Appeared on Broadway in "The Elephant Man", "Noises Off", and "Goodbye Fidel"
Earned BFA in theatre arts from Chicago's Goodman School of Drama Taught in Milwaukee for 4 years
Earned BS in Education from the University of Wisconsin at Madison
Hobbies: reading, walking, yoga, travel
Husband is an attorney and businessman
No relation to Marisa Tomei.
She does not smoke in real-life; she uses herbal cigarettes for her role on "Providence" (1999).
She is of Italian descent.
She was nominated for a 1977 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play for "Blithe Spirit" at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
Won St. Clair Baysfield Shakespeare Award for her role as Queen Elizabeth in the play "Richard III"