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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.
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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| 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 | Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine · as Satan |
| 2020 | The King of Staten Island · as Margie Carlin |
| 2019 | Human Capital · as Carrie Manning |
| 2019 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' · as Edith Bunker |
| 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 | Captain America: Civil War · as May Parker |
| 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 | Loitering with Intent · as Gigi |
| 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 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. · as Kate |
| 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 | |
| 2007 | Grace Is Gone · as Woman At Pool |
| 2007 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead · as Gina Hanson |
| 2007 | Wild Hogs · as Maggie |
| 2007 | The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud · as Penelope Cloud |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School · as Meredith Morrison |
| 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 | Someone Like You · as Liz |
| 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 | Welcome to Sarajevo · as Nina |
| 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 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 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 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 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 |