Marissa Tom is an American actress she gained prominence for her comedic performance in my cousin Benny which earned her the Academy Award for best supporting actress she received further nominations in the category for in the bedroom and the wrestler born December 4th 1964 age 59 years Brooklyn New York United States Awards Academy Award for best actress in a supporting role more partner Logan Marshall Green 2008 to 2012 height 1.61 M parents Patricia Addie Tom Gary Tom siblings Adam Tom Marissa Tom net worth $25 million early life Tom was born on December 4th 1964 in Brooklyn New York City to Adelaide Addie mayi Yankee an English teacher and Gary Tom a trial lawyer she has a younger brother actor Adam Tom and was partly raised by her paternal grandparents Tom's parents are both of Italian descent her father's ancestors came from Tuscany Calabria and Campania while her mother's ancestors are from Tuscany and Sicily she graduated from Edward aruro High School in 1982 Tom grew up in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn while there she became captivated by the Broadway shows to which her theater loving parents took her and was drawn to acting as a career at Andre huta Junior High School she played Hy Laro in a School production of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying she also attended Alby School of Dance after graduating from Edward aruro high school she attended Boston University for a year career 1983 to 1991 early acting roles Tomy followed up As the World Turns in 1987 with a main role on the sitcom a different world as Maggie Lon during the first season her film debut was a minor role in the 1984 comedy film The Flamingo kid in which she played Mandy a waitress she had only one line in the film in 1986 she had a small role in the Bob and Harvey Weinstein directed comedy film Playing for Keeps which was a financial and critical failure during this phase she made her stage debut in 1987 at the age of 22 in the Off Broadway play daughters playing seta the role earned her rave reviews and the theater World award for outstanding debut on stage she continued to take roles Off Broadway in the plays Bay rout in 1987 Sharon and Billy in 1988 and what the butler saw in 1989 she also portrayed rosad Del Rose in the rose tattoo at the Williamstown theater Festival she took more prominent roles opposite Sylvester Stallone in the comedy Oscar 1991 and Nicholas cage in the erotic Thriller xand 1991 personal life between 2008 and 2012 Tom was in a relationship with actor Logan Marshall Green they were rumored to be engaged but a representative for Tom denied this to date Tom has never been married Tom said in 2009 I'm not that big a fan of marriage as an institution and I don't know why women need to have children to be seen as complete human beings Tom has supported voting drawing attention to the voter ID assistance available through vote writers Tom was featured in two programs dealing with genealogical research who do you think you are and the PBS program Finding Your Roots researchers mapped out Tom's Family Tree and analyzed her DNA when Tom's friend actress Julian Moore appeared on Finding Your Roots Tom and more learn their cousins