Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei

Known for
Acting
Born
December 4, 1964 (age 61)
Birthplace
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marisa Tomei, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

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The Smack

The Smack

Movie

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She Gets It from Me

She Gets It from Me

Movie · as Charlotte

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Hellhound

Hellhound

Movie

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Upgraded 2

Upgraded 2

Movie · as Claire Dupont

2026
You're Dating a Narcissist! poster

You're Dating a Narcissist!

Movie · as Judy

2026
F Valentine's Day poster

F Valentine's Day

Movie · as Wendy

2026
The Mongoose poster

The Mongoose

Movie · as Tara

2026
Spider-Man: Brand New Day poster

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Movie · as May Parker

2024
High Tide poster

High Tide

Movie · as Miriam

2024
Upgraded poster

Upgraded

Movie · as Claire

2024
Brothers poster

Brothers

Movie · as Bethesda Waingro

2023
She Came to Me poster

She Came to Me

Movie · as Katrina Trento

2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love poster

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Movie · as Self - Guest

2022
A Better Half poster

A Better Half

Movie · as (voice)

2022
Delia's Gone poster

Delia's Gone

Movie · as Fran

2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home poster

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home poster

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Movie · as May Parker

2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Human Capital poster

Human Capital

Movie · as Carrie Manning

2020
The King of Staten Island poster

The King of Staten Island

Movie · as Margie Carlin

2020
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine poster

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

Movie · as Satan

2020
Beirut: An MCC Virtual TV Event poster

Beirut: An MCC Virtual TV Event

Movie · as Blue

2020
Stars in the House poster

Stars in the House

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
The Cold Open poster

The Cold Open

Movie

2019
Frankie poster

Frankie

Movie · as Ilene

2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home poster

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Movie · as May Parker

2019
This Changes Everything poster

This Changes Everything

Movie · as Self

2019
I Hate Kids poster

I Hate Kids

Movie · as Christine Hurley

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

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

Movie · as Edith Bunker

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

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"

Movie · as Edith Bunker

2019
Avengers: Endgame poster

Avengers: Endgame

Movie · as Aunt May

2018
After Everything poster

After Everything

Movie · as Dr. Lisa Harden

2018
Dark Was the Night poster

Dark Was the Night

Movie · as Margaret Lang

2018
Laboratory Conditions poster

Laboratory Conditions

Movie · as Emma Holloway

2018
The First Purge poster

The First Purge

Movie · as Dr. May Updale / Architect

2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming poster

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Movie · as May Parker

2017
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City poster

Citizen Jane: Battle for the City

Movie · as Jane Jacobs (voice)

2016
Captain America: Civil War poster

Captain America: Civil War

Movie · as May Parker

2015
Spare Parts poster

Spare Parts

Movie · as Gwen Kolinsky

2015
Trainwreck poster

Trainwreck

Movie · as The Dog Owner

2015
Love the Coopers poster

Love the Coopers

Movie · as Emma Newport

2015
The Big Short poster

The Big Short

Movie · as Cynthia Baum

2015
Empire poster

Empire

TV · as Mimi Whiteman · 5 eps

2014
Love Is Strange poster

Love Is Strange

Movie · as Kate

2014
Loitering with Intent poster

Loitering with Intent

Movie · as Gigi

2014
The Rewrite poster

The Rewrite

Movie · as Holly Carpenter

2014
Partners for Peace poster

Partners for Peace

Movie · as self - narrator

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Love, Marilyn poster

Love, Marilyn

Movie · as Self

2013
She Said, She Said

She Said, She Said

Movie · as Marishka

2012
Parental Guidance poster

Parental Guidance

Movie · as Alice Simmons

2012
Inescapable poster

Inescapable

Movie · as Fatima

2012
Finding Your Roots poster

Finding Your Roots

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2011
The Ides of March poster

The Ides of March

Movie · as Ida Horowicz

2011
Crazy, Stupid, Love. poster

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Movie · as Kate

2011
The Lincoln Lawyer poster

The Lincoln Lawyer

Movie · as Maggie McPherson

2011
Salvation Boulevard poster

Salvation Boulevard

Movie · as Honey Foster

2011
Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden poster

Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2010
Cyrus poster

Cyrus

Movie · as Molly Fawcett

2010
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2009
Amsterdam poster

Amsterdam

Movie · as Donna

2009
The People Speak poster

The People Speak

Movie · as Self

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

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

Movie · as Self

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
The Wrestler poster

The Wrestler

Movie · as Cassidy

2008
War, Inc. poster

War, Inc.

