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Marisa Tomei

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Marisa Tomei

Born December 4, 1964 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA91 films

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).

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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.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Spider-Man: No Way Home poster7.9Spider-Man: No Way Home2021Captain America: Civil War poster7.5Captain America: Civil War2016Spider-Man: Homecoming poster7.3Spider-Man: Homecoming2017Spider-Man: Far From Home poster7.4Spider-Man: Far From Home2019The Big Short poster7.4The Big Short2015Crazy, Stupid, Love. poster7.3Crazy, Stupid, Love.2011Spider-Man: Brand New Day poster7.9Spider-Man: Brand New Day2026The Wrestler poster7.5The Wrestler2008

Filmography

91 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Smack
  2. TBAShe Gets It from MeCharlotte
  3. TBAHellhound
  4. 2026The MongooseTara
  5. 2026Spider-Man: Brand New DayMay Parker
  6. 2026You're Dating a Narcissist!Judy
  7. 2026F Valentine's DayWendy
  8. 2024High TideMiriam
  9. 2024BrothersBethesda Waingro
  10. 2024UpgradedClaire
  11. 2023She Came to MeKatrina Trento
  12. 2022Delia's GoneFran
  13. 2022A Better Half(voice)
  14. 2021Spider-Man: No Way HomeMay Parker
  15. 2020Sarah Cooper: Everything's FineSatan
  16. 2020The King of Staten IslandMargie Carlin
  17. 2020Human CapitalCarrie Manning
  18. 2020Beirut: An MCC Virtual TV EventBlue
  19. 2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"Edith Bunker
  20. 2019FrankieIlene
  21. 2019Spider-Man: Far From HomeMay Parker
  22. 2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"Edith Bunker
  23. 2019Avengers: EndgameAunt May
  24. 2019The Cold Open
  25. 2019I Hate KidsChristine Hurley
  26. 2018Dark Was the NightMargaret Lang
  27. 2018Laboratory ConditionsEmma Holloway
  28. 2018After EverythingDr. Lisa Harden
  29. 2018The First PurgeDr. May Updale / Architect
  30. 2017Spider-Man: HomecomingMay Parker
  31. 2016Captain America: Civil WarMay Parker
  32. 2015The Big ShortCynthia Baum
  33. 2015Love the CoopersEmma Newport
  34. 2015TrainwreckThe Dog Owner
  35. 2015Spare PartsGwen Kolinsky
  36. 2014Love Is StrangeKate
  37. 2014The RewriteHolly Carpenter
  38. 2014Loitering with IntentGigi
  39. 2013She Said, She SaidMarishka
  40. 2012Parental GuidanceAlice Simmons
  41. 2012InescapableFatima
  42. 2011The Ides of MarchIda Horowicz
  43. 2011Crazy, Stupid, Love.Kate
  44. 2011Salvation BoulevardHoney Foster
  45. 2011The Lincoln LawyerMaggie McPherson
  46. 2010CyrusMolly Fawcett
  47. 2009AmsterdamDonna
  48. 2008The WrestlerCassidy
  49. 2008War, Inc.Natalie Hegalhuzen
  50. 2007Grace Is GoneWoman at Pool
  51. 2007Before the Devil Knows You're DeadGina Hanson
  52. 2007Wild HogsMaggie
  53. 2006DanikaDanika Merrick
  54. 2006Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm SchoolMeredith Morrison
  55. 2005FactotumLaura
  56. 2005LoverboySybil
  57. 2004AlfieJulie
  58. 2003Anger ManagementLinda
  59. 2002The Wild Thornberrys MovieBree Blackburn (voice)
  60. 2002The GuruLexi
  61. 2002Just a KissPaula
  62. 2001In the BedroomNatalie Strout
  63. 2001JeniferNina Capelli
  64. 2001Someone Like You...Liz
  65. 2000What Women WantLola
  66. 2000King of the JungleDet. Costello
  67. 2000The WatcherDr. Polly Beilman
  68. 2000Happy AccidentsRuby Weaver
  69. 2000Dirk and BettyParis
  70. 1998Slums of Beverly HillsRita Abromowitz
  71. 1998My Own CountryMattie Vines
  72. 1998Since You've Been GoneTori (uncredited)
  73. 1998Only LoveEvie
  74. 1997Welcome to SarajevoNina
  75. 1997A Brother's KissMissy
  76. 1996Unhook the StarsMonica
  77. 1995Four RoomsMargaret
  78. 1995The Perez FamilyDottie Perez
  79. 1994The PaperMartha Hackett
  80. 1994Only YouFaith Corvatch
  81. 1993Untamed HeartCaroline
  82. 1992ChaplinMabel Normand
  83. 1992EquinoxRosie Rivers
  84. 1992My Cousin VinnyMona Lisa Vito
  85. 1991ZandaleeRemy
  86. 1991OscarLisa Provolone
  87. 1990Parker KaneApril Haynes
  88. 1987Supermom's DaughterNoelle Crandall
  89. 1986Playing for KeepsTracy
  90. 1984The Flamingo KidMandy
  91. 1984The Toxic AvengerHealth Club Girl (uncredited)