Marisa Tomei is an American actress. She is born on 4 December 1964 in Brooklyn, New York. She started her early education from Andries Hudde Junior High School. Her father was a trial lawyer and mother were a teacher.
When she graduated from school in 1982, Marisa Tomei joined the University of Boston. She dropped out from university, because she was cast on the CBS soap opera “As the World Turns”.
Marisa Tomei Net Worth and Salary
Marisa Tomei net worth is near about $30 million. She built this amount of net worth from her acting career. In 1984, she appeared on the soap opera “As the World Turns” and starred in the minor roles of the films like “The Toxic Avenger” and “The Flamingo Kid”.
Marisa Tomei plays an epic role in projects like “My Cousin Vinny”, “In the Bedroom”, and “Wrestler” and became a highly successful film actress. She earned an Academy Award for her role in film “My Cousin Vinny 1992”.
Marisa Tomei salary is up to $3 million per year. She also appeared on several television series like “A different World”, “Rescue Me”, and “Empire”. In 2012, she was featured on “Who Do You Think Your Are?”. That time, she travelled to the Tuscany for visiting Italy and the island of Elba for finding the truth about the murder of her maternal great-grandfather “Francesco Leopoldo Bianchi”.
She is also a stage actress and also performed on Broadway in “The Comedy of Errors”, “Wait Until Dark”, “The Realistic Joneses”, “Salome”, “The Rose Tattoo”, and “Top Girls”.
Career and Awards
Marisa Tomei played a role of “Marcy Thompson” on 12 episodes of “As the World Turns” from 1984 to 1985. After that, she appeared in the film “Playing for Keeps” in 1986. She also starred on 22 episodes of “A Different World” in 1987.
Marisa Tomei won a Theatre World Award for her performance in off-Broadway production “Daughters”. After earn popularity and success, she starred in the popular films like Oscar and Zandalee. In 1992, she co-starred with Robert Downey Jr. in “Chaplin”. She also reunited with Robert Downey Jr. and appeared in “Only You” and “Untamed Heart”.
In 1994, she hosted “Saturday Night Live” in New York. Marisa Tomei starred in the film “Unhook the Stars” directed by Nick Cassavetes. She earned a Screen Actor Guild award nomination by this role. In 2000, she appeared in five popular films. She also appeared in the romantic comedy “What Woman Want”, which grossed over $374.1 million at the box office. She also played a role of Natalie Strout in the independent film “In the Bedroom”. Marisa Tomei co-starred with Jonah Hill and John C. Reilly in “Cyrus 2010”.
Marisa Tomei also portrayed May Parker in some Marvel movies like “Captain America: Civil War” and “Spiderman: Homecoming”. She won a lot of awards and nomination for her performance in “My Cousin Vinny”. She won an MTV movie award for Best Kiss in film “Untamed Heart”. Marisa Tomei also won a Golden Key award at the Key West Film Festival.