
grandparents, Rita and Romeo Tomei. Tomei grew up in Midwood. 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, then transferred
to New York University in 1983 after landing a role in the soap opera As The
World Turns. Soon after, she dropped out of school altogether as her career
began to take off...
