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