Concetta Tomei

About

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...

Known for

Diagnosis: MurderSeries • 1993Star Trek: VoyagerSeries • 1995The CloserSeries • 2005The King of QueensSeries • 1998Ghost WhispererSeries • 2005Falcon CrestSeries • 1981Cold CaseSeries • 2003Numb3rsSeries • 2005L.A. LawSeries • 1986Arrested DevelopmentSeries • 2003WeedsSeries • 2005Nip/TuckSeries • 2003Judging AmySeries • 1999ElsbethSeries • 2024St. ElsewhereSeries • 1982WingsSeries • 1990Touched by an AngelSeries • 1994VeepSeries • 2012Murphy BrownSeries • 1988EllenSeries • 19947th HeavenSeries • 1996ProvidenceSeries • 1999China BeachSeries • 1988Picket FencesSeries • 1992