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

• In the Bedroom as Natalie Strout
• My Cousin Vinny as Mona Lisa Vito
• Chaplin as Mabel Normand
• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead as Gina Hanson
• The Wrestler as Cassidy
• Crazy, Stupid, Love. as Kate
• The Lincoln Lawyer as Maggie McPherson
• Spare Parts as Gwen Kolinsky
• Upgraded as Claire
• The Big Short as Cynthia Baum

TV

• The Simpsons as Sara Sloane (voice)
• Seinfeld as Marisa Tomei
• Rescue Me as Angie
• A Different World as Maggie Lauten
• The Daily Show as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
• The View as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Finding Your Roots as Self
• Late Night with David Letterman as Self