
Marisa Tomei
2 FOLLOWERS • 52 CREDITS • DEC 4, 1964 • 60
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

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Tony Awards

Today

Saturday Night Live

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Simpsons

Teen Choice Awards

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Finding Your Roots

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Daily Show

Rescue Me

Late Night with David Letterman

Empire

Who Do You Think You Are?

Seinfeld

Leg Work

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

Avengers: Endgame

Trainwreck

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

The Oscars

Four Rooms

Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden

Captain America: Civil War

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

65 Revisited

A Different World

Sweet Girl

Spider-Man: No Way Home

The Big Short

Wild Hogs

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

The First Purge

The Ides of March

My Own Country

The Lincoln Lawyer

After Everything

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Brothers

Upgraded

High Tide

She Came to Me

Anger Management

What Women Want

My Cousin Vinny

The King of Staten Island

Alfie
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