Marisa Tomei
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.
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Movies (45)
You're Dating a Narcissist!
2025
High Tide
as Miriam
2024
Brothers
as Bethesda Waingro
2024
Upgraded
as Claire
2024
She Came to Me
as Katrina Trento
2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
as Self - Guest
2023
Delia's Gone
as Fran
2022
A Better Half
as (voice)
2022
Spider-Man: No Way Home
as May Parker
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
2021
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
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
2019
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
2018
Spider-Man: Homecoming
as May Parker
2017
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
as Jane Jacobs (voice)
2017
Seed: The Untold Story
Co-Producer (Production)
2016
Captain America: Civil War
as May Parker
2016
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
Love Is Strange
as Kate
2014
The Rewrite
as Holly Carpenter
2014
Loitering with Intent
as Gigi
2014
Love, Marilyn
as Self
2013
She Said, She Said
as Marishka
2013
Parental Guidance
as Alice Simmons
2012
Inescapable
as Fatima
2012
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
