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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 6, 1973
Place of Birth:
Clifton, New Jersey, USA
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Vera Farmiga
Biography
Vera Ann Farmiga (/fɑːrˈmiːɡə/ far-MEE-gə; born August 6, 1973) is an American actress. Farmiga began her professional acting career on stage in the original Broadway production of Taking Sides (1996). After expanding to television and film, her breakthrough came with her starring role as a drug addict in the drama Down to the Bone (2004). She then had roles in the political thriller The Manchurian Candidate (2004), the crime drama The Departed (2006), and the historical drama The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008). She was also established as a scream queen for her performances in the horror films Joshua (2007) and Orphan (2009).
For her performance in the comedy-drama Up in the Air (2009), Farmiga was nominated for an Academy Award and other accolades. She then made her directorial debut with the drama film Higher Ground (2011), in which she had the leading role. She starred in the thrillers Source Code (2011) and Safe House (2012), before furthering her scream queen status by portraying paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren in the Conjuring Universe films The Conjuring (2013), The Conjuring 2 (2016), Annabelle Comes Home (2019), and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021). She also starred in the legal drama The Judge (2014), the biographical drama The Front Runner (2018), the monster film Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), and the crime drama The Many Saints of Newark (2021).
On television, Farmiga received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for playing Norma Louise Bates in the A&E drama horror series Bates Motel (2013–2017) and starring in the Netflix miniseries When They See Us (2019). She also appears in the Disney+ miniseries Hawkeye (2021), set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the Apple TV+ miniseries Five Days at Memorial (2022).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Conjuring: Last Rites | Lorraine Warren |
| 2024 | Ezra | Grace |
| 2023 | Origin | Kate Medina |
| 2023 | The Nun II | Lorraine Warren |
| 2022 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye | Self - Eleanor Bishop |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special | Eleanor Bishop (archive footage) |
| 2021 | The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It | Lorraine Warren |
| 2021 | The Many Saints of Newark | Livia Soprano |
| 2020 | Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe | Self |
| 2019 | Captive State | Jane Doe |
| 2019 | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Emma Russell |
| 2019 | Annabelle Comes Home | Lorraine Warren |
| 2019 | Skin | Shareen |
| 2018 | The Commuter | Joanna |
| 2018 | Boundaries | Laura Jaconi |
| 2018 | The Front Runner | Lee Hart |
| 2018 | The Nun | Lorraine Warren |
| 2016 | The Conjuring 2 | Lorraine Warren |
| 2016 | Burn Your Maps | Alise Firth |
| 2016 | Special Correspondents | Eleanor Finch |
| 2016 | The Escape | Dr. Nora Phillips |
| 2014 | Closer to the Moon | Alice Bercovich |
| 2014 | The Judge | Samantha Powell |
| 2013 | The Conjuring | Lorraine Warren |
| 2013 | At Middleton | Edith Martin |
| 2012 | Goats | Wendy Whitman |
| 2012 | Safe House | Catherine Linklater |
| 2011 | Source Code | Colleen Goodwin |
| 2011 | Higher Ground | Corinne Walker |
| 2010 | Henry's Crime | Julie Ivanova |
| 2009 | Orphan | Kate |
| 2009 | Up in the Air | Alex Goran |
| 2009 | The Vintner's Luck | Aurora de Valday |
| 2009 | Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children | Self |
| 2008 | In Tranzit | Natalia |
| 2008 | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Mother |
| 2008 | Nothing But the Truth | Erica van Doren |
| 2008 | Quid Pro Quo | Fiona Ankany |
| 2008 | Notes on an American Film Director at Work | Self |
| 2007 | Joshua | Abby Cairn |
| 2007 | Never Forever | Sophie Lee |
| 2006 | Breaking and Entering | Oana |
| 2006 | The Departed | Madolyn |
| 2006 | Running Scared | Teresa Gazelle |
| 2006 | The Hard Easy | Dr. Charlie Brooks |
| 2005 | Neverwas | Eleanna |
| 2004 | Down to the Bone | Irene Morrison |
| 2004 | The Manchurian Candidate | Jocelyne Jordan |
| 2004 | Iron Jawed Angels | Ruza Wenclawska |
| 2004 | Mind the Gap | Allison Lee |
| 2002 | Dummy | Lorena Fanchetti |
| 2002 | Love in the Time of Money | Greta |
| 2001 | 15 Minutes | Daphne Handlova |
| 2001 | Dust | Amy |
| 2001 | Snow White | Josephine |
| 2000 | The Opportunists | Miriam Kelly |
| 2000 | Autumn in New York | Lisa Tyler |
| 1998 | Return to Paradise | Kerrie |
| 1998 | The Butterfly Dance | Diane |
| 1997 | Rose Hill | Emily Elliot |
| The Leader | Bonnie Nettles | |
| The Salamander Lives Twice | Goggy | |
| Bad Bloom | ||
| Billion Dollar Spy | Natasha Tolkachev |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Five Days at Memorial | Dr. Anna Pou |
| 2021 | Hawkeye | Eleanor Bishop |
| 2021 | Halston | Adele |
| 2019 | When They See Us | Elizabeth Lederer |
| 2017 | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | The Candidate |
| 2013 | Bates Motel | Norma Bates |
| 2004 | Touching Evil | Detective Susan Branca |
| 2001 | UC: Undercover | Alex Cross |
| 2001 | The Hire | Dr. Nora Phillips |
| 1998 | Trinity | |
| 1997 | Roar | Caitlin |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Lindsay Carson |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Emily |
| The Corps | Barbara Cope |