Marisa Tomei
Born December 4, 1964 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Marisa Tomei is an American actress born December 4, 1964. She gained prominence for her comedic performance in My Cousin Vinny (1992), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her notable films include Chaplin (1992), The Paper (1994), and The Wrestler (2008).
Biography
Marisa Tomei (/toʊˈmeɪ/, Italian: [toˈmɛi]; born December 4, 1964) is an American actress. She gained prominence for her comedic performance in My Cousin Vinny (1992), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received further nominations in the category for In the Bedroom (2001) and The Wrestler (2008).
Her early appearances were in the soap opera As the World Turns (1983–1985) and the first season of the sitcom A Different World (1987). Tomei's other notable films include Chaplin (1992), The Paper (1994), What Women Want (2000), Danika (2006), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), Wild Hogs (2007), The Wrestler (2008), The Ides of March (2011), Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), Parental Guidance (2012), The Big Short (2015), and The King of Staten Island (2020). She also portrayed May Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from Captain America: Civil War (2016) to Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).
Tomei was a founding member of the Naked Angels Theater Company. She appeared in John Morgan Evans' Daughters (1986) off-Broadway before making her Broadway debut in Wait Until Dark opposite Quentin Tarantino (1998). She earned a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her role in Top Girls (2008), and a special Drama Desk Award for Will Eno's The Realistic Joneses (2014). She returned to Broadway in the revival of The Rose Tattoo in 2019.
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Selected Filmography
- The Simpsons(1989)TV Series · 1 epas Sara Sloane (voice)
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen(2009)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon(2014)TV Series · 1 epas Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers(2014)TV Series · 1 epas Self
- The Daily Show(1996)TV Series · 1 epas Self
- Saturday Night Live(1975)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Host
- Seinfeld(1989)TV Series · 2 epsas Marisa Tomei
- Conan(2010)TV Series · 2 epsas Self - Guest
- Captain America: Civil War(2016)as May Parker
- Avengers: Endgame(2019)as Aunt May
- The View(1997)TV Series · 1 epas Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!(2003)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
- Tony Awards(1956)TV Series · 2 epsas Self - Presenter
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark(1988)TV Series · 2 epsas Self
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno(1992)TV Series · 1 ep
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien(1993)TV Series · 2 epsas Self - Guest
- Rescue Me(2004)TV Series · 4 epsas Angie
- Empire(2015)TV Series · 5 epsas Mimi Whiteman
- A Different World(1987)TV Series · 22 epsas Maggie Lauten
- The Oscars(1953)TV Series · 3 epsas Self