| Marisa worked as a waitress at Roma’s steakhouse during her time in Boston. | 
| She trained in dance at the Albee School of Dance located in New York. | 
| Her TV series credits include As the World Turns (1984-1985), ABC Afterschool Specials (1987), and A Different World (1987-1988). | 
| She featured in films like Chaplin (1992), Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), and Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019). | 
| Marisa appeared in plays such as Wait Until Dark (1998), Salome (2003), and The Realistic Joneses (2014). | 
| She was named number 18 on FHM’s 100 Sexiest Women List in 2009. | 
| Marisa graced the covers of various lifestyle and fashion magazines including Paper, Redbook, Shape, and Vogue Greece. | 
| She participated in documentary TV series like Who Do You Think You Are? (2012) and Finding Your Roots (2020), discovering her connection to actress Julianne Moore. | 
| She learned through Who Do You Think You Are? that her great-grandfather Francesco Leopoldo Bianchi was murdered by the mafia in Italy in 1911. | 
| Occasionally, she drinks alcohol. | 
| Marisa has a deep affection for dogs. |