Marisa Tomei is an American actress. Following her work on the television series As the World Turns, she came to prominence as a cast member on The Cosby Show spin-off A Different World in 1987.After having minor roles in a few films, she came to international attention in 1992 with the comedy My Cousin Vinny, for which she received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received two additional Academy Award nominations for In the Bedroom (2001) and The Wrestler (2008).
Tomei has appeared in a number of successful movies, including What Women Want (2000), Someone like You (2001), Anger Management (2003), Wild Hogs (2007), and Parental Guidance (2012). Other films include Untamed Heart (1993), Only You (1994), The Paper (1994), Unhook the Stars (1996), Welcome to Sarajevo (1997), Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), Cyrus (2010), Love Is Strange (2014), The Big Short (2015), and The First Purge (2018). She also portrays May Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, having appeared in (2016), (2017), (2019), (2019), and (2021). She also portrays Pete Davidson's mom in The King of Staten Island (2020).
Tomei has also worked in theater. She was formerly involved with the Naked Angels Theater Company and appeared in plays, such as Daughters (1986), Wait Until Dark (1998), Top Girls (2008), for which she received a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, and The Realistic Joneses (2014), for which she received a special award at the Drama Desk Awards.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Mandy | ||
| Health Club Girl | Scene removed from theatrical release; Appears in director's cut released in 2002[1] [2] | ||
| 1986 | Playing for Keeps | Tracy | |
| 1991 | Oscar | Lisa Provolone | |
| Zandalee | Remy | ||
| 1992 | My Cousin Vinny | Mona Lisa Vito | |
| Equinox | Rosie Rivers | ||
| Chaplin | |||
| 1993 | Untamed Heart | Caroline | |
| 1994 | Only You | Faith Corvatch | |
| Martha Hackett | |||
| 1995 | Dorita Evita Perez | ||
| Four Rooms | Margaret | ||
| 1996 | Unhook the Stars | Monica Warren | |
| 1997 | A Brother's Kiss | Missy | |
| Welcome to Sarajevo | Nina | ||
| 1998 | Slums of Beverly Hills | Rita Abromowitz | |
| 2000 | Happy Accidents | Ruby Weaver | |
| Dr. Polly Beilman | |||
| What Women Want | Lola | ||
| King of the Jungle | Detective Susan Costello | ||
| Dirk and Betty | Paris | ||
| 2001 | In the Bedroom | Natalie Strout | |
| Someone like You | Liz | ||
| 2002 | Bree Blackburn (voice) | ||
| Just a Kiss | Paula | ||
| Lexi | |||
| 2003 | Anger Management | Linda | |
| 2004 | Alfie | Julie | |
| 2005 | Loverboy | Sybil Stoll | |
| Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School | Meredith Morrison | ||
| Factotum | Laura | ||
| 2006 | Danika | Danika Merrick | |
| 2007 | Grace Is Gone | Woman at Pool | |
| Wild Hogs | Maggie | ||
| Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Gina Hanson | ||
| 2008 | War, Inc. | Natalie Hegalhuzen | |
| Cassidy / Pam | |||
| 2010 | Cyrus | Molly Fawcett | |
| 2011 | Maggie McPherson | ||
| Salvation Boulevard | Honey Foster | ||
| Crazy, Stupid, Love | Kate Tafferty | ||
| Ida Horowicz | |||
| 2012 | Inescapable | Fatima | |
| Parental Guidance | Alice Simmons | ||
| 2014 | Love Is Strange | Kate Hull | |
| Holly Carpenter | |||
| Loitering with Intent | Gigi | ||
| 2015 | Spare Parts | Gwen Kolinsky | |
| Trainwreck | The Dog Owner | ||
| Love the Coopers | Emma | ||
| The Big Short | Cynthia Baum | ||
| 2016 | |||
| 2017 | |||
| Laboratory Conditions | Emma Holloway | Short | |
| 2018 | After Everything | Dr. Lisa Harden | |
| Dr. May Updale | |||
