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They say in Hollywood once a woman is past the age of 40 there are no longer good roles, as a youth-obsessed industry is constantly looking for fresh faces. After reaching that dreaded mark, Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei not only did some of the best work of her career in highly-acclaimed films but she still retained the beauty of her younger self and that irresistible smile. Marisa and her family are deeply connected to their Italian heritage. Her father Garrett Tomei and her mother Patricia Adelaide Bianchi are both of Italian descent. Once a little girl Marisa and her younger brother Adam spent a lot of time with their paternal grandparents Romeo and Rita, who along with their own parents, were from Lucca in Tuscany. The Italian family tree goes back for several generations. While the family knew a lot about the father’s side ancestry, not much was known about the mother’s side.
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