Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

December 3, 1964 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Known For

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"

Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

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