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Personal Info

Birth date

1964-12-04 (60 Years)

Gender

Female

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also known as

Marisa Veriga Tomei
Μαρίσα Βέριγκα Τομέι
ماریسا تومی

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.

Filmography

Acting

TBAThe Smack as Unknown

TBAYou're Dating a Narcissist! as Unknown

TBAF*ck Valentine's Day as Unknown

TBAMongoose as Tara

TBAShe Gets It From Me as Charlotte

TBAHellhound as Unknown

2024High Tide as Miriam

2024Brothers as Bethesda Waingro

2024Upgraded as Claire

2023She Came to Me as Katrina Trento

2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love as Self - Guest

2022Delia's Gone as Fran

2022A Better Half as (voice)

2022Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home as Self (archive footage)

2021Spider-Man: No Way Home as May Parker

2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)

2020Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine as Satan

2020The King of Staten Island as Margie Carlin

2020Human Capital as Carrie Manning

2020Beirut: An MCC Virtual TV Event as Blue

2020Stars in the House (1 Episode) as Self

2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" as Edith Bunker

2019Frankie as Ilene

2019Spider-Man: Far From Home as May Parker

2019This Changes Everything as Self

2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" as Edith Bunker

2019Avengers: Endgame as Aunt May

2019The Cold Open as Unknown

2019I Hate Kids as Christine Hurley

2018Dark Was the Night as Margaret Lang

2018Laboratory Conditions as Emma Holloway

2018After Everything as Dr. Lisa Harden

2018The First Purge as Dr. May Updale / Architect

2017Spider-Man: Homecoming as May Parker

2017Citizen Jane: Battle for the City as Jane Jacobs (voice)

2016Captain America: Civil War as May Parker

2015The Big Short as Cynthia Baum

2015Love the Coopers as Emma Newport

2015Trainwreck as The Dog Owner

2015Spare Parts as Gwen Kolinsky

2015Empire (1 Episode) as Mimi Whiteman

2014Love Is Strange as Kate

2014The Rewrite as Holly Carpenter

2014Loitering with Intent as Gigi

2014Late Night with Seth Meyers (1 Episode) as Self

2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (1 Episode) as Self

2013Love, Marilyn as Self

2013She Said, She Said as Marishka

2012Parental Guidance as Alice Simmons

2012Inescapable as Fatima

2012Finding Your Roots (2 Episodes) as Self

2011The Ides of March as Ida Horowicz

2011Crazy, Stupid, Love. as Kate

2011Salvation Boulevard as Honey Foster

2011Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden as Self (uncredited)

2011The Lincoln Lawyer as Maggie McPherson

2010Conan (2 Episodes) as Self

2010Cyrus as Molly Fawcett

2010Who Do You Think You Are? (1 Episode) as Self

2009The People Speak as Self

2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

2009Amsterdam as Donna

2009We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial as Self

2008The Wrestler as Cassidy

2008War, Inc. as Natalie Hegalhuzen

2008Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made as Self

2007Grace Is Gone as Woman at Pool

2007Before the Devil Knows You're Dead as Gina Hanson

2007Wild Hogs as Maggie

2006Danika as Danika Merrick

2006Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Meredith Morrison

2005The Reichen Show (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

2005Factotum as Laura

2005Loverboy as Sybil

2004Alfie as Julie

2004Rescue Me (4 Episodes) as Angie

2004Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin as Herself - Guest (uncredited)

2003What I Want My Words to Do to You as Self

2003Anger Management as Linda

2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 Episode) as Self

2002The Wild Thornberrys Movie as Bree Blackburn (voice)

2002The Guru as Lexi

2002Just a Kiss as Paula

2001In the Bedroom as Natalie Strout

2001Jenifer as Nina Capelli

2001Someone Like You... as Liz

2000What Women Want as Lola

2000King of the Jungle as Det. Costello

2000The Watcher as Dr. Polly Beilman

2000Happy Accidents as Ruby Weaver

2000Dirk and Betty as Paris

1999Teen Choice Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Nominee

1998Slums of Beverly Hills as Rita Abromowitz

1998My Own Country as Mattie Vines

1998Since You've Been Gone as Tori (uncredited)

1998Only Love as Evie

1997The View (1 Episode) as Self

1997Welcome to Sarajevo as Nina

1997A Brother's Kiss as Missy

1996Unhook the Stars as Monica

1996The Daily Show (1 Episode) as Self

1996Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen as Quote Reader

1995Four Rooms as Margaret

1995The Perez Family as Dorita Evita Perez

1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Self (archive footage)

1994The Paper as Martha Hackett

1994Only You as Faith Corvatch

1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2 Episodes) as Self - Guest

1993Untamed Heart as Caroline

1992Chaplin as Mabel Normand

1992Equinox as Rosie Rivers

1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1 Episode) as Unknown

1992My Cousin Vinny as Mona Lisa Vito

1991Zandalee as Remy

1991Oscar as Lisa Provolone, Angelo's daughter

1990Parker Kane as April Haynes

1989The Simpsons (1 Episode) as Sara Sloane (voice)

1989Seinfeld (2 Episodes) as Marisa Tomei

1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark (2 Episodes) as Unknown

1987Leg Work (1 Episode) as Donna Ricci

1987A Different World as Maggie Lauten

1987A Different World (22 Episodes) as Maggie Lauten

1987Supermom's Daughter as Noelle Crandall

1986Playing for Keeps as Tracy

1984The Flamingo Kid as Mandy

1984The Toxic Avenger as Health Club Girl (uncredited)

1982Late Night with David Letterman (1 Episode) as Self

1975Saturday Night Live (1 Episode) as Self - Host

1956Tony Awards (2 Episodes) as Self - Presenter

1953The Oscars (3 Episodes) as Self

1952Today (1 Episode) as Self

Production

2024High Tide ... Executive Producer

2016Seed: The Untold Story ... Co-Producer

2014Loitering with Intent ... Producer