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)
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)