Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei

Born 1964-12-04 (age 61) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Biography

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). 

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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Known For

Spider-Man: No Way Home
Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

as May Parker

Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame

2019

as Aunt May

Spider-Man: Homecoming
Spider-Man: Homecoming

2017

as May Parker

Spider-Man: Far From Home
Spider-Man: Far From Home

2019

as May Parker

Captain America: Civil War
Captain America: Civil War

2016

as May Parker

Crazy, Stupid, Love.
The Big Short
The Big Short

2015

as Cynthia Baum

What Women Want
What Women Want

2000

as Lola

Upgraded
Upgraded

2024

as Claire

Four Rooms
Four Rooms

1995

as Margaret

F Valentine's Day
F Valentine's Day

2026

as Wendy

The First Purge
The First Purge

2018

as Dr. May Updale / Architect

Anger Management
Anger Management

2003

as Linda

My Cousin Vinny
My Cousin Vinny

1992

as Mona Lisa Vito

Wild Hogs
Wild Hogs

2007

as Maggie

Trainwreck
Trainwreck

2015

as The Dog Owner

The Wrestler
The Wrestler

2008

as Cassidy

Only You
Only You

1994

as Faith Corvatch

Alfie
Alfie

2004

as Julie

Brothers
Brothers

2024

as Bethesda Waingro