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Marisa Tomei
Marisa Tomei (/toʊˈmeɪ/, Italian: [toˈmɛi]; born December 4, 1964) is an American actress. She gained prominence for her comedic performance in My Cousin Vinny (1992), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received further nominations in the category for In the Bedroom (2001) and The Wrestler (2008). Her early appearances were in the soap opera As the World Turns (1983–1985) and the first season of the sitcom A Different World (1987). Tomei's other notable films include Chaplin (1992), The Paper (1994), What Women Want (2000), Danika (2006), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), Wild Hogs (2007), The Wrestler (2008), The Ides of March (2011), Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), Parental Guidance (2012), The Big Short (2015), and The King of Staten Island (2020). She also portrayed May Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from Captain America: Civil War (2016) to Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). Tomei was a founding member of the Naked Angels Theater Company. She appeared in John Morgan Evans' Daughters (1986) off-Broadway before making her Broadway debut in Wait Until Dark opposite Quentin Tarantino (1998). She earned a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her role in Top Girls (2008), and a special Drama Desk Award for Will Eno's The Realistic Joneses (2014). She returned to Broadway in the revival of The Rose Tattoo in 2019. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marisa Tomei, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Spider-Man: No Way Home2021as May ParkerOur takeThe ending is moving because Peter's sacrifice is voluntary, but it is also troubling because he decides what safety should mean for his friends. This is a story about growing into responsibility, with a final choice that remains painfully imperfect.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day2026as May ParkerOur takeThe film's most meaningful reset is Peter's willingness to risk being known. Its ending asks whether responsibility can include accepting care, rather than continually proving that you can survive without it.
Avengers: Endgame2019as Aunt MayOur takeThe five-year gap prevents the original film from becoming a frictionless undo button. The characters have accumulated relationships, habits and injuries. Wanting their loved ones back is easy to understand; deciding what must survive alongside that return is harder. This is why Tony's concern about his family…Profile and filmography data from TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.