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Marisa Tomei

Actor, ProducerBorn December 4, 1964 (60 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
  • The Toxic Avenger
  • The Rewrite
  • War, Inc.
  • Factotum
  • Spare Parts
  • Zandalee
  • Danika
  • Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
  • Loverboy
  • After Everything
  • I Hate Kids

Known For

  • The Wrestler
  • Spider-Man: Homecoming
  • Spider-Man: Far from Home
  • My Cousin Vinny
  • The Big Short
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home
  • Anger Management
  • What Women Want
  • Crazy, Stupid, Love.
  • The Lincoln Lawyer
  • The King of Staten Island
  • The Ides of March
  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
  • Alfie
  • Only You
  • Oscar
  • Wild Hogs
  • In the Bedroom
  • Cyrus
  • The Rewrite
  • The First Purge
  • Happy Accidents
  • Upgraded
  • The Watcher

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2024
    High Tide · as Miriam
    2024
    Brothers · as Bethesda Waingro
    2024
    Upgraded · as Claire
    2023
    She Came to Me · as Katrina Trento
    2022
    Delia's Gone · as Fran
    2021
    Spider-Man: No Way Home · as May Parker
    2020
    2020
    The King of Staten Island · as Margie Carlin
    2019
    Human Capital · as Carrie Manning
    2019
    2019
    Frankie · as Ilene
    2019
    Spider-Man: Far from Home · as May Parker
    2019
    2019
    Avengers: Endgame · as Aunt May
    2019
    I Hate Kids · as Christine Hurley
    2018
    Dark Was the Night · as Margaret Lang
    2018
    After Everything · as Dr. Lisa Harden
    2018
    The First Purge · as Dr. May Updale / Architect
    2017
    Laboratory Conditions · as Emma Holloway
    2017
    Spider-Man: Homecoming · as May Parker
    2017
    The Handmaid's Tale (TV Series) · as Mrs. O'conner
    2016
    Citizen Jane: Battle for the City · as Jane Jacobs (voice)
    2016
    2015
    The Big Short · as Cynthia Baum
    2015
    Love the Coopers · as Emma Newport
    2015
    Trainwreck · as The Dog Owner
    2015
    Spare Parts · as Gwen Kolinsky
    2015
    Empire (2015) (TV Series) · as Mimi Whiteman
    2014
    2014
    The Rewrite · as Holly Carpenter
    2014
    Love Is Strange · as Kate
    2012
    Parental Guidance · as Alice Simmons
    2012
    Inescapable · as Fatima
    2011
    The Ides of March · as Ida Horowicz
    2011
    2011
    Salvation Boulevard · as Honey Foster
    2011
    The Lincoln Lawyer · as Maggie Mcpherson
    2010
    Cyrus · as Molly Fawcett
    2009
    Amsterdam · as Donna
    2008
    The Wrestler · as Cassidy
    2008
    War, Inc. · as Natalie Hegalhuzen
    2007
    Grace Is Gone · as Woman At Pool
    2007
    2007
    Wild Hogs · as Maggie
    2007
    2005
    Factotum · as Laura
    2005
    Loverboy · as Sybil
    2005
    Danika · as Danika Merrick
    2005
    2004
    Alfie · as Julie
    2004
    Rescue Me (TV Series) · as Angie
    2004
    Game Over (TV Series) · as Raquel Smashenburn
    2003
    Anger Management · as Linda
    2002
    The Wild Thornberrys · as Bree Blackburn (voice)
    2002
    The Guru · as Lexi
    2002
    Just a Kiss · as Paula
    2001
    In the Bedroom · as Natalie Strout
    2001
    Jenifer · as Nina Capelli
    2001
    2000
    What Women Want · as Lola
    2000
    King of the Jungle · as Det. Costello
    2000
    The Watcher · as Dr. Polly Beilman
    2000
    Happy Accidents · as Ruby Weaver
    2000
    Dirk and Betty · as Paris
    1998
    Slums of Beverly Hills · as Rita Abromowitz
    1998
    My Own Country · as Mattie Vines
    1998
    Only Love · as Evie
    1998
    Since You've Been Gone · as Tori (uncredited)
    1997
    1997
    A Brother's Kiss · as Missy
    1996
    Sex and the Silver Screen (TV Series) · as Quote Reader
    1996
    Unhook the Stars · as Monica
    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
    1993
    Untamed Heart · as Caroline
    1992
    Chaplin · as Mabel Normand
    1992
    Equinox · as Rosie Rivers
    1992
    1992
    My Cousin Vinny · as Mona Lisa Vito
    1991
    1991
    Oscar · as Lisa Provolone
    1990
    Parker Kane · as April Haynes
    1989
    The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Sara Sloane (voice)
    1988
    1987
    Leg Work (TV Series) · as Donna Ricci
    1987
    A Different World (TV Series) · as Maggie Lauten
    1987
    A Different World · as Maggie Lauten
    1986
    Playing for Keeps · as Tracy
    1984
    The Flamingo Kid · as Mandy
    1984
    The Toxic Avenger · as Health Club Girl (uncredited)
    1972
    The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Noelle Crandall
    1956
    As The World Turns (TV Series) · as Marcy Thompson

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