Movie · as Natalie Hegalhuzen

2008
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made poster

Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made

Movie · as Self

2007
Wild Hogs poster

Wild Hogs

Movie · as Maggie

2007
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead poster

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Movie · as Gina Hanson

2007
Grace Is Gone poster

Grace Is Gone

Movie · as Woman at Pool

2006
Danika poster

Danika

Movie · as Danika Merrick

2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School poster

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

Movie · as Meredith Morrison

2005
Factotum poster

Factotum

Movie · as Laura

2005
Loverboy poster

Loverboy

Movie · as Sybil

2005
The Reichen Show poster

The Reichen Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2004
Alfie poster

Alfie

Movie · as Julie

2004
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin poster

Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin

Movie · as Herself - Guest (uncredited)

2004
Rescue Me poster

Rescue Me

TV · as Angie · 4 eps

2003
Anger Management poster

Anger Management

Movie · as Linda

2003
What I Want My Words to Do to You poster

What I Want My Words to Do to You

Movie · as Self

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2002
The Guru poster

The Guru

Movie · as Lexi

2002
Just a Kiss poster

Just a Kiss

Movie · as Paula

2002
The Wild Thornberrys Movie poster

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

Movie · as Bree Blackburn (voice)

2001
In the Bedroom poster

In the Bedroom

Movie · as Natalie Strout

2001
Someone Like You... poster

Someone Like You...

Movie · as Liz

2001
Jenifer poster

Jenifer

Movie · as Nina Capelli

2000
The Watcher poster

The Watcher

Movie · as Dr. Polly Beilman

2000
What Women Want poster

What Women Want

Movie · as Lola

2000
Happy Accidents poster

Happy Accidents

Movie · as Ruby Weaver

2000
King of the Jungle poster

King of the Jungle

Movie · as Det. Costello

2000
Dirk and Betty

Dirk and Betty

Movie · as Paris

1999
Teen Choice Awards poster

Teen Choice Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Slums of Beverly Hills poster

Slums of Beverly Hills

Movie · as Rita Abromowitz

1998
Only Love poster

Only Love

Movie · as Evie

1998
My Own Country poster

My Own Country

Movie · as Mattie Vines

1998
Since You've Been Gone poster

Since You've Been Gone

Movie · as Tori (uncredited)

1997
Welcome to Sarajevo poster

Welcome to Sarajevo

Movie · as Nina

1997
A Brother's Kiss poster

A Brother's Kiss

Movie · as Missy

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Unhook the Stars poster

Unhook the Stars

Movie · as Monica

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Film Independent Spirit Awards poster

Film Independent Spirit Awards

TV · as Self - Audience Member · 1 ep

1995
Four Rooms poster

Four Rooms

Movie · as Margaret

1995
The Perez Family poster

The Perez Family

Movie · as Dottie Perez

1994
Only You poster

Only You

Movie · as Faith Corvatch

1994
The Paper poster

The Paper

Movie · as Martha Hackett

1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! poster

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1993
Untamed Heart poster

Untamed Heart

Movie · as Caroline

1993
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration poster

Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration

Movie · as Self (segment "New Way to Walk")

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1992
My Cousin Vinny poster

My Cousin Vinny

Movie · as Mona Lisa Vito

1992
Chaplin poster

Chaplin

Movie · as Mabel Normand

1992
Equinox poster

Equinox

Movie · as Rosie Rivers

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 1 ep

1991
Oscar poster

Oscar

Movie · as Lisa Provolone

1991
Zandalee poster

Zandalee

Movie · as Remy

1990
Parker Kane poster

Parker Kane

Movie · as April Haynes

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Sara Sloane (voice) · 1 ep

1989
Seinfeld poster

Seinfeld

TV · as Marisa Tomei · 2 eps

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1987
Supermom's Daughter

Supermom's Daughter

Movie · as Noelle Crandall

1987
A Different World poster

A Different World

TV · as Maggie Lauten · 22 eps

1987
Leg Work poster

Leg Work

TV · as Donna Ricci · 1 ep

1986
Playing for Keeps poster

Playing for Keeps

Movie · as Tracy

1984
The Flamingo Kid poster

The Flamingo Kid

Movie · as Mandy

1982
Late Night with David Letterman poster

Late Night with David Letterman

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1952
Today poster

Today

TV · as Self · 1 ep