Marisa Tomei
Acting
- Born:
- 1964-12-04
- Place of birth:
- 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
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
You're Dating a Narcissist!
F Valentine's Day
High Tide
Brothers
Upgraded
She Came to Me
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Delia's Gone
A Better Half
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
The King of Staten Island
Human Capital
Beirut: An MCC Virtual TV Event
Stars in the House
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Frankie
This Changes Everything
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Avengers: Endgame
The Cold Open
I Hate Kids
Dark Was the Night
Laboratory Conditions
After Everything
The First Purge
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Captain America: Civil War
The Big Short
Love the Coopers
Trainwreck
Spare Parts
Empire
Love Is Strange
The Rewrite
Loitering with Intent
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Partners for Peace
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Love, Marilyn
She Said, She Said
Parental Guidance
Inescapable
Finding Your Roots
The Ides of March
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Salvation Boulevard
Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden
The Lincoln Lawyer
Conan
Cyrus
Who Do You Think You Are?
The People Speak
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Amsterdam
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
The Wrestler
War, Inc.
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
Grace Is Gone
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Wild Hogs
Danika
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
The Reichen Show
Factotum
Loverboy
Alfie
Rescue Me
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin
What I Want My Words to Do to You
Anger Management
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
The Guru
Just a Kiss
In the Bedroom
Jenifer
Someone Like You...
What Women Want
King of the Jungle
The Watcher
Happy Accidents
Dirk and Betty
Teen Choice Awards
Slums of Beverly Hills
My Own Country
Since You've Been Gone
Only Love
The View
Welcome to Sarajevo
A Brother's Kiss
Unhook the Stars
The Daily Show
Film Independent Spirit Awards
Four Rooms
The Perez Family
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
The Paper
Only You
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Untamed Heart
Chaplin
Equinox
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
My Cousin Vinny
Zandalee
Oscar
Parker Kane
The Simpsons
Seinfeld
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Leg Work
A Different World
Supermom's Daughter
Playing for Keeps
The Flamingo Kid
Late Night with David Letterman
Saturday Night Live
Tony Awards
The Oscars
Today
The Smack
She Gets It from Me
Hellhound