Actress Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei has been a major stat in the movies for the past several years.

The Brooklyn-born actress made a big splash in the 1992 comedy My Cousin Vinny, about novice Brooklyn lawyer Vincent "Vinny" Gambini (played by Joe Pesci) defending his cousin on murder charges in the South. Tomei played Vinny's girlfriend.

Other films Marisa Tomei has appeared in include Slums of Beverly Hills and Anger Management. More recenly she played an exotic dancer in Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler.