Concetta Tomei

Aktris karakter Concetta Tomei lahir pada tanggal 30 Desember 1945, dan dibesarkan di kampung halamannya di Kenosha, Wisconsin, satu-satunya anak dari seorang polisi yang merupakan seniman berbakat secara diam-diam. Dia berasal dari garis keturunan pendidik yang panjang dan kemungkinan besar tertarik pada karier tersebut pada usia yang berpengaruh. Dia kuliah di University of Wisconsin di Madison, di mana dia memperoleh gelar Bachelor of Science di bidang pendidikan. Namun, setelah mengajar di sekolah di pinggiran kota Milwaukee selama empat tahun, dia tiba-tiba berhenti untuk mengejar impian aktingnya. Dia menjadi murid Sekolah Drama Goodman yang terkenal di Chicago di mana dia menerima gelar lain, Sarjana Seni Rupa, dalam seni teater. Dia memulai karir profesionalnya di panggung saham dan perbendaharaan dan mengumpulkan daftar kredit awal yang luar biasa yang muncul dalam drama seperti "A Streetcar Named Desire, "Candida," "Blithe Spirit" dan "The Corn Is Green." Dia memulai debutnya di Broadway menggantikan Carole Shelley dalam "The Elephant Man" memerankan aktris/grande dame Mrs. Kendal. Dia melanjutkan perannya ketika tur berikutnya dibintangi oleh David Bowie. Mencari pengalaman di depan kamera, dia pindah ke Barat pada tahun 1980-an dan menemukan banyak pekerjaan di TV dengan wanita-wanitanya yang penuh kontrol dan berpenampilan parah, yang berpuncak pada drama Perang Vietnam yang mendapat banyak pujian, China Beach (1988) di mana dia memainkan peran utama yang keras. Dia melanjutkan dengan sejumlah tamu di "L.A. Law," "Murphy Brown," "Picket Fences" dan "Wings," di antara banyak lainnya. Tidak begitu dikenal karena karya filmnya, ia tetap memberikan dukungan sesekali (sejak 1991) dalam film-film seperti Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991), Twenty Bucks (1993), Out to Sea (1997) Deep Impact (1998), The Muse (1999) dan View from the Top (2003). Peran serial TV reguler lainnya datang bersama Providence (1999), di mana dia berperan sebagai ibu perokok berat.

Character actress Concetta Tomei was born on December 30, 1945, and raised in her hometown of Kenosha, Wisconsin, the only child of a policeman who was a talented artist on the sly. She came from a long line of educators and was likely drawn to that career at an influential age. She attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education. After teaching school in a Milwaukee suburb for four years, however, she abruptly quit to pursue her acting dream. She became a student of the famed Goodman School of Drama in Chicago where she received a another degree, a Bachelor of Fine Arts, in theater arts. She started her professional career on the stock and repertory stages and gathered a formidable list of early credits appearing in such plays as "A Streetcar Named Desire, "Candida," "Blithe Spirit" and "The Corn Is Green." She made her debut on Broadway replacing Carole Shelley in "The Elephant Man" playing the actress/grande dame Mrs. Kendal. She continued in her role when a subsequent tour went out starring David Bowie. Seeking on-camera experience, she moved out West in the 1980s and found plentiful work on TV with her all-controlling, severe-looking femmes, which culminated in the critically acclaimed Vietnam War drama China Beach (1988) in which she played a hard-as-nails major. She continued with a host of guest parts on "L.A. Law," "Murphy Brown," "Picket Fences" and "Wings," among many others. Not readily known for her film work, she has nevertheless offered occasional arch support (since 1991) in such pictures as Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991), Twenty Bucks (1993), Out to Sea (1997) Deep Impact (1998), The Muse (1999) and View from the Top (2003). Another regular series TV role came with Providence (1999), in which she played a chain-smoking mom.