Vera Farmiga

Acting · Born 1973-08-06 in 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…

Filmography

• The Departed as Madolyn
• Orphan as Kate
• Running Scared as Teresa Gazelle
• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas as Mother
• Nothing But the Truth as Erica van Doren
• Source Code as Colleen Goodwin
• The Conjuring as Lorraine Warren
• The Judge as Samantha Powell
• The Conjuring 2 as Lorraine Warren
• The Conjuring: Last Rites as Lorraine Warren

TV

• Bates Motel as Norma Bates
• Boots as Barbara Cope
• When They See Us as Elizabeth Lederer
• Hawkeye as Eleanor Bishop
• Law & Order as Lindsay Carson
• UC: Undercover as Alex Cross
• Five Days at Memorial as Dr. Anna Pou
• Roar as Caitlin
• Trinity
• Touching Evil as Detective Susan Branca