Marisa Petroro

Marisa Petroro, an American actress and model, is from Elizabeth, New Jersey. She began competing in East Coast beauty pageants at four and studied acting at HB Studio in New York City by age eight. After winning Miss Italia USA, she placed in the top five at Miss Italia World in 1996 and made her way to Los Angeles. She soon landed principal roles in films such as Pumpkin (2002) and Tomcats. Her television credits included The Pretender, The Young and the Restless, Rules of Engagement, and Desperate Housewives. She also worked on a national commercial that David Lynch directed and played the lead opposite Rick Schroder in the country music video Whiskey Lullaby, performed by Allison Krause and Brad Paisley. She starred in Everybody Wants to Be Italian (2007), returned to Deal or No Deal as a briefcase model, and appeared in the web series S.U.D.S., Duck Walks Into A Bar, and In The Bath With Kath.