Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Birthday: 17 November 1958, Lombard, Illinois, USA

Height: 163 cm

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio was born in Lombard, Illinois, to Mary D. (Pagone) and Frank A. Mastrantonio, who ran a bronze foundry. Her parents were of Italian descent. She was raised in Oak Park, IL, and began her career in school plays as a teenager. Mary attended the University of Illinois and got bitten by the acting bug, starring in "Guys and Dolls".Leaving for New York, she took part in "West Side Story" in 1981. She also made it into movies, starring alongside Al Pacino in Scarface (1983). In 1985, she starred in The Color of Money (1986), which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.Around 1990, a string of movies came about that really gave her a lot of attention: important roles in The Abyss (1989), Class Action (1991), and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). At this time she married The January Man (1989) director Pat O'Connor. Mastrantonio is also a renowned cabaret-style singer, and her singing is showcased in John Sayles's Limbo (1999).Careerwise, she took the decision to pick roles she liked instead of roles that would attract attention. Also, she took time off to be with her family. As of 2001, she lives with her husband and two children in London, England, UK. Show less «

Suddenly, I realized: this was what I wanted to do. I didn't know how to do it; I just knew acting f...Show more »

Suddenly, I realized: this was what I wanted to do. I didn't know how to do it; I just knew acting felt right. Show less «

Some stars like to hide behind the whole idea of acting. But really good actors are not hiding at al...Show more »

Some stars like to hide behind the whole idea of acting. But really good actors are not hiding at all. They're not afraid to be disliked, to be a little unsavory. Show less «

Hollywood is run by men who are big on vulnerability.

I do need to be told when I'm going wrong. No one's acting can be an exact, 100 percent science.

I've worked with leading men so worried about losing their charm that they were always winking to th...Show more »

I've worked with leading men so worried about losing their charm that they were always winking to the audience. Show less «

I used to go home at night and just shake, because I had no idea that's what acting was gonna be.

I've never found that it jars to go back and forth.

Domesticity has to mean nesting. Otherwise, six months go by, and you don't know where your underwea...Show more »

Domesticity has to mean nesting. Otherwise, six months go by, and you don't know where your underwear is. Show less «

I'm not looking at money, percentage points or grosses. This is my life, you know? To me, every day ...Show more »

I'm not looking at money, percentage points or grosses. This is my life, you know? To me, every day matters. Show less «

I hate it when people say, Mary Elizabeth, this may be hell, but the movie is going to be sooo good.

As a measure of acting skills, film can be very deceptive.

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

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