Maid In Manhattan (2002)


Jennifer Lopez          Marisa Ventura
Ralph Fiennes           Christopher Marshall
Lisa Roberts Gillan     Cora
Natasha Richardson      Caroline Lane
Stanley Tucci           Jerry Siegel
Tyler Posey (II)        Ty Ventura
Frances Conroy          Paula Burns
Chris Eigeman           John Bextram
Amy Sedaris             Rachel Hoffberg
Marissa Matrone         Stephanie Kehoe
Priscilla Lopez (II)    Veronica Ventura
Bob Hoskins             Lionel Bloch
Maddie Corman           Leezette
Sharon Wilkins          Clarice
Jayne Houdyshell        Carmen
Marilyn Torres (II)     Barb
Lou Ferguson (II)       Keef Townsend

Directed by:            Wayne Wang
Produced by:            Richard Baratta, Charles J. Newirth, Benny Medina


Marisa Ventura is a hard-working, intelligent and determined single mother who dreams of a better life for 
herself and her son, Ty. As a housekeeper at Manhattan's first-class Beresford Hotel, Marisa has made a good 
life for herself and her ten-year-old son, even if they don't have a lot of money. One Saturday morning 
Marisa brings Ty to the Beresford. She asks a co-worker to keep an eye on him for her while she and another 
maid, Stephanie, attend to their chores. One of the hotel guests, a spoiled socialite, Caroline Lane, asks 
Marisa to return some designer clothes for her. After Caroline leaves, Stephanie coaxes Marisa into trying 
them on before taking them back to the store. In an uncharacteristically frivolous moment, Marisa slips into 
the chic, expensive outfits. Ty appears at the door with the handsome Christopher Marshall, an aspiring 
U.S. Senator and one of Manhattan's most eligible bachelors. Ty has come to ask Marisa's permission to walk 
through Central Park with Christopher and his dog Rufus. Christopher is immediately attracted to Marisa. 
Assuming she is a hotel guest, he asks her to join them. She is about to refuse, but Stephanie intervenes 
and accepts for her. Despite the obvious sparks between them, Marisa is reluctant to encourage Christopher, 
fearing she'll lose all that she's worked so hard to build. But he pursues her, even though it could 
compromise his political career. As romance, mistaken identity and front-page gossip collide, Marisa and 
Christopher learn that the bigger your dreams, the better the chance they might come true.  

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Marisa Ventura is a single mother born and bred in the boroughs of New York City, who works as a maid in a 
first-class Manhattan hotel. By a twist of fate and mistaken identity, Marisa meets Christopher Marshall, a 
handsome heir to a political dynasty, who believes that she is a guest at the hotel. Fate steps in and throws 
the unlikely pair together for one night. When Marisa's true identity is revealed, the two find that they are 
worlds apart, even though the distance separating them is just a subway ride between Manhattan and the Bronx.