List of Marisa Tomei performances
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Marisa Tomei is an American actress. Following her work on the television series As the World Turns, she 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 an 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), Someone like You (2001), Anger Management (2003), Wild Hogs (2007), and Parental Guidance (2012). Other films include Untamed Heart (1993), Only You (1994), The Paper (1994), Unhook the Stars (1996), Welcome to Sarajevo (1997), Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), Cyrus (2010), Love Is Strange (2014), The Big Short (2015), and The First Purge (2018). She also portrays 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). She also portrays Pete Davidson's mom in The King of Staten Island (2020).
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.
Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1984 | The Flamingo Kid | Mandy | |
The Toxic Avenger | Health Club Girl | Scene removed from theatrical release Appears in director's cut released in 2002[1][2] | |
1986 | Playing for Keeps | Tracy | |
1991 | Oscar | Lisa Provolone | |
Zandalee | Remy | ||
1992 | My Cousin Vinny | Mona Lisa Vito | |
Equinox | Rosie Rivers | ||
Chaplin | Mabel Normand | ||
1993 | Untamed Heart | Caroline | |
1994 | Only You | Faith Corvatch | |
The Paper | Martha Hackett | ||
1995 | The Perez Family | Dorita Evita Perez | |
Four Rooms | Margaret | ||
1996 | Unhook the Stars | Monica Warren | |
1997 | A Brother's Kiss | Missy | |
Welcome to Sarajevo | Nina | ||
1998 | Slums of Beverly Hills | Rita Abromowitz | |
2000 | Happy Accidents | Ruby Weaver | |
The Watcher | Dr. Polly Beilman | ||
What Women Want | Lola | ||
King of the Jungle | Detective Susan Costello | ||
Dirk and Betty | Paris | ||
2001 | In the Bedroom | Natalie Strout | |
Someone like You | Liz | ||
2002 | The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Bree Blackburn (voice) | |
Just a Kiss | Paula | ||
The Guru | Lexi | ||
2003 | Anger Management | Linda | |
2004 | Alfie | Julie | |
2005 | Loverboy | Sybil Stoll | |
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School | Meredith Morrison | ||
Factotum | Laura | ||
2006 | Danika | Danika Merrick | |
2007 | Grace Is Gone | Woman at Pool | |
Wild Hogs | Maggie | ||
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Gina Hanson | ||
2008 | War, Inc. | Natalie Hegalhuzen | |
The Wrestler | Cassidy / Pam | ||
2010 | Cyrus | Molly Fawcett | |
2011 | The Lincoln Lawyer | Maggie McPherson | |
Salvation Boulevard | Honey Foster | ||
Crazy, Stupid, Love | Kate Tafferty | ||
The Ides of March | Ida Horowicz | ||
2012 | Inescapable | Fatima | |
Parental Guidance | Alice Simmons | ||
2014 | Love Is Strange | Kate Hull | |
The Rewrite | Holly Carpenter | ||
Loitering with Intent | Gigi | ||
2015 | Spare Parts | Gwen Kolinsky | |
Trainwreck | The Dog Owner | ||
Love the Coopers | Emma | ||
The Big Short | Cynthia Baum | ||
2016 | Captain America: Civil War | May Parker | |
2017 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | ||
Laboratory Conditions | Emma Holloway | Short | |
2018 | After Everything | Dr. Lisa Harden | |
The First Purge | Dr. May Updale | ||
Dark Was the Night | Margaret Lang | ||
2019 | Avengers: Endgame | May Parker | Cameo |
Frankie | Irene | ||
Spider-Man: Far From Home | May Parker | ||
Human Capital | Carrie | ||
2020 | The King of Staten Island | Margie Carlin | |
2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | May Parker | |
2022 | Delia's Gone | Fran | |
2023 | She Came to Me | Katrina Trento | |
2024 | Upgraded | Claire DuPont | |
High Tide | Miriam | Also executive producer[3] |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1983-1985 | As the World Turns | Marcy Thompson | Series regular |
1987 | ABC Afterschool Special | Noelle Crandall | Episode: "Supermom's Daughter" |
Leg Work | Donna Ricci | Episode: "Pilot" | |
A Different World | Maggie Lauten | 22 episodes | |
1990 | Parker Krane | April Haynes | Television Movie |
1994 | Saturday Night Live | Host | Episode: "Marisa Tomei/Bonnie Raitt" |
1996 | Seinfeld | Herself | Episode: "The Cadillac" |
1998 | Since You've Been Gone | Tori | Uncredited[citation needed] |
My Own Country | Mattie Vines | Movie | |
Only Love | Evie Webster Josephson | Movie | |
1999 | Franklin | Dynaroo (voice) | Episode: "Franklin Plants a Tree/Franklin the Hero" |
2001 | Jenifer | Nina Capelli | Movie |
2003 | The Simpsons | Sara Sloane (voice) | Episode: "A Star Is Born Again" |
2006 | Rescue Me | Angie Gavin | 4 episodes |
2007 | The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud | Penelope Cloud | Movie |
2012 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Herself | Episode: "Ed Helms Wears A Grey Shirt & Brown Boots" |
2015 | Empire | Mimi Whiteman | 5 episodes |
2018 | The Handmaid's Tale | Mrs. O'Conner | Episode: "Unwomen" |
2019 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience | Edith Bunker | 2 television specials[4] |
