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Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei

Birthday: 1964-12-04 | Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
2020
Human Capital

as    Carrie Manning

2020
The King of Staten Island

as    Margie Carlin

2020
2019
Frankie

as    Ilene

2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home

as    May Parker

2018
After Everything

as    Dr. Lisa Harden

2018
The First Purge

as    Dr. May Updale / Architect

2018
Laboratory Conditions

as    Emma Holloway

2018
Dark Was the Night

as    Margaret Lang

2017
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City

as    Jane Jacobs (voice)

2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming

as    May Parker

2015
Love the Coopers

as    Emma Newport

2015
Spare Parts

as    Gwen Kolinsky

2015
The Rewrite

as    Holly Carpenter

2014
Loitering with Intent

as    Gigi

2014
Love Is Strange

as    Kate

2013
She Said, She Said

as    Marishka

2012
Parental Guidance

as    Alice Simmons

2012
Inescapable

as    Fatima

2011
Salvation Boulevard

as    Honey Foster

2011
The Ides of March

as    Ida Horowicz

2011
Crazy, Stupid, Love.

as    Kate Tafferty

2011
The Lincoln Lawyer

as    Maggie McPherson