Vera Farmiga
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 6, 1973 (age 53)
- Birthplace
- Clifton, New Jersey, USA
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Vera Farmiga, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
Bad Bloom
Movie
Billion Dollar Spy
Movie · as Natasha Tolkachev
Weekend Warriors
Movie
Inferno
Movie
The Leader
Movie · as Bonnie Nettles
The Conjuring: Last Rites
Movie · as Lorraine Warren
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Boots
TV · as Barbara Cope · 8 eps
Ezra
Movie · as Grace
Origin
Movie · as Kate Medina
The Nun II
Movie · as Lorraine Warren
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
Movie · as Self - Eleanor Bishop
Five Days at Memorial
TV · as Dr. Anna Pou · 8 eps
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Movie · as Eleanor Bishop (archive footage)
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Movie · as Lorraine Warren
The Many Saints of Newark
Movie · as Livia Soprano
Hawkeye
TV · as Eleanor Bishop · 6 eps
Halston
TV · as Adele · 1 ep
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
Movie · as Self
Captive State
Movie · as Jane Doe
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Movie · as Emma Russell
Annabelle Comes Home
Movie · as Lorraine Warren
Skin
Movie · as Shareen
When They See Us
TV · as Elizabeth Lederer · 4 eps
The Commuter
Movie · as Joanna
Boundaries
Movie · as Laura
The Front Runner
Movie · as Lee Hart
The Nun
Movie · as Lorraine Warren
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
TV · as The Candidate · 1 ep
The Conjuring 2
Movie · as Lorraine Warren
Burn Your Maps
Movie · as Alise Firth
Special Correspondents
Movie · as Eleanor Finch
The Escape
Movie · as Dr. Nora Phillips
Closer to the Moon
Movie · as Alice Bercovich
The Judge
Movie · as Samantha Powell
The Conjuring
Movie · as Lorraine Warren
At Middleton
Movie · as Edith
Bates Motel
TV · as Norma Bates · 50 eps
Goats
Movie · as Wendy Whitman
Safe House
Movie · as Catherine Linklater
Source Code
Movie · as Colleen Goodwin
Higher Ground
Movie · as Corinne Walker
Henry's Crime
Movie · as Julie Ivanova
Orphan
Movie · as Kate
Up in the Air
Movie · as Alex Goran
The Vintner's Luck
Movie · as Aurora de Valday
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children
Movie · as Self
In Tranzit
Movie · as Natalia
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Movie · as Mother
Nothing but the Truth
Movie · as Erica Van Doren
Quid Pro Quo
Movie · as Fiona Ankany
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Movie · as Self
Joshua
Movie · as Abby Cairn
Never Forever
Movie · as Sophie Lee
Breaking and Entering
Movie · as Oana
The Departed
Movie · as Madolyn
Running Scared
Movie · as Teresa Gazelle
The Hard Easy
Movie · as Dr. Charlie Brooks
Neverwas
Movie · as Eleanna
Down to the Bone
Movie · as Irene Morrison
The Manchurian Candidate
Movie · as Jocelyne Jordan
Iron Jawed Angels
Movie · as Ruza Wenclawska
Mind the Gap
Movie · as Allison Lee
Touching Evil
TV · as Detective Susan Branca · 13 eps
Dummy
Movie · as Lorena Fanchetti
Love in the Time of Money
Movie · as Greta
15 Minutes
Movie · as Daphne Handlova
Dust
Movie · as Amy
Snow White
Movie · as Josephine
UC: Undercover
Movie · as Alex Cross
UC: Undercover
TV · as Alex Cross · 13 eps
The Hire
TV · as Dr. Nora Phillips · 1 ep
The Opportunists
Movie · as Miriam Kelly
Autumn in New York
Movie · as Lisa Tyler
Return to Paradise
Movie · as Kerrie
The Butterfly Dance
Movie · as Diane
Trinity
TV · 1 ep
Rose Hill
Movie · as Emily Elliot
Roar
TV · as Caitlin · 13 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Law & Order
TV · as Lindsay Carson · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Emily · 1 ep