Marisa Tomei
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1964-12-04 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
Acting
She Gets It From Me
as Charlotte
Mongoose
as Tara
(2024)
Upgraded
as Claire Dupont
(2024)
Brothers
as Bethesda Waingro
(2024)
High Tide
as Miriam
(2023)
She Came to Me
as Katrina Trento
(2023)
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
as Self - Guest
(2022)
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Delia's Gone
as Fran
(2022)
A Better Half
as (voice)
(2021)
Spider-Man: No Way Home
as May Parker
(2021)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
The King of Staten Island
as Margie Carlin
(2020)
Human Capital
as Carrie Manning
(2020)
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
as Satan
(2020)
(2019)
Spider-Man: Far From Home
as May Parker
(2019)
Avengers: Endgame
as Aunt May
(2019)
This Changes Everything
as Self
(2019)
Frankie
as Ilene
(2019)
(2019)
I Hate Kids
as Christine Hurley
(2019)
(2019)
(2018)
The First Purge
as Dr. May Updale / Architect
(2018)
Laboratory Conditions
as Emma Holloway
(2018)
After Everything
as Dr. Lisa Harden
(2018)
Dark Was the Night
as Margaret Lang
(2017)
Spider-Man: Homecoming
as May Parker
(2017)
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
as Jane Jacobs (voice)
(2016)
Captain America: Civil War
as May Parker
(2015)
Trainwreck
as The Dog Owner
(2015)
The Big Short
as Cynthia Baum
(2015)
Love the Coopers
as Emma Newport
(2015)
Spare Parts
as Gwen Kolinsky
(2014)
The Rewrite
as Holly Carpenter
(2014)
Love Is Strange
as Kate
(2014)
Loitering with Intent
as Gigi
(2013)
Love, Marilyn
as Self
(2013)
She Said, She Said
as Marishka
(2012)
Parental Guidance
as Alice Simmons
(2012)
Inescapable
as Fatima
(2011)
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
as Kate
(2011)
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Maggie McPherson
(2011)
The Ides of March
as Ida Horowicz
(2011)
Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden
as Self (uncredited)
(2011)
Salvation Boulevard
as Honey Foster
(2010)
Cyrus
as Molly Fawcett
(2009)
The People Speak
as Self
(2009)
Amsterdam
as Donna
(2009)
(2008)
The Wrestler
as Cassidy
(2008)
War, Inc.
as Natalie Hegalhuzen
(2008)
(2007)
Wild Hogs
as Maggie
(2007)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as Gina Hanson
(2007)
Grace Is Gone
as Woman at Pool
(2006)
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Meredith Morrison
(2005)
Loverboy
as Sybil
(2005)
Factotum
as Laura
(2005)
Danika
as Danika Merrick
(2004)
Alfie
as Julie
(2004)
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin
as Herself - Guest (uncredited)
(2003)
Anger Management
as Linda
(2003)
(2002)
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
as Bree Blackburn (voice)
(2002)
The Guru
as Lexi
(2002)
Just a Kiss
as Paula
(2001)
In the Bedroom
as Natalie Strout
(2001)
Someone Like You...
as Liz
(2001)
Jenifer
as Nina Capelli
(2000)
What Women Want
as Lola
(2000)
The Watcher
as Dr. Polly Beilman
(2000)
Happy Accidents
as Ruby Weaver
(2000)
King of the Jungle
as Det. Costello
(2000)
Dirk and Betty
as Paris
(1998)
Slums of Beverly Hills
as Rita Abromowitz
(1998)
Since You've Been Gone
as Tori (uncredited)
(1998)
Only Love
as Evie
(1998)
My Own Country
as Mattie Vines
(1997)
Welcome to Sarajevo
as Nina
(1997)
A Brother's Kiss
as Missy
(1996)
Unhook the Stars
as Monica
(1996)
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
as Quote Reader
(1995)
Four Rooms
as Margaret
(1995)
The Perez Family
as Dorita Evita Perez
(1994)
Only You
as Faith Corvatch
(1994)
The Paper
as Martha Hackett
(1994)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
(1993)
Untamed Heart
as Caroline
(1992)
My Cousin Vinny
as Mona Lisa Vito
(1992)
Chaplin
as Mabel Normand
(1992)
Equinox
as Rosie Rivers
(1991)
Zandalee
as Remy
(1991)
Oscar
as Lisa Provolone, Angelo's daughter
(1990)
Parker Kane
as April Haynes
(1987)
Supermom's Daughter
as Noelle Crandall
(1986)
Playing for Keeps
as Tracy
(1984)
The Toxic Avenger
as Health Club Girl (uncredited)
(1984)
The Flamingo Kid
as Mandy
Crew
(2024)
High Tide
Executive Producer
(2016)
Seed: The Untold Story
Co-Producer
(2014)
Loitering with Intent
Producer