Marisa Tomei
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Brothers as Bethesda Waingro
- 2024 · Upgraded as Claire
- 2023 · She Came to Me as Katrina Trento
- 2021 · Spider-Man: No Way Home as May Parker
- 2020 · The King of Staten Island as Margie Carlin
- 2020 · Stars in the House as Self
- 2019 · Frankie as Ilene
- 2019 · Spider-Man: Far From Home as May Parker
- 2019 · Avengers: Endgame as Aunt May
- 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
- 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 · Empire as Mimi Whiteman
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Love, Marilyn as Self
- 2012 · Parental Guidance as Alice Simmons
- 2012 · Finding Your Roots as Self
- 2011 · The Ides of March as Ida Horowicz
- 2011 · Crazy, Stupid, Love. as Kate
- 2011 · The Lincoln Lawyer as Maggie McPherson
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · The Wrestler as Cassidy
- 2008 · War, Inc. as Natalie Hegalhuzen
- 2008 · Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made as Self
- 2007 · Before the Devil Knows You're Dead as Gina Hanson
- 2007 · Wild Hogs as Maggie
- 2005 · The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
- 2004 · Rescue Me as Angie
- 2003 · Anger Management as Linda
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · The Guru as Lexi
- 2001 · Someone Like You... as Liz
- 2000 · What Women Want as Lola
- 2000 · The Watcher as Dr. Polly Beilman
- 1998 · Slums of Beverly Hills as Rita Abromowitz
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1995 · Four Rooms as Margaret
- 1994 · The Paper as Martha Hackett
- 1994 · Only You as Faith Corvatch
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Untamed Heart as Caroline
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1992 · My Cousin Vinny as Mona Lisa Vito
- 1991 · Zandalee as Remy
- 1991 · Oscar as Lisa Provolone
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Sara Sloane (voice)
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Marisa Tomei
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- 1987 · A Different World as Maggie Lauten
- 1986 · Playing for Keeps as Tracy
- 1982 · Late Night with David Letterman as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · F*ck Valentine's Day as
- 2023 · Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Delia's Gone as Fran
- 2022 · A Better Half as (voice)
- 2020 · Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine as Satan
- 2019 · This Changes Everything as Self
- 2019 · The Cold Open as
- 2019 · I Hate Kids as Christine Hurley
- 2015 · Spare Parts as Gwen Kolinsky
- 2014 · The Rewrite as Holly Carpenter
- 2014 · Loitering with Intent as Gigi
- 2010 · Cyrus as Molly Fawcett
- 2009 · Amsterdam as Donna
- 2007 · Grace Is Gone as Woman at Pool
- 2006 · Danika as Danika Merrick
- 2006 · Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Meredith Morrison
- 2004 · Alfie as Julie
- 2003 · What I Want My Words to Do to You as Self
- 2002 · The Wild Thornberrys Movie as Bree Blackburn (voice)
- 2002 · Just a Kiss as Paula
- 2000 · King of the Jungle as Det. Costello
- 2000 · Happy Accidents as Ruby Weaver
- 1998 · My Own Country as Mattie Vines
- 1998 · Since You've Been Gone as Tori (uncredited)
- 1997 · Welcome to Sarajevo as Nina
- 1996 · Unhook the Stars as Monica
- 1996 · Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen as Quote Reader
- 1995 · The Perez Family as Dorita Evita Perez
- 1994 · Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Self (archive footage)
- 1992 · Chaplin as Mabel Normand
- 1992 · Equinox as Rosie Rivers
- 1987 · Leg Work as Donna Ricci
- 1987 · A Different World as Maggie Lauten
- Future · Mongoose as Tara
- Future · You're Dating a Narcissist! as
- 2024 · High Tide as Miriam
- 2021 · Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Human Capital as Carrie Manning
- 2020 · Beirut: An MCC Virtual TV Event as Blue
- 2019 · Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" as Edith Bunker
- 2019 · Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" as Edith Bunker
- 2017 · Citizen Jane: Battle for the City as Jane Jacobs (voice)
- 2014 · Love Is Strange as Kate
- 2013 · She Said, She Said as Marishka
- 2012 · Inescapable as Fatima
- 2011 · Salvation Boulevard as Honey Foster
- 2011 · Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden as Self (uncredited)
- 2009 · The People Speak as Self
- 2009 · We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial as Self
- 2005 · Factotum as Laura
- 2005 · Loverboy as Sybil
- 2004 · Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin as Herself - Guest (uncredited)
- 2001 · In the Bedroom as Natalie Strout
- 2001 · Jenifer as Nina Capelli
- 2000 · Dirk and Betty as Paris
- 1999 · Teen Choice Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1998 · Only Love as Evie
- 1997 · A Brother's Kiss as Missy
- 1990 · Parker Kane as April Haynes
- 1987 · Supermom's Daughter as Noelle Crandall
- 1984 · The Flamingo Kid as Mandy
- 1952 · Today as Self
- Future · The Smack as
- Future · She Gets It From Me as Charlotte
- Future · Hellhound as