Marisa Tomei

Acting · Born 1964-12-04 in 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…

Filmography

• Four Rooms as Margaret
• The Ides of March as Ida Horowicz
• In the Bedroom as Natalie Strout
• My Cousin Vinny as Mona Lisa Vito
• The Watcher as Dr. Polly Beilman
• What Women Want as Lola
• Chaplin as Mabel Normand
• Factotum as Laura
• Wild Hogs as Maggie
• Danika as Danika Merrick