Marisa Tomei is a talented and charming American actress, whose career began in the eighties and continues to this day. Her filmography currently has about 70 films and series. In particular, she starred in the films My Cousin Vinnie (for this role she was given an Oscar), Wrestler, Devil Games, Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Childhood and first role
Marisa Tomei was born in 1964 in New York. Marisa is Italian by birth, her grandparents immigrated to the United States from Tuscany and Sicily.
Marise was instilled with a love of acting by her mother and father, who were big fans of the theater (although they were not professionally associated with it). They took Marisa with them to Broadway performances, thanks to which the girl at an early age became acquainted with the work of many theater stars.
In 1982, Marisa Tomei became a freshman at Boston University. But very soon, in 1983, she left him, as she was offered a role in the soap opera "How the World Rotates." Marisa starred in this multi-part project until 1985.
Obtaining an Oscar and further career
The real major success came to Tomei later, in the early nineties, after the release of the picture "My cousin Vinnie" (1992). Here she played Mona Lisa - the extravagant girlfriend of the protagonist, budding attorney Vinnie Gambini. For this really brilliant work, Tomei as the best performer of the supporting role was eventually awarded the Oscar.
In 2000, she starred in the famous comedy "What Women Wanted", which was broadcast many times, including on Russian TV. Here she played the waitress Lola. It was on Lola that the character of Mel Gibson tested his ability to read thoughts and predict the wishes of ladies in bed.
In 2001, Marisa Tomei could again become the owner of the main Hollywood award. This time she was nominated for an Oscar for her work in a drama entitled In the Bedroom. Here she appeared before the audience in the image of an adult woman Natalie, who is having an affair with a young college student. As a result, this novel turns into a tragedy …
In 2007, Marisa Tomei played in the drama of the Hollywood master Sidney Lumet's “Devil Games”. And in some scenes of this film, the actress was not even afraid to seem naked.
In 2008, Tomei appeared in Darren Aronofsky’s Wrestler. In this case, she got the role of stripper Cassidy, disappointed and tired of the life of a woman who is already too old for what she is doing. The image of Cassidy turned out to be very believable, and the actress fully deserved her next Oscar nomination. But she still did not receive the second statuette - Penelope Cruz became the owner of the award that year.
Among the recent films by Tomei, of course, it is worth noting the role of Aunt May in the blockbusters from Marvel Studios Captain America: Civil War (2016) and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).
