Vera Farmiga
Acting • Born 1973-08-06
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
82 credits
Breaking and Entering
Movie • 2006
Oana
The Departed
Movie • 2006
Madolyn
Origin
Movie • 2023
Kate Medina
15 Minutes
Movie • 2001
Daphne Handlova
Orphan
Movie • 2009
Kate
Joshua
Movie • 2007
Abby Cairn
Up in the Air
Movie • 2009
Alex Goran
The Leader
Movie
Bonnie Nettles
Running Scared
Movie • 2006
Teresa Gazelle
Neverwas
Movie • 2005
Eleanna
In Tranzit
Movie • 2008
Natalia
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Movie • 2021
Eleanor Bishop (archive footage)
Down to the Bone
Movie • 2004
Irene Morrison
The Manchurian Candidate
Movie • 2004
Jocelyne Jordan
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Movie • 2008
Mother
Nothing But the Truth
Movie • 2008
Erica van Doren
Quid Pro Quo
Movie • 2008
Fiona Ankany
Source Code
Movie • 2011
Colleen Goodwin
The Opportunists
Movie • 2000
Miriam Kelly
The Vintner's Luck
Movie • 2009
Aurora de Valday
Dummy
Movie • 2002
Lorena Fanchetti
Iron Jawed Angels
Movie • 2004
Ruza Wenclawska
Never Forever
Movie • 2007
Sophie Lee
Higher Ground
Movie • 2011
Corinne Walker
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children
Movie • 2009
Self
Love in the Time of Money
Movie • 2002
Greta
Henry's Crime
Movie • 2010
Julie Ivanova
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
Movie • 2022
Self - Eleanor Bishop
Goats
Movie • 2012
Wendy Whitman
Safe House
Movie • 2012
Catherine Linklater
The Conjuring
Movie • 2013
Lorraine Warren
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
Movie • 2020
Self
Closer to the Moon
Movie • 2014
Alice Bercovich
The Judge
Movie • 2014
Samantha Powell
At Middleton
Movie • 2013
Edith Martin
The Nun II
Movie • 2023
Lorraine Warren
The Conjuring 2
Movie • 2016
Lorraine Warren
Autumn in New York
Movie • 2000
Lisa Tyler
Ezra
Movie • 2024
Grace
The Conjuring: Last Rites
Movie • 2025
Lorraine Warren
The Hard Easy
Movie • 2006
Dr. Charlie Brooks
Dust
Movie • 2001
Amy
Burn Your Maps
Movie • 2016
Alise Firth
Special Correspondents
Movie • 2016
Eleanor Finch
Rose Hill
Movie • 1997
Emily Elliot
Snow White
Movie • 2001
Josephine
Mind the Gap
Movie • 2004
Allison Lee
Return to Paradise
Movie • 1998
Kerrie
The Commuter
Movie • 2018
Joanna
The Escape
Movie • 2016
Dr. Nora Phillips
Captive State
Movie • 2019
Jane Doe
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Movie • 2019
Emma Russell
Boundaries
Movie • 2018
Laura Jaconi
The Front Runner
Movie • 2018
Lee Hart
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Movie • 2021
Lorraine Warren
Annabelle Comes Home
Movie • 2019
Lorraine Warren
The Nun
Movie • 2018
Lorraine Warren
Skin
Movie • 2019
Shareen
The Many Saints of Newark
Movie • 2021
Livia Soprano
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Movie • 2008
Self
Bad Bloom
Movie
Billion Dollar Spy
Movie
Natasha Tolkachev
The Butterfly Dance
Movie • 1998
Diane
Weekend Warriors
Movie
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Movie • 2025
Self - (archive footage)
UC: Undercover
Movie • 2001
Alex Cross
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Lindsay Carson
UC: Undercover
TV • 2001
Alex Cross
Five Days at Memorial
TV • 2022
Dr. Anna Pou
Roar
TV • 1997
Caitlin
Bates Motel
TV • 2013
Norma Bates
Boots
TV • 2025
Barbara Cope
Trinity
TV • 1998
Touching Evil
TV • 2004
Detective Susan Branca
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
TV • 2017
The Candidate
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Emily
When They See Us
TV • 2019
Elizabeth Lederer
The Hire
TV • 2001
Dr. Nora Phillips
Hawkeye
TV • 2021
Eleanor Bishop
Halston
TV • 2021
Adele
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV • 1992
Self - Presenter