- Won Broadway's 2003 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for her performance as Tracy Turnblad in "Hairspray."
- Survived a bout with cervical cancer in 2001.
- Joined the touring company of Grease, 1994-1995, and later played Pink Lady Jan in Grease on Broadway (1995).
- Engaged to her fiancé who she met in 1994 during a stage production of Grease. (2005)
- Celebrity Big Brother season 1 winner.
- Marissa and her husband, Judah Miller, became the parents of a son, Zev Issac Miller, on July 22, 2008. Zev weighed in at 8 lbs. 7 oz. and measured 21 inches long.
- Studied musical theatre for two years at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Manhattan.
- Is the leading lady in the Broadway musical, "Hairspray". (2002)
- Contestant on season 6 of Dancing with the Stars (2005). (March 2008)
- Returning to her Tony award-winning role as Tracy Turnblad in "Hairspray" for 1 month. (June 2005)
- Niece of S.J. Perelman and Nathanael West.
- Grew up in Bedford Village, New York.
- Is the youngest of four siblings.
- Father Michael is a retired architect.
- Mother Maxine is a retired teacher.
- Expecting her first child (via a surrogate) later this year with her husband, Judah Miller.
- Currently filming a pilot for her new sitcom "The Furst Family". She is also starring in the movie picked up by the New Line Cinema "Always a Bridesmaid". She will be picking up the part of Tracy in the L.A. leg of the Hairspray tour. (April 2004)
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