Marisa Tomei
Marisa Tomei is an American actress. Born December 4, 1964, in Brooklyn. Educated at Boston University College of Fine Arts and Edward R. Murrow High School. Awards include Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss and MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance.
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- Described as
- American actress (born 1964)
- Other names
- Marisa Veriga Tomei
- Born
- December 4, 1964 · 8 references
- Born in
- Brooklyn · 1 reference
- Citizen of
- United States
- Occupation
- film actor; voice actor · 1 reference; stage actor; television actor; film producer · 1 reference; actor · 2 references
- Education
- Boston University College of Fine Arts; Edward R. Murrow High School (–1982) · 1 reference; Andries Hudde Junior High School; Boston University
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (1993) · 1 reference; MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (1993); MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance (1993); Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress (2008); Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress (2008); Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress (2008); San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress (2008); San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress (2008); Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress (2009); Drama Desk Special Award (2014); Theatre World Award (1986) · 1 reference
- Lived in
- New York City
- Wikipedias with a page
- 66
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1381621654
Marisa Tomei (, Italian: [toˈmɛi]; born December 4, 1964) is an American actress.
She gained prominence for her comedic performance in My Cousin Vinny (1992), which earned her 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: Brand New Day (2026).
Tomei was a founding member of the Naked Angels Theater Company. She appeared in John Morgan Evans's 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.
- Born, in its opening lines
- December 4, 1964
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