Film Mastrantonio first appeared on screen in
Brian De Palma's
Scarface (1983) as Gina, sister of
Al Pacino's
Tony Montana. She achieved prominence for her
Oscar and
Golden Globe-nominated role in
The Color of Money (1986) opposite
Paul Newman and
Tom Cruise. Her other featured roles include
Slam Dance (1987), with
Tom Hulce, and
The January Man (1989) with
Kevin Kline. She also starred in writer/director
James Cameron's science fiction
The Abyss (1989) with
Ed Harris. She played Maid Marian in the film
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) with
Kevin Costner. She played the attorney daughter of
Gene Hackman's character in
Class Action, co-starred in the 1992 thriller
Consenting Adults, and in the same year starred in the thriller
White Sands alongside
Willem Dafoe and
Mickey Rourke, and played a fishing boat captain in
The Perfect Storm (2000).
Stage Mastrantonio has appeared on Broadway in various musicals, including as an understudy later in the 1980 run of
West Side Story,
Copperfield,
The Human Comedy, and the 2002 revival of
Man of La Mancha, where she played Aldonza/Dulcinea opposite
Brian Stokes Mitchell. She has appeared in
New York Shakespeare Festival productions of
Henry V,
Measure for Measure, and
Twelfth Night. Her New York City stage performances brought her a
Tony Award nomination and two
Drama Desk Award nominations. She also starred in
Grand Hotel at the
Donmar Warehouse in London's
West End. In 1984, she was featured in a benefit performance of
A Christmas Carol with
Helen Hayes,
Raul Julia,
Harold Scott, F. MacIntyre Dixon, and
Len Cariou at the
Symphony Space in New York. In 2008, she starred in
A View from the Bridge as Beatrice, with
Ken Stott and
Allan Corduner at the
Duke of York's Theatre, London. On stage, she most recently starred in
Ghosts as Helena Alving at the
Seattle Repertory Theater. ==Personal life==