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 spinoff 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 SpiderMan Homecoming 2017 Avengers Endgame 2019 SpiderMan Far From Home 2019 and SpiderMan 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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