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Marisa TomeiΒ (/toΚΛmeΙͺ/,Β Italian:Β [toΛmΙi]; born December 4, 1964)Β is an American actress. She gained prominence for her comedic performance inΒ My Cousin VinnyΒ (1992), for which she won theΒ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received further nominations in the category forΒ In the BedroomΒ (2001) andΒ The WrestlerΒ (2008).Β
Her early appearances were in the soap operaΒ As the World TurnsΒ (1983β1985) and the first season of the sitcomΒ A Different WorldΒ (1987). Tomei's other notable films includeΒ ChaplinΒ (1992),Β The PaperΒ (1994),Β What Women WantΒ (2000),Β Danika (2006),Β Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007),Β Wild HogsΒ (2007),Β The WrestlerΒ (2008),Β The Ides of MarchΒ (2011),Β Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011),Β Parental GuidanceΒ (2012),Β The Big Short (2015), andΒ The King of Staten IslandΒ (2020). She also portrayedΒ May ParkerΒ in theΒ Marvel Cinematic Universe, fromΒ Captain America: Civil WarΒ (2016) toΒ Spider-Man: No Way HomeΒ (2021).
Tomei was a founding member of theΒ Naked Angels Theater Company.Β She appeared inΒ John Morgan Evans'Β DaughtersΒ (1986)Β off-Broadway before making herΒ BroadwayΒ debut inΒ Wait Until DarkΒ oppositeΒ Quentin TarantinoΒ (1998).Β She earned a nomination for theΒ Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a PlayΒ for her role inΒ Top GirlsΒ (2008), and a specialΒ Drama Desk AwardΒ forΒ Will Eno'sΒ The Realistic JonesesΒ (2014). She returned to Broadway in the revival ofΒ The Rose TattooΒ in 2019.
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