New York is on Marisa Tomei’s mind. Yes, she is one of the quintessential Actors from NYC™ who are, for better or worse, inseparable from the charming grit of the town that helped shape them: Jennifer Lopez, Steve Buscemi, Rosie Perez, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci—with whom she starred in the 1992 comedy classic My Cousin Vinny, winning herself an Oscar for her portrayal of Mona Lisa Vito.

She’s at home in L. A. but just wrapped up starring in Tennessee Williams’s The Rose Tattoo on Broadway before the pandemic struck. And she can’t stop thinking about the people at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the U. S.