Vera Farmiga
Date of birth: 1973-08-06
Place of birth: Clifton, New Jersey, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Vera Ann Farmiga
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.
Movie Credits
Breaking and Entering
2006-12-15
Set in a blighted, inner-city neighbourhood of London, Breaking and Entering examines an affair whic
The Departed
2006-10-04
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the under
Origin
2023-12-08
While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist f
15 Minutes
2001-03-01
When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heis
Orphan
2009-07-24
After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as she
Joshua
2007-01-21
The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly fo
Up in the Air
2009-12-04
Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just a
The Leader
In 1997, thirty-nine members of the American cult known as "Heaven's Gate" committed the largest mas
Running Scared
2006-01-06
A low-ranking thug is entrusted by his boss to dispose of a gun that killed corrupt cops, but things
Neverwas
2005-09-09
Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the
In Tranzit
2008-03-04
Nazi POWs suspected of heinous acts are locked up in a Soviet women's prison run by vengeful female
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Down to the Bone
2004-01-14
A woman stuck in a stale marriage struggles to raise her children and manage her secret drug habit.
The Manchurian Candidate
2004-07-30
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terribl
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008-05-07
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befrie
Nothing But the Truth
2008-12-19
When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, t
Quid Pro Quo
2008-06-13
A semi-paralyzed radio reporter is sent out to investigate a story that leads him into an odd subcul
Source Code
2011-03-30
When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers h
The Opportunists
2000-05-17
Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a
The Vintner's Luck
2009-09-01
A fantasy romance set in 19th century France. The film revolves around Sobran, a young peasant winem
Dummy
2002-09-12
An ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but
Iron Jawed Angels
2004-01-16
Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to
Never Forever
2007-06-20
When an American woman begins a dangerous relationship with an attractive immigrant worker, in order
Higher Ground
2011-08-26
Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual com
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children
2009-10-27
Featurette on the 2009 horror film Orphan.
Love in the Time of Money
2002-11-01
New York serves as a backdrop for a cast of characters in search of love, lust or lucre including a
Henry's Crime
2010-01-14
An aimless man is sent to prison for a crime he did not commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he w
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
2022-02-09
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Goats
2012-08-10
Having a self-absorbed New Age mother and an estranged father has meant 15-year-old Ellis Whitman ha
Safe House
2012-02-08
A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to
The Conjuring
2013-07-18
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
2020-10-23
Before The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It began filming, a bishop from the Order of Exorcists wa
Closer to the Moon
2014-03-07
A Romanian police officer teams up with a small crew of bank robbers to pull off a heist by convinci
The Judge
2014-10-08
A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estra
At Middleton
2013-10-09
George is an uptight surgeon with a rebellious teenage son. Edith is a free spirit with an overachie
The Nun II
2023-09-06
In 1956 France, a priest is violently murdered, and Sister Irene begins to investigate. She once aga
The Conjuring 2
2016-06-08
Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in
Autumn in New York
2000-08-11
Will Keane, a Manhattan restaurateur, is content with his playboy lifestyle until he meets Charlotte
Ezra
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Stand-up comedian Max Bernal lives with his father Stan while struggling to co-parent his autistic s
The Conjuring: Last Rites
2025-09-03
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysteriou
The Hard Easy
2006-11-04
Two separate teams of jewel thieves, one low-rent and one upscale, both desperate, converge on the s
Dust
2001-08-29
Two parallel tales of redemption, a century apart. In the New York storyline, Edge hunts for Angela'
Burn Your Maps
2016-10-07
A family in emotional turmoil is taken by surprise in this quirky adventure where an eccentric 8-yea
Special Correspondents
2016-04-22
A radio journalist and his technician get in over their heads when they hatch a scheme to fake their
Rose Hill
1997-04-20
Four orphan boys running from the law in New York stumble upon a baby in a carriage. They decide to
Snow White
2001-10-28
Snow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy fie
Mind the Gap
2004-01-01
Five seemingly unrelated people decide to take huge risks in their personal lives in an effort to fi
Return to Paradise
1998-08-10
Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave
The Commuter
2018-01-11
A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that t
The Escape
2016-10-23
After the controversial disappearance of their Chief Medical Officer, a shadowy bio genetics company
Captive State
2019-03-15
Nearly a decade after occupation by an extraterrestrial force, the lives of a Chicago neighborhood o
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019-05-29
Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a
Boundaries
2018-06-22
Single mom Laura, along with her awkward 14 year-old son Henry is forced to drive Jack, her estrange
The Front Runner
2018-11-06
Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomi
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
2021-05-25
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensatio
Annabelle Comes Home
2019-06-26
Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring th
The Nun
2018-09-05
A priest with a dark past and a novice nearing her final vows are sent by the Vatican to Romania to
Skin
2019-07-26
A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his
The Many Saints of Newark
2021-09-22
Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark, N.J., history, bec
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
2008-01-01
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas follows his friend, film director Martin Scorsese, and his cast and crew, thro
The Salamander Lives Twice
An injured man with an impenetrable briefcase and no memory is found on the shoreline of a remote is
Bad Bloom
The horror fairytale will portray a family living in isolation on a remote island to keep an unknown
Billion Dollar Spy
Set against the high-stakes backdrop of the late Cold War, Adolf Tolkachev, an ordinary man who risk
The Butterfly Dance
1998-05-15
Diane is a young dancer whose quiet life is disrupted by the presence of a mysterious and unsettling
Weekend Warriors
Based on the 2023 German comedy-drama Weekend Rebels, an autistic teenager wants to find a favorite
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
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