Marisa Tomei

Acting

Born 1964-12-04 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 132 credits Academy Awards 1 Drama Desk Special Award 1

Awards

Won 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 won · 2 nominated

2009 Best Supporting Actress Nominated The Wrestler
2002 Best Supporting Actress Nominated In the Bedroom
1993 Best Supporting Actress Won My Cousin Vinny

Golden Globe Awards 2 nominated

2008 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated The Wrestler
2001 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated In the Bedroom

BAFTA Awards 1 nominated

2009 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated The Wrestler

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2 nominated

2002 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated In the Bedroom
1997 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated Unhook the Stars

Daytime Emmy Awards 1 nominated

1997 Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Show Host Nominated

Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast 2 nominated

2011 Best Cast Nominated The Ides of March
2007 Best Cast Nominated Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress 2 nominated

2008 Best Supporting Actress Nominated The Wrestler
2001 Best Supporting Actress Nominated In the Bedroom

Drama Desk Special Award 1 won

2014 Drama Desk Special Award Won The Realistic Joneses

Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 1 nominated

2010 Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated Cyrus

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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.