Marisa Tomei
Acting • Born 1964-12-04
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.
Filmography
129 credits
Four Rooms
Movie • 1995
Margaret
The Ides of March
Movie • 2011
Ida Horowicz
In the Bedroom
Movie • 2001
Natalie Strout
My Cousin Vinny
Movie • 1992
Mona Lisa Vito
The Watcher
Movie • 2000
Dr. Polly Beilman
What Women Want
Movie • 2000
Lola
Chaplin
Movie • 1992
Mabel Normand
Factotum
Movie • 2005
Laura
Wild Hogs
Movie • 2007
Maggie
Danika
Movie • 2006
Danika Merrick
Happy Accidents
Movie • 2000
Ruby Weaver
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Movie • 2007
Gina Hanson
Oscar
Movie • 1991
Lisa Provolone
Alfie
Movie • 2004
Julie
The Wrestler
Movie • 2008
Cassidy
The Guru
Movie • 2002
Lexi
Only You
Movie • 1994
Faith Corvatch
Untamed Heart
Movie • 1993
Caroline
The Paper
Movie • 1994
Martha Hackett
Anger Management
Movie • 2003
Linda
War, Inc.
Movie • 2008
Natalie Hegalhuzen
Amsterdam
Movie • 2009
Donna
Someone Like You...
Movie • 2001
Liz
Playing for Keeps
Movie • 1986
Tracy
Slums of Beverly Hills
Movie • 1998
Rita Abromowitz
Welcome to Sarajevo
Movie • 1997
Nina
She Came to Me
Movie • 2023
Katrina Trento
Just a Kiss
Movie • 2002
Paula
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Movie • 2023
Self - Guest
The Perez Family
Movie • 1995
Dorita Evita Perez
Cyrus
Movie • 2010
Molly Fawcett
Unhook the Stars
Movie • 1996
Monica
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Movie • 2011
Kate
The Lincoln Lawyer
Movie • 2011
Maggie McPherson
Salvation Boulevard
Movie • 2011
Honey Foster
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Movie • 2006
Meredith Morrison
The Smack
Movie
Only Love
Movie • 1998
Evie
Parental Guidance
Movie • 2012
Alice Simmons
Inescapable
Movie • 2012
Fatima
Love, Marilyn
Movie • 2013
Self
King of the Jungle
Movie • 2000
Det. Costello
Equinox
Movie • 1992
Rosie Rivers
My Own Country
Movie • 1998
Mattie Vines
A Better Half
Movie • 2022
(voice)
High Tide
Movie • 2024
Miriam
Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden
Movie • 2011
Self (uncredited)
Supermom's Daughter
Movie • 1987
Noelle Crandall
Love Is Strange
Movie • 2014
Kate
Loitering with Intent
Movie • 2014
Gigi
Zandalee
Movie • 1991
Remy
Jenifer
Movie • 2001
Nina Capelli
The Flamingo Kid
Movie • 1984
Mandy
Spare Parts
Movie • 2015
Gwen Kolinsky
What I Want My Words to Do to You
Movie • 2003
Self
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin
Movie • 2004
Herself - Guest (uncredited)
The Rewrite
Movie • 2014
Holly Carpenter
Trainwreck
Movie • 2015
The Dog Owner
You're Dating a Narcissist!
Movie • 2026
Judy
Upgraded
Movie • 2024
Claire
She Said, She Said
Movie • 2013
Marishka
Love the Coopers
Movie • 2015
Emma Newport
Parker Kane
Movie • 1990
April Haynes
The Big Short
Movie • 2015
Cynthia Baum
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
Movie • 1996
Quote Reader
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Movie • 2017
May Parker
The Cold Open
Movie • 2019
The People Speak
Movie • 2009
Self
Captain America: Civil War
Movie • 2016
May Parker
Grace Is Gone
Movie • 2007
Woman at Pool
A Brother's Kiss
Movie • 1997
Missy
Loverboy
Movie • 2005
Sybil
After Everything
Movie • 2018
Dr. Lisa Harden
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Movie • 2002
Bree Blackburn (voice)
Dirk and Betty
Movie • 2000
Paris
Dark Was the Night
Movie • 2018
Margaret Lang
Frankie
Movie • 2019
Ilene
Laboratory Conditions
Movie • 2018
Emma Holloway
The First Purge
Movie • 2018
Dr. May Updale / Architect
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Movie • 2019
May Parker
Since You've Been Gone
Movie • 1998
Tori (uncredited)
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Movie • 2017
Jane Jacobs (voice)
This Changes Everything
Movie • 2019
Self
Human Capital
Movie • 2020
Carrie Manning
I Hate Kids
Movie • 2019
Christine Hurley
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Movie • 2019
Edith Bunker
The King of Staten Island
Movie • 2020
Margie Carlin
Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
Movie • 2008
Self
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Movie • 2019
Edith Bunker
Avengers: Endgame
Movie • 2019
Aunt May
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Movie • 2009
Self
Delia's Gone
Movie • 2022
Fran
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Movie • 2020
Satan
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Movie • 2021
May Parker
Beirut: An MCC Virtual TV Event
Movie • 2020
Blue
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Movie • 1994
Self (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Brothers
Movie • 2024
Bethesda Waingro
F Valentine's Day
Movie • 2026
Wendy
Mongoose
Movie
Tara
She Gets It From Me
Movie
Charlotte
Hellhound
Movie
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Movie • 1993
Self (segment "New Way to Walk")
The Toxic Avenger
Movie • 1984
Health Club Girl (uncredited)
A Different World
TV • 1987
Maggie Lauten
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Sara Sloane (voice)
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Marisa Tomei
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Finding Your Roots
TV • 2012
Self
Rescue Me
TV • 2004
Angie
Late Night with David Letterman
TV • 1982
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Empire
TV • 2015
Mimi Whiteman
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV • 2010
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self - Guest
Teen Choice Awards
TV • 1999
Self
Today
TV • 1952
Self
Stars in the House
TV • 2020
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
Leg Work
TV • 1987
Donna Ricci