Biography
Marissa Winokur is an American actress and singer well-known for her work on the Pamela Anderson sitcom Stacked and for her Tony-winning role in the Broadway musical Hairspray, which is an adaptation of John Waters’s film. Curb Your Enthusiasm, Moesha, The Steve Harvey Show, Just Shoot Me!, Felicity, and Dharma & Greg are a few of her other TV credits.
Age
She is 51 years old as of 2 February 2024. She was born in 1973 in New York, New York, United States.
Family – Education
Winokur, the daughter of architect Michael Winokur and teacher Maxine, was born in New York City. She’s Jewish. Winokur attended Fox Lane High School in Bedford, New York, where she captained the soccer squad and cheered on the team. In 1993, she received her diploma from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. She is the great-niece of two renowned American writers, S. J. Perelman and Nathanael West.
Husband – Children
On October 7, 2006, Winokur married her longterm lover, Judah Miller (brother of Murray Miller), a Stacked writer. In March 2008, the couple revealed that they were expecting their first child, a boy called Zev, through a gestational surrogacy. Zev Isaac Miller was born on July 22, 2008, weighing 8 pounds, 7 ounces and measuring 21 inches long. Winokur and Miller assisted with their son’s delivery.
Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $4 million.
Cancer
Winokur was diagnosed with cervical cancer while working on Hairspray in its early phases. She received therapy for the disease while keeping her condition a secret from everyone outside her immediate family for fear of being replaced in the musical. Eventually, she recovered completely and continued to appear on the show.
Hairspray
Winokur won the 2003 Tony Grant for Best Driving Entertainer in a Melodic, Show Work area Grant, Entertainment business World Honor, and External Pundits Circle Grant for her exhibition in Hairspray. She had recently showed up on Broadway as Jan in the 1994 recovery of Oil.
Dancing with the Stars
Winokur and expert dancer Tony Dovolani were highlighted in Season 6 of Dancing with the Stars. Marissa received a cumulative score of 39 out of 60 for her Cha-Cha-Cha in week one and a 21 for her Quickstep in week two. Marissa was the final female competitor to be spared in that week’s elimination round before Monica Seles was taken out.
Marissa finished bottom on the leaderboard in week three with a score of 19 for her jive to Avril Lavigne’s “Girlfriend,” but viewers’ votes kept her from being eliminated. Marissa received compliments for her progress in week four after executing a Paso Doble and scored 24 out of 30. In the fifth week, she received a score of 24 out of 30 for her Samba.
Marissa received her highest score to date—a 26 for a Viennese Waltz—in week six. The next week, she learned two more dances with even more success: she received a 27 for her Tango in the Ballroom round and a 25 for her Rumba in the Latin round. With a score of 52 out of 60, Marissa placed third on the combined total leaderboard, surpassing Cristian de la Fuente by 6 points and Shannon Elizabeth and Mario by one point. But even in third place, Marissa and Shannon ended up in the bottom two.
Marissa placed last on the leaderboard after doing a Foxtrot and Mambo the following week, scoring 25 for each dance and a total of 50 out of 60. However, she was once more spared by the viewer’s votes. She received a 26 on her Quickstep and Rumba on her final week on the show. Following the semifinal round, Winokur was eliminated.
Career
Winokur plays additionally played parts in movies like American Magnificence, Never Been Kissed, Educating Mrs. Shiver, the send-up Unnerving Film, Delightful Young lady (for ABC Family), Breaking point, and she gave one of the voices in Shrek the Corridors.
Winokur co-featured in the television series Stacked, which featured Pamela Anderson. She likewise showed up on an episode of Control Your Excitement where she lost an actual battle with Larry David over the main arrangement at a specialist’s office. She was classified “Marissa Winokur” in the episode, yet was acknowledged basically as “Lady In Lift.” She assumed the part of Theresa Loman on the UPN top-hit series, Moesha, as Liquor Norwood’s flat mate.
She was set to star in another parody pilot for CBS named Fugly, from Greg Garcia, the maker of I am Lord. The show was initially pitched to Fox as a vehicle for Pamela Anderson. She got back to Hairspray on December 9, 2008, and played Tracy until the show’s end on January 4, 2009.
Winokur facilitated the truth contest series Dance Your Butt Off on the Oxygen Organization. In October 2010 she joined Julie Chen, Holly Robinson Peete, Sharon Osbourne, Leah Remini, and Sara Gilbert in another syndicated program, The Discussion, that was expected to zero in on accounts of nurturing, regular daily existence and occasions in the titles. The program started broadcasting on CBS on October 18, 2010. On January 14, 2011, she reported through Individuals Magazine that she would pass on The Discussion to zero in on her dress line and another satellite Network program she was creating.
She repeated the job of Tracy Turnblad in the Hollywood Bowl creation of Hairspray, which ran from August 5-7, 2011. She likewise played a part in Broadway’s Oil.
Winokur joined the cast of television Land’s unique sitcom Resigned at 35, starting in the subsequent season. She showcased the job of Amy, David’s sister, a harshly toned, sharp fruitful salesman for a drug organization with an effervescent character. The person was started by Casey Wilson in the show’s pilot, however made no other Season 1 appearances. In 2017, Winokur contended with her child Zev on Huge Star Little Star, a U.S. form of the English game show Huge Star’s Little Star.
In 2018, Winokur was given a role as one of the houseguests on the primary American version of Superstar Elder sibling. She prevailed upon VIP Older sibling Ross Mathews on February 25, 2018, by a vote of 6-3. She likewise facilitated Off the Block with Ross and Marissa on Facebook Watch.
Winokur was working[when?] on recording a youngsters’ music collection. Her version of the melody “Endearing face” was highlighted on the soundtrack for the film Child of the Cover, and she played out “The Wish Tune” on the 2006 foundation collection Unforeseen Dreams – Tunes From the Stars. In 2007, she joined Nikki Blonsky and Ricki Lake in singing “Mom, I’m a Young lady Now” on the Hairspray soundtrack; in chief John Waters’ unique film, Lake played started the part that Winokur (in front of an audience) and Blonsky (on screen, in the film form of the melodic) had separately repeated, that of Tracy Turnblad. Winokur has likewise loaned her voice to a few animation shows, including American Father! also, Big enchilada.
Movies
♦ 2020 – Feel the Beat
♦ 2019 – Trouble
♦ 2018 – A Very Nutty Christmas
♦ 2014 – Muffin Top: A Love Story
♦ 2005 – Fever Pitch
♦ 2002 – Now You Know
♦ 2001 – Amy’s Orgasm
♦ 2000 – Scary Movie
♦ 1999 – Never Been Kissed
♦ 1999 – Teaching Mrs. Tingle
♦ 1999 – American Beauty
TV Shows
♦ 2020–2022 – What We Do in the Shadows
♦ 2019 – The Goldbergs
♦ 2019 – Liza on Demand
♦ 2019 – Perfect Harmony
♦ 2018 – Celebrity Big Brother (American TV series)
♦ 2018 – The Bold and the Beautiful
♦ 2018–2019 – A Million Little Things
♦ 2018–2019 – Crashing
♦ 2017 – Girls
♦ 2016 – Scream Queens
♦ 2016 – Hairspray Live!
♦ 2016 – Not Today Bianca
♦ 2014 – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
♦ 2014–2015 – Playing House
♦ 2013 – Bubble Guppies
♦ 2013 – Major Crimes
♦ 2013–2014 – Melissa & Joey
♦ 2012 – Retired at 35