| Dark Was the Night | Margaret Lang | ||
| 2019 | May Parker | Cameo | |
| Frankie | Irene | ||
| May Parker | |||
| Human Capital | Carrie | ||
| 2020 | Margie Carlin | ||
| 2021 | May Parker | ||
| 2022 | Delia's Gone | Fran | |
| 2023 | She Came to Me | Katrina Trento | |
| 2024 | Upgraded | Claire DuPont | |
| High Tide | Miriam | Also executive producer[3] | |
| Brothers | Bethesda Waingro |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-1985 | As the World Turns | Marcy Thompson | Series regular | |
| 1987 | ABC Afterschool Special | Noelle Crandall | Episode: "Supermom's Daughter" | |
| Leg Work | Donna Ricci | Episode: "Pilot" | ||
| Maggie Lauten | 22 episodes | |||
| 1990 | Parker Krane | April Haynes | Television Movie | |
| 1994 | Saturday Night Live | Host | Episode: "Marisa Tomei/Bonnie Raitt" | |
| 1996 | Seinfeld | Herself | Episode: "The Cadillac" | |
| 1998 | Since You've Been Gone | Tori | Uncredited | |
| My Own Country | Mattie Vines | Movie | ||
| Only Love | Evie Webster Josephson | Movie | ||
| 1999 | Franklin | Dynaroo (voice) | Episode: "Franklin Plants a Tree/Franklin the Hero" | |
| 2001 | Jenifer | Nina Capelli | Movie | |
| 2003 | Sara Sloane (voice) | Episode: "A Star Is Born Again" | ||
| 2006 | Rescue Me | Angie Gavin | 4 episodes | |
| 2007 | Penelope Cloud | Movie | ||
| 2012 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Herself | Episode: "Ed Helms Wears A Grey Shirt & Brown Boots" | |
| 2015 | Empire | Mimi Whiteman | 5 episodes | |
| 2018 | The Handmaid's Tale | Mrs. O'Conner | Episode: "Unwomen" | |
| 2019 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience | Edith Bunker | 2 television specials[4] | |
| 2020 | Satan | Television special |
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Daughters | Cetta | Off-Broadway | [5] |
| 1987 | Beirut | Blue | Off-Broadway | [6] |
| 1988 | Sharon and Billy | Sharon | MCC Theater, Off-Broadway | [7] |
| 1989 | What the Butler Saw | Geraldine Barclay | Manhattan Theatre Club, Off-Broadway | [8] |
| The Rose Tattoo | Rosa Delle Rose | Williamstown Theatre Festival | [9] | |
| 1992 | The Comedy of Errors | Adriana | Delacorte Theater, Broadway | [10] |
| 1994 | Slavs! | Katherine Serafima Gleb | New York Theatre Workshop, Off-Broadway | [11] |
| 1996 | Dark Rapture | Julie | Second Stage Theater, Off-Broadway | [12] |
| Rocket to the Moon | Cleo Singer | Williamstown Theatre Festival | [13] | |
| Demonology | Gina | Playwrights Horizons, Off-Broadway | [14] | |
| 1997 | Waiting for Lefty | Edna / Secretary | Blue Light Theater Company at Classic Stage Company, Off-Broadway | [15] |
| 1998 | Wait Until Dark | Susy Hendrix | Wilbur Theatre | [16] |
| Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway | [17] | |||
| 1999 | We Won't Pay, We Won't Pay | Antonia | American Repertory Theater | [18] |
| 2003 | Salomé | Salome | Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway | [19] |
| 2004 | Design for Living | Gilda | Williamstown Theatre Festival | [20] |
| 2007 | Oh the Humanity and Other Good Intentions | performer | The Flea Theater, Off-Broadway | [21] |
| 2008 | Top Girls | Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs. Kidd | Biltmore Theatre, Broadway | [22] |
| 2011 | Marie and Bruce | Marie | The New Group, Off-Broadway | [23] |
| 2014 | The Realistic Joneses | Pony Jones | Lyceum Theatre, Broadway | [24] |
| 2016 | The Rose Tattoo | Serafina Delle Rose | ||
| 2017 | How to Transcend a Happy Marriage | George | Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Off-Broadway | [25] |
| 2019 | The Rose Tattoo | Serafina Delle Rose | American Airlines Theatre, Broadway | [26] |