Marisa Tomei\u00a0(\/to\u028a\u02c8me\u026a\/,\u00a0Italian:\u00a0[to\u02c8m\u025bi]; born December 4, 1964)\u00a0is an American actress. She gained prominence for her comedic performance in\u00a0My Cousin Vinny\u00a0(1992), for which she won the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received further nominations in the category for\u00a0In the Bedroom\u00a0(2001) and\u00a0The Wrestler\u00a0(2008).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her early appearances were in the soap opera\u00a0As the World Turns\u00a0(1983\u20131985) and the first season of the sitcom\u00a0A Different World\u00a0(1987). Tomei’s other notable films include\u00a0Chaplin\u00a0(1992),\u00a0The Paper\u00a0(1994),\u00a0What Women Want\u00a0(2000),\u00a0Danika (2006),\u00a0Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007),\u00a0Wild Hogs\u00a0(2007),\u00a0The Wrestler\u00a0(2008),\u00a0The Ides of March\u00a0(2011),\u00a0Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011),\u00a0Parental Guidance\u00a0(2012),\u00a0The Big Short (2015), and\u00a0The King of Staten Island\u00a0(2020). She also portrayed\u00a0May Parker\u00a0in the\u00a0Marvel Cinematic Universe, from\u00a0Captain America: Civil War\u00a0(2016) to\u00a0Spider-Man: No Way Home\u00a0(2021).<\/p>\n
Tomei was a founding member of the\u00a0Naked Angels Theater Company.\u00a0She appeared in\u00a0John Morgan Evans’\u00a0Daughters\u00a0(1986)\u00a0off-Broadway before making her\u00a0Broadway\u00a0debut in\u00a0Wait Until Dark\u00a0opposite\u00a0Quentin Tarantino\u00a0(1998).\u00a0She earned a nomination for the\u00a0Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play\u00a0for her role in\u00a0Top Girls\u00a0(2008), and a special\u00a0Drama Desk Award\u00a0for\u00a0Will Eno’s\u00a0The Realistic Joneses\u00a0(2014). She returned to Broadway in the revival of\u00a0The Rose Tattoo\u00a0in 2019.<\/p>\n
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Marisa Tomei\u00a0(\/to\u028a\u02c8me\u026a\/,\u00a0Italian:\u00a0[to\u02c8m\u025bi]; born December 4, 1964)\u00a0is an American actress. She gained prominence for her comedic performance in\u00a0My Cousin Vinny\u00a0(1992), for which she won the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received further nominations in the category for\u00a0In the Bedroom\u00a0(2001) and\u00a0The Wrestler\u00a0(2008).\u00a0 Her early appearances were in the soap opera\u00a0As the World Turns\u00a0(1983\u20131985) and the first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-8391","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n