Marisa Tomei
Birthday: 1964-12-04
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography: Marisa Tomei (born December 4, 1964) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and nominations for two further Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. After working on the television series As the World Turns, Tomei 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 the 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), Anger Management (2003), Wild Hogs (2007), The Ides of March (2011), and Parental Guidance (2012). She also portrayed May Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, having appeared in Captain America: Civil War (2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). 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.
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Four Rooms
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The Ides of March
Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential...
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In the Bedroom
Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in tran...
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My Cousin Vinny
Two carefree pals from Brooklyn traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mis...
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The Watcher
FBI agent Joel Campbell, burnt-out and shell-shocked after years spent chasing serial killers, flees...
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What Women Want
Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy...
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Chaplin
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Factotum
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Wild Hogs
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Danika
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Happy Accidents
A comedy that pays tribute to the science fiction genre -- specifically, the sub-genre of time trave...
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong,...
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Oscar
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Alfie
A tale of a philosophical womanizer who is forced to question his seemingly carefree existence....
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The Wrestler
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The Guru
Bored with Bollywood movies but fascinated with their Hollywood counterparts from his youth, Ram dre...
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Only You
Two childhood paranormal incidents have convinced schoolteacher Faith Corvatch that her true love is...
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Untamed Heart
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The Paper
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Anger Management
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War, Inc.
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Amsterdam
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Someone Like You...
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Playing for Keeps
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Slums of Beverly Hills
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Welcome to Sarajevo
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She Came to Me
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Just a Kiss
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Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Paying tribute to a beloved national icon for her birthday, NBC celebrates Carol Burnett’s illustrio...
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The Perez Family
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Cyrus
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Unhook the Stars
Widowed mother Mildred must suddenly redefine herself and find an outlet for her nurturing side when...
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Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a ...
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The Lincoln Lawyer
Mick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan...
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Salvation Boulevard
Set in the world of mega-churches in which a former Deadhead-turned-born-again-Christian finds himse...
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Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
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The Smack
Rowan Petty, a down-on-his-luck con man who gets an opportunity to make a real score. He teams up wi...
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Only Love
Two young lovers whose romantic dreams were shattered, are reunited years later in this sweeping sto...
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Parental Guidance
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Inescapable
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Love, Marilyn
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King of the Jungle
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Equinox
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My Own Country
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A Better Half
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High Tide
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Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden
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Supermom's Daughter
A career driven mother and her daughter don't see eye to eye when it comes to the daughter's future ...
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Love Is Strange
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Loitering with Intent
Fledgling screenwriters retreat to a quiet country manor to work on their script, but a constellatio...
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Zandalee
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Jenifer
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The Flamingo Kid
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Spare Parts
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What I Want My Words to Do to You
An inside look at a writing workshop led by playwright and activist Eve Ensler, consisting of 15 wom...
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The Rewrite
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Trainwreck
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You're Dating a Narcissist!
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Upgraded
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She Said, She Said
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Love the Coopers
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Parker Kane
Parker Kane is a former Police Detective turned Private Investigator. When close friend Joey is murd...
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Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
Explores sexuality and censorship over a hundred years of motion pictures....
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Spider-Man: Homecoming
Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony S...
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The Cold Open
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The People Speak
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Captain America: Civil War
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Grace Is Gone
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A Brother's Kiss
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Loverboy
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After Everything
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The Wild Thornberrys Movie
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Dirk and Betty
Two friends experiment with drugs and end up stranded at a local store with some bizarre patrons....
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Dark Was the Night
In the aftermath of tragedy, a woman and her teenage son must forge into uncharted territory in orde...
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Frankie
When a terminally ill French actress decides to spend her last vacation with her large family in Sin...
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Laboratory Conditions
A physician investigating a missing body disrupts an unlawful experiment....
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The First Purge
To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of Ameri...
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Spider-Man: Far From Home
Peter Parker and his friends go on a summer trip to Europe. However, they will hardly be able to res...
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Since You've Been Gone
The story of a 10th anniversary High School reunion, told through the eyes of a doctor who was humil...
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Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs fights to save historic New York City during the ruthless rede...
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This Changes Everything
An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-kn...
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Human Capital
Ian begins a relationship with Drew's daughter, who works in the financial sector. The couple gets i...
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I Hate Kids
Nick Pearson is a life-long bachelor who is finally settling down. On the brink of his wedding he is...
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Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Celebrities re-create an original episode each from "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."...
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The King of Staten Island
Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was sev...
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Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made
An involved behind-the-scenes documentary that focuses on the High Definition cameras used for the m...
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Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Live performances of classic holiday-themed episodes from Norman Lear's hit shows "All in the Family...
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Avengers: Endgame
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts ...
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We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
A public celebration of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States ...
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Delia's Gone
Living with an intellectual disability, Louis is wrongfully accused of the murder of his sister Deli...
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Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Comedian and Trump lip-synching sensation Sarah Cooper tackles politics, race and other light topics...
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Spider-Man: No Way Home
Peter Parker is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of bein...
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Beirut: An MCC Virtual TV Event
How do we sustain the human spirit, hope and love in the face of a plague? Set in a dingy Lower East...
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Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on ...
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Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Who has ever compared Reservoir Dogs? What are “Open Road” and “New World Disorder”? Why is Harvey K...
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Brothers
A reformed criminal's attempt at going straight is derailed when he reunites with his sanity-testing...
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F*ck Valentine's Day
Gina hates her Valentine's Day birthday and travels to Greece to prevent her boyfriend's proposal. W...
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Mongoose
A falsely accused war hero with nothing to lose leads police on an epic televised cross-country car ...
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She Gets It From Me
Nicky's engagement celebration turns into a search for her pill-popping, ex-punk rocker birth mother...
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Hellhound
When a zombie outbreak hits small-town New York, a washed-up veterinarian must team up with his ex-w...
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A Different World
A Different World is an American sitcom television series and a spin-off of The Cosby Show. It aired...
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Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration is a special produced forSesame Street’s 25th anniversary. ...
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