Vera Farmiga
Born: 1973-08-06 in Clifton, New Jersey, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- The Conjuring: Last Rites as Lorraine Warren
- Boots as Barbara Cope
- Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2024
- Ezra as Grace
2023
- The Nun II as Lorraine Warren
- Origin as Kate Medina
2022
- Five Days at Memorial as Dr. Anna Pou
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye as Self - Eleanor Bishop
2021
- Hawkeye as Eleanor Bishop
- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It as Lorraine Warren
- Halston as Adele
- The Many Saints of Newark as Livia Soprano
- Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Eleanor Bishop (archive footage)
2020
2019
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters as Emma Russell
- Annabelle Comes Home as Lorraine Warren
- When They See Us as Elizabeth Lederer
- Skin as Shareen
- Captive State as Jane Doe
2018
- The Nun as Lorraine Warren
- The Commuter as Joanna
- Boundaries as Laura Jaconi
- The Front Runner as Lee Hart
2017
- Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams as The Candidate
2016
- The Conjuring 2 as Lorraine Warren
- The Escape as Dr. Nora Phillips
- Special Correspondents as Eleanor Finch
- Burn Your Maps as Alise Firth
2014
- The Judge as Samantha Powell
- Closer to the Moon as Alice Bercovich
2013
- The Conjuring as Lorraine Warren
- Bates Motel as Norma Bates
- At Middleton as Edith Martin
2012
- Safe House as Catherine Linklater
- Goats as Wendy Whitman
2011
- Source Code as Colleen Goodwin
- Higher Ground as Corinne Walker
2010
- Henry's Crime as Julie Ivanova
2009
- Orphan as Kate
- Up in the Air as Alex Goran
- The Vintner's Luck as Aurora de Valday
- Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children as Self
2008
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas as Mother
- Notes on an American Film Director at Work as Self
- Nothing But the Truth as Erica van Doren
- Quid Pro Quo as Fiona Ankany
- In Tranzit as Natalia
2007
- Joshua as Abby Cairn
- Never Forever as Sophie Lee
2006
- The Departed as Madolyn
- Running Scared as Teresa Gazelle
- Breaking and Entering as Oana
- The Hard Easy as Dr. Charlie Brooks
2005
- Neverwas as Eleanna
2004
- The Manchurian Candidate as Jocelyne Jordan
- Touching Evil as Detective Susan Branca
- Iron Jawed Angels as Ruza Wenclawska
- Mind the Gap as Allison Lee
- Down to the Bone as Irene Morrison
2002
- Love in the Time of Money as Greta
- Dummy as Lorena Fanchetti
2001
- Snow White as Josephine
- UC: Undercover as Alex Cross
- 15 Minutes as Daphne Handlova
- The Hire as Dr. Nora Phillips
- Dust as Amy
2000
- The Opportunists as Miriam Kelly
- Autumn in New York as Lisa Tyler
1998
- Return to Paradise as Kerrie
- Trinity
- The Butterfly Dance as Diane
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1990
- Law & Order as Lindsay Carson
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Emily