Marisa Tomei Joins Empire Season 2 as a Billionaire Hip-Hop Fan

Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Full Size Image She's so beautiful! Empire has recruited a familiar face to recur throughoutSeason 2 of the Fox hit -- no, it's notOprah (yet). Oscar winnerMarisa Tomei is set to play a super-rich woman caught up in the Lyon family drama in upcoming episodes of the hit series. PHOTOS: Best TV couples of all time  According toDeadline, the My Cousin Vinny star will play Mimi Whiteman,"a demanding venture capitalist" and Forbes list billionaire who loves"hip-hop music, social trends, high-end fashion and beautiful women."Intriguing! No word on whether she'll go toe-to-toe with everyone's favorite ex-con, Cookie (Taraji P. Henson), but Tomei is set to appear in several episodes of the show. PHOTOS: TV shows gone too soon  Tomei, whose most recent TV work was an arc on the FX firefighter series Rescue Me, is set to play famous feministGloria Steinem in an HBO miniseries.