An actress who acted with some of the most famous leading men of her generation was this week.
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Scarface Star Spotted on NYC Subway at 67!
An actress who acted with some of the most famous leading men of her generation was glimpsed on the New York subway this week.After getting her start on the sta...
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After getting her start on the stage, she exploded onto the Hollywood scene as a major character in Scarface alongside .
In the same decade she played opposite , before acting with in the 1990s and at the dawn of the new millennium.
Now aged 67, the Tony-nominated actress was glimpsed in Manhattan holding a bulging shopping bag as she settled into a seat on the subway.
She wore a stylish ensemble of a pale grey turtleneck and dark slim-fit jeans, warding off the chill of New York winter with a puffer jacket and a set of mittens.
Can you guess who she is?
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An actress who acted with some of the most famous leading men of her generation was glimpsed on the New York subway this week
After getting her start on the stage, she exploded onto the Hollywood scene as a major character in Scarface alongside Al Pacino
She is none other than Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, who became a star in Scarface as Gina, the sister of Al Pacino's Miami Cuban drug kingpin Tony Montana.
Directed by Brian De Palma from a script by Oliver Stone, the 1983 gangster classic featured Mastrantonio amid a cast that included Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert Loggia, as well as Melanie Griffith's ex-husband Steven Bauer.
She is none other than Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, who became a star in Scarface as Gina, the sister of Al Pacino's Tony Montana; pictured in a publicity still for hte movie
She wore a stylish ensemble of a pale grey turtleneck and dark slim-fit jeans, warding off the chill of New York winter with a puffer jacket and a set of mittens
Three years later she burst onto the Hollywood scene with her explosive turn in Scarface as Gina Montana, who has a tempestuous relationship with her brother Tony
Directed by Brian De Palma from a script by Oliver Stone, the 1983 gangster classic featured Mastrantonio amid a cast that included Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert Loggia
Her movie career thundered ahead with projects like Martin Scorsese's 1986 release The Color of Money starring Paul Newman and Tom Cruise (left) as pool hustlers
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Mastrantonio was nominated for a best supporting actress Oscar as the girlfriend of Cruise's character, but lost to Dianne Wiest for Woody Allen's Hannah and her Sisters
The 1980s closed with her role in James Cameron's Cold War sci-fi deep sea picture The Abyss, starring her with Ed Harris and Michael Biehn
In 1991 she played Maid Marian opposite Kevin Costner as the title character in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, amid a star-studded cast including Morgan Freeman and Alan Rickman
The 1990s also saw Mastrantonio act with Patrick Swayze in the fantasy Three Wishes
She also worked with Kevin Spacey (left) and Kevin Kline in the thriller Consenting Adults from Alan J. Pakula, director of Klute, Sophie's Choice and All the President's Men
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Mastrantonio was nominated for a best supporting actress Oscar as the girlfriend of Cruise's character, but lost to Dianne Wiest for Woody Allen's Hannah and her Sisters.
The 1980s closed with her role in James Cameron's Cold War sci-fi deep sea picture The Abyss, starring her with Ed Harris and Michael Biehn.
In 1991 she played Maid Marian opposite Kevin Costner as the title character in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, which boasted a star-studded cast featuring Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater and Alan Rickman.
The 1990s also saw Mastrantonio act with Patrick Swayze in the fantasy Three Wishes, as well as Kevin Spacey and Kevin Kline in the thriller Consenting Adults from Alan J. Pakula, director of Klute, Sophie's Choice and All the President's Men.
In 2000 she was part of the ensemble cast of the disaster picture The Perfect Storm, among names like George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane and John C. Reilly.
Her stage career also continued apace, with her earning a Tony nod in 2003 as Aldonza in a revival of the classic Don Quixote musical Man of La Mancha.
On the personal front, Mastrantonio has been married for 35 years to the Irish director Pat O'Connor, with whom she shares two sons.
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