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Unable to afford a lawyer, they are defended by Gambini's cousin Vinny Gambini (Pesci), newly admitted to the bar, who arrives with his fiancée, Mona Lisa Vito (Tomei). The clash between the brash Italian-American New Yorkers and the more reserved Southern townspeople [ 3 ] provides much of the film's humor.
The beloved movie also earned Marisa Tomei an Oscar for supporting actress for her role as Vinny's fast-talking Mona Lisa Vito, whose witness stand automobile expertise remains a classic comedy scene.
While Marisa Tomei might be best known for her Academy-Award winning performance as Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinny or her role as May Parker in Spider-Man: No Way Home, her true love is ...
[25] [26] In an April 1956 episode of the TV show You Are There, called "The Recovery of the Mona Lisa (December 10, 1913)", Peruggia is played by Vito Scotti, who reprised the role in another TV reconstruction of the famous theft, this time for the TV-show GE True. The episode was called "The Tenth Mona Lisa" and aired in March 1963.
Tomei had her breakthrough role playing Mona Lisa Vito in the 1992 comedy film My Cousin Vinny, [1] for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. For the drama film Unhook the Stars (1996), she received her first Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.
A Celebration of Marisa Tomei as My Cousin Vinny’s Mona Lisa Vito Paolo Ragusa. Marisa Tomei's remarkable comedic performance in My Cousin Vinny remains a standout Oscar win, even 30 years later
The "Da Vinci Code" director shared a cheeky little anecdote Friday that might've solved a real-life puzzle — the mystery behind the 'Mona Lisa' smile. Ron Howard Explains Just Why Tom Hanks Was ...
Tomei at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. Marisa Tomei is an American actress. Following her work on the television series As the World Turns, she came to prominence as a cast member on The Cosby Show spin-off A Different World in 1987.