Marisa Tomei
- Acting
- December 4, 1964 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Marisa Tomei (/toʊˈmeɪ/, Italian: [toˈmɛi]; born December 4, 1964) is an American actress. She gained prominence for her comedic performance in My Cousin Vinny (1992), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received further nominations in the category for In the Bedroom (2001) and The Wrestler (2008). Her early appearances were in the soap opera As the World Turns (1983–1985) and the first season of the sitcom A Different World (1987). Tomei's other notable films include Chaplin (1992), The Paper (1994), What Women Want (2000), Danika (2006), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), Wild Hogs (2007), The Wrestler (2008), The Ides of March (2011), Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), Parental Guidance (2012), The Big Short (2015), and The King of Staten Island (2020). She also portrayed May Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from Captain America: Civil War (2016) to Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). Tomei was a founding member of the Naked Angels Theater Company. She appeared in John Morgan Evans' Daughters (1986) off-Broadway before making her Broadway debut in Wait Until Dark opposite Quentin Tarantino (1998). She earned a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her role in Top Girls (2008), and a special Drama Desk Award for Will Eno's The Realistic Joneses (2014). She returned to Broadway in the revival of The Rose Tattoo in 2019. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marisa Tomei, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- The Mongoose · Tara
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day · May Parker
- You're Dating a Narcissist! · Judy
- F Valentine's Day · Wendy
- High Tide · Miriam, Executive producer
- Brothers · Bethesda Waingro
- Upgraded · Claire
- She Came to Me · Katrina Trento
- Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love · Self
- Delia's Gone · Fran
- A Better Half · Voice
- Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home · Self
- Spider-Man: No Way Home · May Parker
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend · Self
- Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine · Satan
- The King of Staten Island · Margie Carlin
- Human Capital · Carrie Manning
- Beirut: An MCC Virtual TV Event · Blue
- Stars in the House · Self
- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" · Edith Bunker
- Frankie · Ilene
- This Changes Everything · Self
- Spider-Man: Far From Home · May Parker
- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" · Edith Bunker
- Avengers: Endgame · Aunt May
- The Cold Open
- I Hate Kids · Christine Hurley
- Dark Was the Night · Margaret Lang
- Laboratory Conditions · Emma Holloway
- After Everything · Dr. Lisa Harden
- The First Purge · Dr. May Updale / Architect
- Spider-Man: Homecoming · May Parker
- Citizen Jane: Battle for the City · Jane Jacobs (Voice)
- Seed: The Untold Story · Co-producer
- Captain America: Civil War · May Parker
- The Big Short · Cynthia Baum
- Love the Coopers · Emma Newport
- Trainwreck · The Dog Owner
- Spare Parts · Gwen Kolinsky
- Empire · Mimi Whiteman
- Love Is Strange · Kate
- The Rewrite · Holly Carpenter
- Loitering with Intent · Gigi, Producer
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- Partners for Peace · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Love, Marilyn · Self
- She Said, She Said · Marishka
- Parental Guidance · Alice Simmons
- Inescapable · Fatima
- Finding Your Roots · Self
- The Ides of March · Ida Horowicz
- Crazy, Stupid, Love. · Kate
- Salvation Boulevard · Honey Foster
- Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden · Self
- The Lincoln Lawyer · Maggie McPherson
- Conan · Self
- Cyrus · Molly Fawcett
- Who Do You Think You Are? · Self
- The People Speak · Self
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- Amsterdam · Donna
- We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial · Self
- The Wrestler · Cassidy
- War, Inc. · Natalie Hegalhuzen
- Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made · Self
- Grace Is Gone · Woman at Pool
- Before the Devil Knows You're Dead · Gina Hanson
- Wild Hogs · Maggie
- Danika · Danika Merrick
- Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School · Meredith Morrison
- The Reichen Show · Self
- Factotum · Laura
- Loverboy · Sybil
- Alfie · Julie
- Rescue Me · Angie
- Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin · Self
- What I Want My Words to Do to You · Self
- Anger Management · Linda
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self