Marissa Jaret Winokur Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Marissa Jaret Winokur (born February 2, 1973), sometimes credited as Marissa Winokur, is an American actress known for her performance as Tracy Turnblad in the highly successful Broadway musical adaptation of John Waters' film Hairspray, as well as her work on the Pamela Anderson sitcom Stacked. Some of her other TV Credits include Curb Your Enthusiasm, Moesha, The Steve Harvey Show, Just Shoot Me!, Felicity, and Dharma & Greg.She was a contestant on the popular reality competition series Dancing With the Stars and went on to host the similar Dance Your Ass Off. Most recently she was serving as a co-host on the daily daytime talk show The Talk, but did not return in 2011. Instead she would focus on her clothing line and a new cable TV show.
"I still cry, even when I get introduced as 'the Tony Award winning actress.'" - On her reaction to her Tony win.
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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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Is the leading lady in the Broadway musical, "Hairspray". [2002]
Returning to her Tony award-winning role as Tracy Turnblad in "Hairspray" for 1 month. [June 2005]
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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.
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Expecting her first child (via a surrogate) later this year with her husband, Judah Miller.
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Survived a bout with cervical cancer in 2001.
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Engaged to her fiancée who she met in 1994 during a stage production of Grease. [2005]
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Won Broadway's 2003 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for her performance as Tracy Turnblad in "Hairspray."
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Joined the touring company of Grease, 1994-1995, and later played Pink Lady Jan in Grease on Broadway (1995).
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Studied musical theatre for two years at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Manhattan.
$1.6 Million
