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Marisa Tomei

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American actress (born 1964)

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Marisa Tomei is an American film, voice, stage, and television actor. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1964, she is educated at Boston University and speaks Italian and English. Her work period began in 1983, and she resides in New York City. Tomei is recognized in the Academy Award Best Supporting Actress collection.

She has received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss, the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, and the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has also been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, the MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. Additionally, she practices belly dance.

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Film & TV

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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…

Known for

  • You're Dating a Narcissist! — Judy2026
  • F Valentine's Day — Wendy2026
  • High Tide — Miriam2024
  • Upgraded — Claire2024
  • Brothers — Bethesda Waingro2024
  • She Came to Me — Katrina Trento2023
  • Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love — Self - Guest2023
  • A Better Half — (voice)2022
  • Delia's Gone — Fran2022
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home — May Parker2021

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Given name
Marisa
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Brooklyn
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
English language
Image
Marisa Tomei Photo Op GalaxyCon Raleigh 2024 (cropped).jpg
Work location
United States
Residence
New York City
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Marisa Tomei
date of birth
1964-12-04
start of work period
1983-00-00
name in native language
Marisa Tomei
social media followers
174116
dance style
belly dance
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Encyclopedic overview

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), 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: No Way Home (2021).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marisa Tomei” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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