Marisa Tomei
Born December 04, 1964 (Age: 61)
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Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021
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as May Parker
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Age: 57
No Image
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 56
The King of Staten Island
2020
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as Margie Carlin
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Age: 55
This Changes Everything
2019
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as Self
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Age: 54
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019
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as May Parker
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Age: 54
Avengers: Endgame
2019
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as Aunt May
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Age: 54
The First Purge
2018
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as Dr. May Updale / Architect
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Age: 53
Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017
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as May Parker
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Age: 52
Captain America: Civil War
2016
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as May Parker
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Age: 51
The Big Short
2015
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as Cynthia Baum
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Age: 51
Love the Coopers
2015
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as Emma Newport
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Age: 50
Trainwreck
2015
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as The Dog Owner
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Age: 50
Love Is Strange
2014
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as Kate
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Age: 49
The Rewrite
2014
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as Holly Carpenter
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Age: 49
Parental Guidance
2012
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as Alice Simmons
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Age: 48
The Ides of March
2011
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as Ida Horowicz
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Age: 46
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2011
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as Kate
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Age: 46
Salvation Boulevard
2011
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as Honey Foster
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Age: 46
The Lincoln Lawyer
2011
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as Maggie McPherson
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Age: 46
Cyrus
2010
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as Molly Fawcett
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Age: 45
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
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as Self
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Age: 44
The Wrestler
2008
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as Cassidy
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Age: 43
War, Inc.
2008
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as Natalie Hegalhuzen
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Age: 43
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007
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as Gina Hanson
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Age: 42
Wild Hogs
2007
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as Maggie
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Age: 42
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
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as Meredith Morrison
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Age: 41
Factotum
2005
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as Laura
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Age: 40
Alfie
2004
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as Julie
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Age: 39
Anger Management
2003
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as Linda
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Age: 38
The Guru
2002
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as Lexi
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Age: 37
In the Bedroom
2001
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as Natalie Strout
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Age: 36
What Women Want
2000
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as Lola
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Age: 36
King of the Jungle
2000
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as Det. Costello
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Age: 35
The Watcher
2000
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as Dr. Polly Beilman
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Age: 35
Happy Accidents
2000
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as Ruby Weaver
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Age: 35
No Image
Dirk and Betty
2000
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as Paris
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Age: 35
Slums of Beverly Hills
1998
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as Rita Abromowitz
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Age: 33
Welcome to Sarajevo
1997
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as Nina
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Age: 32
Four Rooms
1995
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as Margaret
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Age: 31
The Perez Family
1995
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as Dorita Evita Perez
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Age: 30
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 29
The Paper
1994
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as Martha Hackett
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Age: 29
Only You
1994
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as Faith Corvatch
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Age: 29
Untamed Heart
1993
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as Caroline
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Age: 28
Chaplin
1992
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as Mabel Normand
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Age: 28
Equinox
1992
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as Rosie Rivers
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Age: 27
My Cousin Vinny
1992
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as Mona Lisa Vito
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Age: 27
Oscar
1991
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as Lisa Provolone
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Age: 26
The Toxic Avenger
1984
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as Health Club Girl (uncredited)
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Age: 19