
Vera Farmiga
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1973-08-06 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
Clifton, New Jersey, USA
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
Acting
Billion Dollar Spy
as Natasha Tolkachev
The Salamander Lives Twice
as Goggy
The Leader
as Bonnie Nettles
(2025)
The Conjuring: Last Rites
as Lorraine Warren
(2024)
Ezra
as Grace
(2023)
The Nun II
as Lorraine Warren
(2023)
Origin
as Kate Medina
(2022)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
as Self - Eleanor Bishop
(2021)
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
as Lorraine Warren
(2021)
The Many Saints of Newark
as Livia Soprano
(2021)
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Eleanor Bishop (archive footage)
(2020)
(2019)
Annabelle Comes Home
as Lorraine Warren
(2019)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Emma Russell
(2019)
Skin
as Shareen
(2019)
Captive State
as Jane Doe
(2018)
The Nun
as Lorraine Warren
(2018)
The Commuter
as Joanna
(2018)
The Front Runner
as Lee Hart
(2018)
Boundaries
as Laura Jaconi
(2016)
The Conjuring 2
as Lorraine Warren
(2016)
Special Correspondents
as Eleanor Finch
(2016)
Burn Your Maps
as Alise Firth
(2016)
The Escape
as Dr. Nora Phillips
(2014)
The Judge
as Samantha Powell
(2014)
Closer to the Moon
as Alice Bercovich
(2013)
The Conjuring
as Lorraine Warren
(2013)
At Middleton
as Edith Martin
(2012)
Safe House
as Catherine Linklater
(2012)
Goats
as Wendy Whitman
(2011)
Source Code
as Colleen Goodwin
(2011)
Higher Ground
as Corinne Walker
(2010)
Henry's Crime
as Julie Ivanova
(2009)
Orphan
as Kate
(2009)
Up in the Air
as Alex Goran
(2009)
The Vintner's Luck
as Aurora de Valday
(2009)
(2008)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
as Mother
(2008)
Nothing But the Truth
as Erica van Doren
(2008)
In Tranzit
as Natalia
(2008)
Quid Pro Quo
as Fiona Ankany
(2008)
(2007)
Never Forever
as Sophie Lee
(2007)
Joshua
as Abby Cairn
(2006)
The Departed
as Madolyn
(2006)
Running Scared
as Teresa Gazelle
(2006)
Breaking and Entering
as Oana
(2006)
The Hard Easy
as Dr. Charlie Brooks
(2005)
Neverwas
as Eleanna
(2004)
The Manchurian Candidate
as Jocelyne Jordan
(2004)
Iron Jawed Angels
as Ruza Wenclawska
(2004)
Mind the Gap
as Allison Lee
(2004)
Down to the Bone
as Irene Morrison
(2002)
Dummy
as Lorena Fanchetti
(2002)
Love in the Time of Money
as Greta
(2001)
Snow White
as Josephine
(2001)
15 Minutes
as Daphne Handlova
(2001)
Dust
as Amy
(2000)
Autumn in New York
as Lisa Tyler
(2000)
The Opportunists
as Miriam Kelly
(1998)
Return to Paradise
as Kerrie
(1998)
The Butterfly Dance
as Diane
(1997)
Rose Hill
as Emily Elliot
Crew
Bad Bloom
Producer
(2011)
Higher Ground
Director