Marisa Tomei
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
Actor
as Miriam
as Claire Dupont
as Katrina Trento
as Self - Guest
as Fran
as (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as May Parker
as Video footage
as Satan
as Margie Carlin
as Carrie Manning
as Blue
as Self
as Ilene
as May Parker
as Self
as Aunt May
as Christine Hurley
as Margaret Lang
as Emma Holloway
as Dr. Lisa Harden
as Dr. May Updale / Architect
as May Parker
as Jane Jacobs (voice)
as May Parker
as Cynthia Baum
as Emma Newport
as The Dog Owner
as Gwen Kolinsky
as Mimi Whiteman
as Holly Carpenter
as Gigi
as Kate
as Self
as Self
as Marishka
as Alice Simmons
as Fatima
as Self
as Ida Horowicz
as Kate Tafferty
as Honey Foster
as Self (uncredited)
as Maggie McPherson
as Molly Fawcett
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Donna
as Self - Guest
as Cassidy
as Natalie Hegalhuzen
as Woman at Pool
as Gina Hanson
as Maggie
as Danika Merrick
as Meredith Morrison
as Laura
as Sybil
as Self - Guest
as Julie
as Herself - Guest (uncredited)
as Angie
as Linda
as Self
as Bree Blackburn (voice)
as Lexi
as Paula
as Natalie Strout
as Nina Capelli
as Liz
as Lola
as Det. Costello
as Dr. Polly Beilman
as Ruby Weaver
as Paris
as Self - Nominee
as Rita Abromowitz
as Mattie Vines
as Tori (uncredited)
as Evie
as Nina
as Missy
as Self
as Monica
as Quote Reader
as Self
as Margaret
as Dorita Evita Perez
as Self (archive footage)
as Martha Hackett
as Faith Corvatch
as Caroline
as Self - Guest
as Mabel Normand
as Rosie Rivers
as Mona Lisa Vito
as Remy
as Lisa Provolone, Angelo's daughter
as April Haynes
as Sara Sloane (voice)
as Marisa Tomei
as Noelle Crandall
as Donna Ricci
as Maggie Lauten
as Tracy
as Mandy
as Health Club Girl (uncredited)
as Self
as Self - Host
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Self
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Co-Producer
as Producer