Marisa Tomei continues to bridge the gap between rich, dramatic performances and smart, comedic turns. Marisa won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinny. Tomei subsequently earned Academy Awards nominations for her performances in In the Bedroom and The Wrestler. Marisa is currently in rehearsals for the live special of All In The Family, where she stars alongside Woody Harrelson, Jamie Foxx and Wanda Sykes. The one-night only event will air live on ABC on May 22, 2019. Marisa recently reunited with Ira Sachs for independent drama, Frankie, which is slated to make its world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019. This summer, she will begin production on a comedy film from Judd Apatow, in which she will star with Pete Davidson. Marisa will next be seen on the big screen reprising her role of Aunt May in Sony Entertainment and Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Far From Home. The film will release in theaters on July 2, 2019. Her other notable film credits include: The Big Short, Love is Strange, Crazy, Stupid, Love, Ides of March, Loitering with Intent, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, What Women Want, Happy Accidents, and Slums of Beverly Hills. She also recently appeared on television in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, and FOX’s Empire, among others. A veteran of the theater, Marisa returned to the stage in 2017 in Sarah Ruhl’s How To Transcend a Happy Marriage at Lincoln Center. Her previous Broadway credits include: Will Eno’s The Realistic Joneses(2014 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance), Caryl Churchill's Top Girls (Drama Desk Award nomination), Oh! The Humanity and Other Good Intentions, Marie and Bruce, Design for Living, We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!, Waiting for Lefty, Rocket to the Moon, Demonology, Dark Rapture, Slavs!, The Comedy of Errors, and The Summer Winds,among others. Tomei is a founding member of the Naked Angels Theater Company in New York City.
