Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei

Birthdate
December 4, 1964 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
December 4, 1964 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

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's LGBTQ+ Titles

Love Is Strange
Love Is Strange
Kate

Acting (127)

The Smack
You're Dating a Narcissist!
Barbecue
2024
High Tide as Miriam
2024
Brothers as Bethesda Waingro
2024
Upgraded as Claire Dupont
2023
She Came to Me as Katrina Trento
2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love as Self - Guest
2022
Delia's Gone as Fran
2022
A Better Half as (voice)
2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home as Self (archive footage)
2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home as May Parker
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
2020
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine as Satan
2020
The King of Staten Island as Margie Carlin
2020
Human Capital as Carrie Manning
2020
Beirut: An MCC Virtual TV Event as Blue
2020
Stars in the House as Self (1 episode)
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
This Changes Everything as Self
2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" as Edith Bunker
2019
Avengers: Endgame as Aunt May
2019
The Cold Open
2019
I Hate Kids as Christine Hurley
2018
Dark Was the Night as Margaret Lang
2018
Laboratory Conditions as Emma Holloway
2018
After Everything as Dr. Lisa Harden
2018
The First Purge as Dr. May Updale / Architect
2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming as May Parker
2017
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 as Mimi Whiteman (1 episode)
2014
Love Is Strange as Kate
2014
The Rewrite as Holly Carpenter
2014
Loitering with Intent as Gigi
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self (1 episode)
2013
Love, Marilyn as Self
2013
She Said, She Said as Marishka
2012
Parental Guidance as Alice Simmons
2012
Inescapable as Fatima
2012
Finding Your Roots as Self (2 episodes)
2011
The Ides of March as Ida Horowicz
2011
Crazy, Stupid, Love. as Kate
2011
Salvation Boulevard as Honey Foster
2011
Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden as Self (uncredited)
2011
The Lincoln Lawyer as Maggie McPherson
2010
Conan as Self (2 episodes)
2010
Cyrus as Molly Fawcett
2010
Who Do You Think You Are? as Self (1 episode)
2009
The People Speak as Self
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2009
Amsterdam as Donna
2009
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial as Self
2008
The Wrestler as Cassidy
2008
War, Inc. as Natalie Hegalhuzen
2008
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made as Self
2007
Grace Is Gone as Woman at Pool
2007
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead as Gina Hanson
2007
Wild Hogs as Maggie
2006
Danika as Danika Merrick
2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Meredith Morrison
2005
The Reichen Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2005
Factotum as Laura
2005
Loverboy as Sybil
2004
Alfie as Julie
2004
Rescue Me as Angie (4 episodes)
2004
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin as Herself - Guest (uncredited)
2003
What I Want My Words to Do to You as Self
2003
Anger Management as Linda
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (1 episode)
2002
The Wild Thornberrys Movie 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
1999
Teen Choice Awards as Self - Nominee (1 episode)
1998
Slums of Beverly Hills as Rita Abromowitz
1998
My Own Country as Mattie Vines
1998
Since You've Been Gone as Tori (uncredited)
1998
Only Love as Evie
1997
The View as Self (1 episode)
1997
Welcome to Sarajevo as Nina
1997
A Brother's Kiss as Missy
1996
Unhook the Stars as Monica
1996
The Daily Show as Self (1 episode)
1996
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen as Quote Reader
1995
Four Rooms as Margaret
1995
The Perez Family as Dorita Evita Perez
1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Self (archive footage)
1994
The Paper as Martha Hackett
1994
Only You as Faith Corvatch
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
1993
Untamed Heart as Caroline
1992
Chaplin as Mabel Normand
1992
Equinox as Rosie Rivers
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1 episode)
1992
My Cousin Vinny as Mona Lisa Vito
1991
Zandalee as Remy
1991
Oscar as Lisa Provolone, Angelo's daughter
1990
Parker Kane as April Haynes
1989
The Simpsons as Sara Sloane (voice) (1 episode)
1989
Seinfeld as Marisa Tomei (2 episodes)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (2 episodes)
1987
Leg Work as Donna Ricci (1 episode)
1987
A Different World as Maggie Lauten (22 episodes)
1987
Supermom's Daughter as Noelle Crandall
1986
Playing for Keeps as Tracy
1984
The Flamingo Kid as Mandy
1984
The Toxic Avenger as Health Club Girl (uncredited)
1982
Late Night with David Letterman as Self (1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter (2 episodes)
1953
The Oscars as Self (3 episodes)
1952
Today as Self (1 episode)

Production (3)

2024
High Tide • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2016
SEED: The Untold Story • Co-Producer
• Co-Producer
2014
Loitering with Intent • Producer
• Producer