6. Adam Tomei, her brother, also went to the same high school.
7. She attended Boston University for a year.
8. Marisa followed up As the World Turns in 1986 in a role in A Different World.
9. The actress’ movie debut was in The Flamingo Kid.
10. She had also made her grand stage debut by 1987 and appeared in Daughters.
11. While she had portrayed a roommate in A Different World (1987), she and Lisa Bonet were actually roommates in the real world.
12. Marisa had auditioned for Dorothy Boyd in “Jerry Maguire” (1996) and lost the role to Renee Zellweger.
13. She had been considered for a role in Pulp Fiction but again lost it to Amanda Plummer.
14. After many small movies, she then rose to international prominence with the movie, My Cousin Vinny.
15. The actress had been named Best Supporting Actress at the 1993 Academy Awards.
16. She had revealed that she was always scared that she would fall on the steps and this even happened to her later on.
17. The actress had soon teamed up with a few Pakistani and Indian actresses and performed The Vagina Monologues in Bombay.
18. Marisa had then appeared in a silent movie, Chaplin, with her now-ex-boyfriend, Robert Downey Jr.
19. In 1996, the actress had made a guest appearance in Seinfeld.
