Marisa Tomei
Biography
Marisa Tomei (born December 4, 1964) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and nominations for two further Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. After working on the television series As the World Turns, Tomei came to prominence as a cast member on The Cosby Show spin-off A Different World in 1987. After having minor roles in a few films, she came to international attention in 1992 with the comedy, My Cousin Vinny, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received two additional Academy Award nominations for In the Bedroom (2001) and The Wrestler (2008). Tomei has appeared in a number of successful movies, including What Women Want (2000), Anger Management (2003), Wild Hogs (2007), The Ides of March (2011), and Parental Guidance (2012). She also portrayed May Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, having appeared in Captain America: Civil War (2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). Tomei has also worked in theater. She was formerly involved with the Naked Angels Theater Company and appeared in plays, such as Daughters (1986), Wait Until Dark (1998), Top Girls (2008), for which she received a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, and The Realistic Joneses (2014), for which she received a special award at the Drama Desk Awards.
Known For
Margaret
Four Rooms
Ida Horowicz
The Ides of March
Natalie Strout
In the Bedroom
Mona Lisa Vito
My Cousin Vinny
Dr. Polly Beilman
The Watcher
Lola
What Women Want
Mabel Normand
Chaplin
Laura
Factotum
Maggie
Wild Hogs
Danika Merrick
Danika
Ruby Weaver
Happy Accidents
Gina Hanson
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Lisa Provolone
Oscar
Julie
Alfie
Cassidy
The Wrestler
Lexi
The Guru
Faith Corvatch
Only You
Caroline
Untamed Heart
Martha Hackett
The Paper
Linda
Anger Management
Natalie Hegalhuzen
War, Inc.
Donna
Amsterdam
Liz
Someone Like You...
Tracy
Playing for Keeps
Rita Abromowitz
Slums of Beverly Hills
Nina
Welcome to Sarajevo
Katrina Trento
She Came to Me
Self - Guest
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Paula
Just a Kiss
Dorita Evita Perez
The Perez Family
Molly Fawcett
Cyrus
Monica
Unhook the Stars
Kate
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Maggie McPherson
The Lincoln Lawyer
Honey Foster
Salvation Boulevard
Meredith Morrison
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
The Smack
Evie
Only Love
Alice Simmons
Parental Guidance
Fatima
Inescapable
Self
Love, Marilyn
Det. Costello
King of the Jungle
Rosie Rivers
Equinox
Mattie Vines
My Own Country
(voice)
A Better Half
Miriam
High Tide
Self (uncredited)
Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden
Noelle Crandall
Supermom's Daughter
Kate
Love Is Strange
Gigi
Loitering with Intent
Remy
Zandalee
Nina Capelli
Jenifer
Mandy
The Flamingo Kid
Gwen Kolinsky
Spare Parts
Self
What I Want My Words to Do to You
Herself - Guest (uncredited)
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin
Holly Carpenter
The Rewrite
The Dog Owner
Trainwreck
You're Dating a Narcissist!
Claire
Upgraded
Marishka
She Said, She Said
Emma Newport
Love the Coopers
April Haynes
Parker Kane
Cynthia Baum
The Big Short
Quote Reader
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
May Parker
Spider-Man: Homecoming
The Cold Open
Self
The People Speak
May Parker
Captain America: Civil War
Woman at Pool
Grace Is Gone
Missy
A Brother's Kiss
Sybil
Loverboy
Bree Blackburn (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Paris
Dirk and Betty
Dr. Lisa Harden
After Everything
Margaret Lang
Dark Was the Night
Ilene
Frankie
Emma Holloway
Laboratory Conditions
Dr. May Updale / Architect
The First Purge
May Parker
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Tori (uncredited)
Since You've Been Gone
Jane Jacobs (voice)
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Self
This Changes Everything
Carrie Manning
Human Capital
Christine Hurley
I Hate Kids
Edith Bunker
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Margie Carlin
The King of Staten Island
Self
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
Edith Bunker
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Aunt May
Avengers: Endgame
Self
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Fran
Delia's Gone
Satan
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
May Parker
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Blue
Beirut: An MCC Virtual TV Event
Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Bethesda Waingro
Brothers
F*ck Valentine's Day
Tara
Mongoose
Charlotte
She Gets It From Me
Hellhound
Maggie Lauten
A Different World
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
103
Gender
Female
Birthday
1964-12-04
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Marisa Veriga Tomei