Celebrity Feature: Marisa Tomei

penny April 29th, 2007

By this time Ajay would already be in Sg. Welcome there! So while he’s getting settled there ans as we all are in the edge of our seats awaiting his next blog post, I’m doing another no-brainer piece.
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Pen edits, one day later: Watching “In the Bedroom” (2001) which stars Marisa Tomei as supporting actress to Tom Wilkinson and Sissy Spacek. She was nominated in this category for an Oscar, same time as Helen Mirren (Gosford Park), Maggie Smith (Gosford Park) and Kate Winslet (Iris). The Oscar went to Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind).
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marisaHow’s this for a first female celeb feature? She may be in her early 40s now, but she is arguably still so young-looking. Being Italian-American adds to her appeal. I first saw Marisa Tomei on TV as Maggie in the spin-off of the Cosby Show with Lisa Bonet (Denise Huxtable, daughter of Cliff played by Bill Cosby) entitled “A Different World”. She had that spunky pretty face that I admired, much like how Winona Ryder is to most little girls in the 90s, if that analogy works for anyone at all? Sometime in the 90s I saw her with Robert Downey, Jr. in “Only You”. (I learned later on that they dated off screen.) She would make good in another romantic comedy I think. She has to do more! Then came the comedy “Oscar” where she starred as Sylvester Stallone’s daughter Lisa Provolone, a spoiled rich girl brought up in an Italian mob environment. Ok maybe this one wasn’t one of the best roles. But it was supposed to be an annoying character, and she did annoy me, so it worked!

A recent flick she has been in was “Anger Management”, where she played Linda, fiance to Adam Sandler’s character. No fantastic acting can be seen there from her, not much to work on that material. It was great to see her pretty face here again. Honestly, if I were a man, she would kill me just by her looks.

I think the movie where Tomei shines the most is in “My Cousin Vinny”, where she plays Mona Lisa Vito, fiance to Joe Pesci’s character. Ms. Vito is peculiarly defined as an out-of-work hairdresser who is an expert with automobiles. Her Brooklyn accent is fabulous! Net-digging reveals that she did win an Oscar for her performance here. I simply loved it!

Tomei to me is not being tapped enough as a resource. I can only hope to see more of her.

I see online that she has signed up for the role of “Penelope Cloud” on a TV series. I wonder what that one is about…

Some film DVD covers:
onlyyou
myCousinVinny
onlylove
angerManagement
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Upcoming movies (taken from imdb.com):

# The Night Job (2007) (in production)
# The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud (2007) (TV) (filming) …. Penelope Cloud
# Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007) (post-production) …. Gina
# War, Inc. (2007) (post-production)

2 Responses to “Celebrity Feature: Marisa Tomei”

  1. # Diannaon 30 Apr 2007 at 12:51 am

    Penny: I totally agree with you re:Marisa Tomei!
    I’ve always loved her since OSCAR! She just doesn’t get enough roles! I had no idea she’s in her early 40’s!!
    She really does look young & beautiful!

  2. # penon 30 Apr 2007 at 11:02 am

    Thanks for the drop-by, Dianna! I’m always excited to hear from a fellow fan =) Here’s hoping she does make more movies. *crosses fingers* I personally hope she does one with Nora Ephron. I’d pick her vs Meg Ryan any day of the week and twice on Wednesday ~.^

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