Marisa Tomei

Acting

Born: 1964-12-04

From: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Female

Popularity: 3.5

Also Known As

Marisa Veriga Tomei

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marisa Tomei, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Awards & Nominations11 won · 26 nominated

🏆 Won

Drama Desk Special Award

The Realistic Joneses

2014

Nominated

Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast

The Ides of March

2011

Nominated

Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Cyrus

2010

🏆 Won

Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Wrestler

2009

Nominated

BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

The Wrestler

2009

Nominated

Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Wrestler

2009

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Wrestler

2009

🏆 Won

Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Wrestler

2008

🏆 Won

Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Wrestler

2008

🏆 Won

San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Wrestler

2008

🏆 Won

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Wrestler

2008

🏆 Won

San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Wrestler

2008

Nominated

Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Wrestler

2008

Nominated

Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Wrestler

2008

Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture

The Wrestler

2008

Nominated

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

2008

Nominated

Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Wrestler

2008

Nominated

Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

2008

Nominated

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Wrestler

2008

Nominated

San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Wrestler

2008

Nominated

San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Wrestler

2008

Nominated

Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

2007

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

In the Bedroom

2002

Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

In the Bedroom

2002

Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture

In the Bedroom

2001

Nominated

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress

In the Bedroom

2001

Nominated

Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress

In the Bedroom

2001

Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Unhook the Stars

1997

Nominated

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Show Host

1997

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

My Cousin Vinny

1993

🏆 Won

MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance

My Cousin Vinny

1993

🏆 Won

MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss

Untamed Heart

1993

Nominated

MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance

My Cousin Vinny

1993

Nominated

MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss

Untamed Heart

1993

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

My Cousin Vinny

1993

Nominated

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress

Oscar

1992

🏆 Won

Theatre World Award

1986

Acting122 titles

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Marisa Tomei

Also Known As

Biography

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Awards & Nominations11 won · 26 nominated

Acting122 titles

Teen Choice Awards

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

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Seinfeld

Avengers: Endgame

The Simpsons

Spider-Man: No Way Home

What I Want My Words to Do to You

Rescue Me

My Cousin Vinny

The Wrestler

The Cold Open

Chaplin

The Big Short

Captain America: Civil War

Laboratory Conditions

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Lincoln Lawyer

Spare Parts

Upgraded

The People Speak

Conan

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Empire

A Brother's Kiss

The King of Staten Island

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

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

A Different World

The Oscars

In the Bedroom

Saturday Night Live

Who Do You Think You Are?

Happy Accidents

Untamed Heart

Citizen Jane: Battle for the City

The Ides of March

Only You

The Paper

Love, Marilyn

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

What Women Want

Welcome to Sarajevo

Grace Is Gone

After Everything

Leg Work

Oscar

The Wild Thornberrys Movie

The Daily Show

Finding Your Roots

Slums of Beverly Hills

Love Is Strange

The Toxic Avenger

Factotum

Anger Management

High Tide

Jenifer

This Changes Everything

She Came to Me

The Perez Family

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

Late Night with David Letterman

Wild Hogs

Someone Like You...

Unhook the Stars

Parental Guidance

The Flamingo Kid

The Rewrite

Love the Coopers

The First Purge

F Valentine's Day