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Marisa Tomei
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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.
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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
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Tony Awards
Today
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Simpsons
Teen Choice Awards
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Finding Your Roots
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Daily Show
Rescue Me
Late Night with David Letterman
Empire
Who Do You Think You Are?
Seinfeld
Leg Work
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Avengers: Endgame
Trainwreck
The Oscars
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Four Rooms
Captain America: Civil War
Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
65 Revisited
A Different World
Sweet Girl
The Big Short
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Wild Hogs
The First Purge
The Ides of March
My Own Country
After Everything
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Spider-Man: Homecoming
The Lincoln Lawyer
Brothers
She Came to Me
Upgraded
High Tide
What Women Want
Anger Management
My Cousin Vinny
Alfie
The King of Staten Island
Production Credits
High Tide
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