2020 | Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine | Satan | Television special |
Stage
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Venue | Ref. |
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1986 | Daughters | Cetta | Off-Broadway | [5] |
1987 | Beirut | Blue | Off-Broadway | [6] |
1988 | Sharon and Billy | Sharon | MCC Theater, Off-Broadway | [7] |
1989 | What the Butler Saw | Geraldine Barclay | Manhattan Theatre Club, Off-Broadway | [8] |
The Rose Tattoo | Rosa Delle Rose | Williamstown Theatre Festival | [9] | |
1992 | The Comedy of Errors | Adriana | Delacorte Theater, Broadway | [10] |
1994 | Slavs! | Katherine Serafima Gleb | New York Theatre Workshop, Off-Broadway | [11] |
1996 | Dark Rapture | Julie | Second Stage Theater, Off-Broadway | [12] |
Rocket to the Moon | Cleo Singer | Williamstown Theatre Festival | [13] | |
Demonology | Gina | Playwrights Horizons, Off-Broadway | [14] | |
1997 | Waiting for Lefty | Edna / Secretary | Blue Light Theater Company at Classic Stage Company, Off-Broadway | [15] |
1998 | Wait Until Dark | Susy Hendrix | Wilbur Theatre | [16] |
Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway | [17] | |||
1999 | We Won't Pay, We Won't Pay | Antonia | American Repertory Theater | [18] |
2003 | Salomé | Salome | Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway | [19] |
2004 | Design for Living | Gilda | Williamstown Theatre Festival | [20] |
2007 | Oh the Humanity and Other Good Intentions | performer | The Flea Theater, Off-Broadway | [21] |
2008 | Top Girls | Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs. Kidd | Biltmore Theatre, Broadway | [22] |
2011 | Marie and Bruce | Marie | The New Group, Off-Broadway | [23] |
2014 | The Realistic Joneses | Pony Jones | Lyceum Theatre, Broadway | [24] |
2016 | The Rose Tattoo | Serafina Delle Rose | Williamstown Theatre Festival | |
2017 | How to Transcend a Happy Marriage | George | Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Off-Broadway | [25] |
2019 | The Rose Tattoo | Serafina Delle Rose | American Airlines Theatre, Broadway | [26] |
References
[edit]- ^ "(official studio site)". ToxicAvenger. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
- ^ Hallenbeck, Bruce G. (2009). Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History, 1914–2008. McFarland & Company. pp. 145–147. ISBN 9780786453788.
- ^ Nemiroff, Perri (March 21, 2024). "Marisa Tomei Produced One of the Most Soulful Movies at SXSW 2024". Collider. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ^ Lenker, Maureen Lee. "See the star-studded 'All in the Family/The Jeffersons' live cast get into character". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
- ^ Daughters lortel.org, retrieved March 20, 2017
- ^ Goodman, Walter. "The Stage: Seven One-act Plays" The New York Times, April 4, 1997
- ^ Goodman, Walter (1988-10-27). "Reviews/Theater; Shadow Over a 1950's Home: Incest". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ What The Butler Saw lortel.org, retrieved March 20, 2017
- ^ "Rose Tattoo, The". Williamstown Theatre Festival. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ Gussow, Mel. "Review/Theater -- The Comedy of Errors; Broad Farce Made Even Broader With Acrobats and Sound Effects" The New York Times, August 17, 1992
- ^ Evans, Greg. "Review: 'Slavs!' " Variety, December 13, 1994
- ^ Gerard, Jeremy. "Review: 'Dark Rapture' " Variety, May 24, 1996
- ^ "Rocket to the Moon". Williamstown Theatre Festival. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ Ku, Andrew. "Marisa Tomei Returning to OB in 'Demonology' " Playbill, October 17, 1996
- ^ Daniels, Robert L. (1997-05-11). "Waiting for Lefty". Variety. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ Paller, Rebecca (1998-02-25). "Tarantino-Tomei Wait Until Dark Opens in Boston Feb. 28". Playbill. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ " 'Wait Until Dark' Broadway" Playbill, retrieved March 20, 2017
- ^ "It's Pay Day for Oscar-Winner Marisa Tomei at Harvard's Loeb, Sept. 10". Playbill. 1999-09-09. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ " 'Salomé' Broadway" Playbill, retrieved March 20, 2017
- ^ "Design for Living". Williamstown Theatre Festival. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ Gans, Andrew (2007-10-12). "Oscar Winner Tomei to Star in Flea Theater's Oh the Humanity and Other Good Intentions". Playbill. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ Jones, Kenneth. "Broadway Premiere of 'Top Girls' Ends June 29" Playbill, June 29, 2008
- ^ Gans, Andrew. "Marisa Tomei and Frank Whaley Are 'Marie and Bruce' for The New Group, Opening April 5" Playbill, April 5, 2011
- ^ "The Verdict: Critics Review 'The Realistic Joneses' with Michael C. Hall, Toni Collette, Marisa Tomei and Tracy Letts" Playbill, April 7, 2014
- ^ Clement, Olivia. "Sarah Ruhl's 'How to Transcend a Happy Marriage' Begins at Lincoln Center Theater" Playbill, February 23, 2017
- ^ "Marisa Tomei".