Vera Farmiga

Vera Ann Farmiga (born August 6, 1973, Clifton, New Jersey, USA) is an American actress and singer.

Filmography

• 1998 — Return to Paradise — Kerrie
• 2000 — The Opportunists — Miriam Kelly
• 2000 — An autumn in New York — Lisa Tyler
• 2001 — 15 minutes — Daphne Handlova
• 2001 — Dust — Amy
• 2001 — Snow White — Josephine
• 2002 — Love in the Time of Money — Greta
• 2002 — Dummy — Lorena
• 2004 — Down to the Bone — Irene
• 2004 — Iron Jawed Angels — Ruza Wenclawska
• 2004 — Touching Evil — Detective Susan Branca
• 2004 — Mind the Gap — Allison Lee
• 2004 — Manchurian nominee — Jocelyne Jordan
• 2005 — Never Happened — Eleanna
• 2006 — Running Scared — Teresa Gazelle
• 2006 — Thief — Oana
• 2006 — The Departed — Madolyn
• 2006 — The Hard Easy — Dr. Charlie Brooks
• 2007 — Joshua — Abby Cairn
• 2007 — Never Forever — Sophie Lee
• 2008/I — Quid Pro Quo — Fiona
• 2008 — In Transit — Natalia
• 2008 — Boy in Striped Pajamas — Mother
• 2008/I — Nothing But the Truth — Erica Van Doren
• 2009 — Enemy in the House — Kate
• 2009/I — Mind blown — Alex Goran
• 2009 — The Vintner's Luck — Aurora de Valday
• 2010 — Who is to blame? — Julie Ivanova
• 2011 — Higher Ground — Corinne Walker
• 2011 — Life Code — Colleen Goodwin
• 2012 — Goats — Wendy
• 2012 — Protecting the Enemy — Catherine Linklater
• 2013 — At Middleton — Edith Martin
• 2013 — The Conjuring — Lorraine Warren
• 2013 — Closer to the Moon — Alice
• 2014 — Judge — Samantha Powell
• Prima — Under Construction
• Facing the Wind — Under Construction
• 2016 — 55 Steps — Colette Hughes — Under Construction
• 2025 — The Conjuring: Last Rites — Lorraine Warren

Vera Ann Farmiga was born on August 6, 1973 in Clifton, New Jersey. The daughter of Ukrainian immigrants, Farmiga grew up in a traditional environment and did not speak English until the age of six. Although he considered becoming a professional pianist in his youth, he turned to acting while studying Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.

Farmiga, who started her career on the Broadway stage with plays such as "Taking Sides", took her first important step on television with the TV series "Roar" (1997). His transition to cinema was with the movie "Return to Paradise" (1998). However, the performance that really caught the attention of critics and became a turning point in her career came with the independent film "Down to the Bone" (2004), in which she played a drug-addicted mother; He won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for this role.

Farmiga increased her recognition in mainstream cinema with her role in Martin Scorsese's "The Departed" (2006), which won the Best Picture Oscar. The actor, who demonstrated his talent in dramatic productions such as "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" (2008), experienced one of the peaks of his career in the movie "Up in the Air" (2009), directed by Jason Reitman.

She was nominated for an Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in this film, in which she shared the leading role with George Clooney.

In the 2010s, Farmiga deserved the title of "Queen of Horror" by performing iconic roles in both television and cinema. She earned an Emmy nomination for portraying the character of Norma Bates in the critically acclaimed series "Bates Motel" (2013-2017), which was a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho". In the cinema, she gained worldwide fame with the character of paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren, whom she portrayed in the "The Conjuring" universe created by James Wan (The Conjuring 2013, The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist 2016, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It 2021).

The artist, who is also a director as well as an actor, directed and starred in the 2011 movie "Higher Ground". Recently, he has appeared in big-budget productions such as "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" (2019), "The Many Saints of Newark" (2021) and the Marvel Cinematic Universe series "Hawkeye" (2021). She is the older sister of Taissa Farmiga, who is also an actress.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in a total of 82 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Law & Order (1990) — Lindsay Carson
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) — Self - Guest
• Bates Motel (2013) — Norma Bates
• MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992) — Self - Presenter
• The Conjuring (2013) — Lorraine Warren
• The Conjuring 2 (2016) — Lorraine Warren
• The Departed (2006) — Madolyn
• Hawkeye (2021) — Eleanor Bishop
• The Conjuring 4: The Last Rites (2025) — Lorraine Warren
• The Conjuring 3: Killer Demon (2021) — Lorraine Warren
• Godzilla II: King of the Monsters (2019) — Emma Russell
• Face of Terror (2018) — Lorraine Warren

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.