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Marisa Tomei

Born
December 4, 1964
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.
Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actress
Known For
Spider-Man: No Way Home
(2021)
May Parker
She Came to Me
(2023)
Katrina Trento
Avengers: Endgame
(2019)
Aunt May
Spider-Man: Homecoming
(2017)
May Parker
Captain America: Civil War
(2016)
May Parker
Upgraded
(2024)
Claire Dupont
Spider-Man: Far From Home
(2019)
May Parker
The First Purge
(2018)
Dr. May Updale / Architect
The Big Short
(2015)
Cynthia Baum
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
(2011)
Kate Tafferty
Zandalee
(1991)
Remy
Anger Management
(2003)
Linda
Trainwreck
(2015)
The Dog Owner
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
What Women Want
(2000)
Lola
The King of Staten Island
(2020)
Margie Carlin
Full Filmography
Acting
The Flamingo Kid
(1984)
Mandy
The Toxic Avenger
(1984)
Health Club Girl (uncredited)
Playing for Keeps
(1986)
Tracy
Supermom's Daughter
(1987)
Noelle Crandall
Parker Kane
(1990)
April Haynes
Oscar
(1991)
Lisa Provolone, Angelo's daughter
Zandalee
(1991)
Remy
My Cousin Vinny
(1992)
Mona Lisa Vito
Equinox
(1992)
Rosie Rivers
Chaplin
(1992)
Mabel Normand
Untamed Heart
(1993)
Caroline
Only You
(1994)
Faith Corvatch
The Paper
(1994)
Martha Hackett
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
(1994)
Self (archive footage)
The Perez Family
(1995)
Dorita Evita Perez
Four Rooms
(1995)
Margaret
Unhook the Stars
(1996)
Monica
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
(1996)
Quote Reader
Welcome to Sarajevo
(1997)
Nina
A Brother's Kiss
(1997)
Missy
Only Love
(1998)
Evie
Slums of Beverly Hills
(1998)
Rita Abromowitz
My Own Country
(1998)
Mattie Vines
Since You've Been Gone
(1998)
Tori (uncredited)
Happy Accidents
(2000)
Ruby Weaver
The Watcher
(2000)
Dr. Polly Beilman
What Women Want
(2000)
Lola
King of the Jungle
(2000)
Det. Costello
Dirk and Betty
(2000)
Paris
In the Bedroom
(2001)
Natalie Strout
Someone Like You...
(2001)
Liz
Jenifer
(2001)
Nina Capelli
Just a Kiss
(2002)
Paula
The Guru
(2002)
Lexi
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
(2002)
Bree Blackburn (voice)
Anger Management
(2003)
Linda
What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices from Inside a Women's Maximum Security Prison
(2003)
Self
Alfie
(2004)
Julie
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin
(2004)
Herself - Guest (uncredited)
Factotum
(2005)
Laura
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
(2005)
Meredith Morrison
Loverboy
(2005)
Sybil
Danika
(2006)
Danika Merrick
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
(2007)
Gina Hanson
Wild Hogs
(2007)
Maggie
Grace Is Gone
(2007)
Woman at Pool
The Wrestler
(2008)
Cassidy
War, Inc.
(2008)
Natalie Hegalhuzen
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
(2008)
The People Speak
(2009)
Self
Amsterdam
(2009)
Donna
We Are One With President-Elect Barack Obama
(2009)
Self
Cyrus
(2010)
Molly Fawcett
The Lincoln Lawyer
(2011)
Maggie McPherson
Salvation Boulevard
(2011)
Honey Foster
The Ides of March
(2011)
Ida Horowicz
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
(2011)
Kate Tafferty
Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden
(2011)
Self (uncredited)
Parental Guidance
(2012)
Alice Simmons
Inescapable
(2012)
Fatima
She Said, She Said
(2013)
Marishka
Love, Marilyn
(2013)
Self
The Rewrite
(2014)
Holly Carpenter
Love Is Strange
(2014)
Kate
Loitering with Intent
(2014)
Gigi
Spare Parts
(2015)
Gwen Kolinsky
Love the Coopers
(2015)
Emma Newport
The Big Short
(2015)
Cynthia Baum
Trainwreck
(2015)
The Dog Owner
Captain America: Civil War
(2016)
May Parker
Spider-Man: Homecoming
(2017)
May Parker
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
(2017)
Jane Jacobs (voice)
Dark Was the Night
(2018)
Margaret Lang
Laboratory Conditions
(2018)
Emma Holloway
After Everything
(2018)
Dr. Lisa Harden
The First Purge
(2018)
Dr. May Updale / Architect
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
(2019)
Edith Bunker
Frankie
(2019)
Ilene
Spider-Man: Far From Home
(2019)
May Parker
I Hate Kids
(2019)
Christine Hurley
This Changes Everything
(2019)
Self
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
(2019)
Edith Bunker
Avengers: Endgame
(2019)
Aunt May
Beirut: An MCC Virtual TV Event
(2020)
Blue
Human Capital
(2020)
Carrie Manning
The King of Staten Island
(2020)
Margie Carlin
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
(2020)
Satan
Spider-Man: No Way Home
(2021)
May Parker
Delia's Gone
(2022)
Fran
A Better Half
(2022)
(voice)
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
She Came to Me
(2023)
Katrina Trento
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
(2023)
Self - Guest
High Tide
(2024)
Miriam
Upgraded
(2024)
Claire Dupont
Production
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