Place of Birth: Clifton, New Jersey, USA
Vera Farmiga
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.
Movie | Cast | Year |
---|---|---|
Breaking and Entering | Oana | 2006 |
The Departed | Madolyn | 2006 |
Origin | Kate Medina | 2023 |
15 Minutes | Daphne Handlova | 2001 |
Orphan | Kate | 2009 |
Joshua | Abby Cairn | 2007 |
Up in the Air | Alex Goran | 2009 |
The Leader | Bonnie Nettles | 1970 |
Running Scared | Teresa Gazelle | 2006 |
Neverwas | Eleanna | 2005 |
In Tranzit | Natalia | 2008 |
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special | Eleanor Bishop (archive footage) | 2021 |
Down to the Bone | Irene Morrison | 2004 |
The Manchurian Candidate | Jocelyne Jordan | 2004 |
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Mother | 2008 |
Nothing But the Truth | Erica van Doren | 2008 |
Quid Pro Quo | Fiona Ankany | 2008 |
Source Code | Colleen Goodwin | 2011 |
The Opportunists | Miriam Kelly | 2000 |
The Vintner's Luck | Aurora de Valday | 2009 |
Dummy | Lorena Fanchetti | 2002 |
Iron Jawed Angels | Ruza Wenclawska | 2004 |
Never Forever | Sophie Lee | 2007 |
Higher Ground | Corinne Walker | 2011 |
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children | Self | 2009 |
Love in the Time of Money | Greta | 2002 |
Henry's Crime | Julie Ivanova | 2010 |
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye | Self - Eleanor Bishop | 2022 |
Goats | Wendy Whitman | 2012 |
Safe House | Catherine Linklater | 2012 |
The Conjuring | Lorraine Warren | 2013 |
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe | Self | 2020 |
Closer to the Moon | Alice Bercovich | 2014 |
The Judge | Samantha Powell | 2014 |
At Middleton | Edith Martin | 2013 |
The Nun II | Lorraine Warren | 2023 |
The Conjuring 2 | Lorraine Warren | 2016 |
Autumn in New York | Lisa Tyler | 2000 |
Ezra | Grace | 2024 |
The Conjuring: Last Rites | Lorraine Warren | 2025 |
The Hard Easy | Dr. Charlie Brooks | 2006 |
Dust | Amy | 2001 |
Burn Your Maps | Alise Firth | 2016 |
Special Correspondents | Eleanor Finch | 2016 |
Rose Hill | Emily Elliot | 1997 |
Snow White | Josephine | 2001 |
Mind the Gap | Allison Lee | 2004 |
Return to Paradise | Kerrie | 1998 |
The Commuter | Joanna | 2018 |
The Escape | Dr. Nora Phillips | 2016 |
Captive State | Jane Doe | 2019 |
Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Emma Russell | 2019 |
Boundaries | Laura Jaconi | 2018 |
The Front Runner | Lee Hart | 2018 |
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It | Lorraine Warren | 2021 |
Annabelle Comes Home | Lorraine Warren | 2019 |
The Nun | Lorraine Warren | 2018 |
Skin | Shareen | 2019 |
The Many Saints of Newark | Livia Soprano | 2021 |
Notes on an American Film Director at Work | Self | 2008 |
The Salamander Lives Twice | Goggy | 1970 |
Bad Bloom | 1970 | |
Whitney Harrison | Lorraine Warren | 2027 | Series | Cast | Year |
Law & Order | Lindsay Carson | 1990 |
UC: Undercover | Alex Cross | 2001 |
Five Days at Memorial | Dr. Anna Pou | 2022 |
Roar | Caitlin | 1997 |
Halston | Adele | 2021 |
Bates Motel | Norma Bates | 2013 |
The Corps | Barbara Cope | 1970 |
Trinity | 1998 | |
Touching Evil | Detective Susan Branca | 2004 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993 |
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | The Candidate | 2017 |
Hallmark Hall of Fame | Emily | 1951 |
When They See Us | Elizabeth Lederer | 2019 |
The Hire | Dr. Nora Phillips | 2001 |
Hawkeye | Eleanor Bishop | 2021 |