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.

In 1996, she made a guest appearance on the sitcom Seinfeld, playing herself in the two-part episode " The Cadillac".Marisa Tomei wears a thin stretch of see-through green mesh fabric that ties together in the back and at the shoulders, forming a backless midriff shirt that follows the barely-there fashion that was popular at the turn of the century. At age 42, Marisa took on a provocative role in legendary filmmaker Sidney Lumet's melodramatic picture Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), in which she appeared nude in love scenes with costars Ethan Hawke and Philip Seymour Hoffman. One exception: if you've made a mistake and you catch it within 3 hours you may delete the post and post it again. The soap opera I was on, As the World Turns, I overlapped a little with Julianne Moore, so we go back a long way.

Tomei’s good looks also often lead to some humorous scenes where other characters hit on her character or tell Peter how hot his Aunt is, much to his chagrin. She also had a supporting role in the romantic comedy Someone Like You starring Ashley Judd, Hugh Jackman, and Greg Kinnear.During her career, Tomei has appeared on the cover of numerous lifestyle and fashion magazines, such as Vogue Greece, [41] Paper, Redbook, [42] Shape, Gotham and More. In 2001, she appeared in Todd Field's independent drama film In the Bedroom starring Tom Wilkinson and Sissy Spacek. In the photo, Marisa Tomei appears to be standing on the red carpet at an event, though the logos on the step-and-repeat backdrop are blurred out. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.