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Marisa Tomei
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marisa Tomei, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Notable films
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Chains
KinoChain journeys
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The Reckless Edge - Talent as a Double-Edged Sword
Forty years after Top Gun roared into cinemas, Maverick's need for speed still feels as exhilarating as ever. But Pete Mitchell is part of a much bigger movie t...
7 films
When Finishing Beats Winning
A chain of films where the protagonist loses the official contest but achieves a deeper, personal victory, redefining what it means to go the distance.
8 films
Unmasked: Living in the Aftermath of Exposure
The secret is out, and the thrill of anonymity is gone. This collection skips the suspense of a secret identity to focus on the unglamorous aftermath of total e...
7 films
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Acted
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
2026 · May Parker
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021 · May Parker
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019 · May Parker
After Everything
2018 · Dr. Lisa Harden
The First Purge
2018 · Dr. May Updale / Architect
Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017 · May Parker
Captain America: Civil War
2016 · May Parker
The Big Short
2015 · Cynthia Baum
Love the Coopers
2015 · Emma Newport
The Ides of March
2011 · Ida Horowicz
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2011 · Kate
The Wrestler
2008 · Cassidy
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007 · Gina Hanson
Danika
2006 · Danika Merrick
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006 · Meredith Morrison
Factotum
2005 · Laura
Loverboy
2005 · Sybil
Anger Management
2003 · Linda
The Guru
2002 · Lexi
Someone Like You...
2001 · Liz
What Women Want
2000 · Lola
The Watcher
2000 · Dr. Polly Beilman
Slums of Beverly Hills
1998 · Rita Abromowitz
Four Rooms
1995 · Margaret
The Paper
1994 · Martha Hackett
Chaplin
1992 · Mabel Normand
My Cousin Vinny
1992 · Mona Lisa Vito
Oscar
1991 · Lisa Provolone