Vera Farmiga
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 6, 1973 (age 53)
- Place of birth
- Clifton, New Jersey, USA
- Credits
- 82
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).
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Known for
Filmography
The Leader
2026Movie
Bonnie Nettles
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
Boots
2025TV
Barbara Cope
The Conjuring: Last Rites
2025Movie
Lorraine Warren
Ezra
2024Movie
Grace
Origin
2023Movie
Kate Medina
The Nun II
2023Movie
Lorraine Warren
Five Days at Memorial
2022TV
Dr. Anna Pou
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
2022Movie
Self - Eleanor Bishop
Hawkeye
2021TV
Eleanor Bishop
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021Movie
Eleanor Bishop (archive footage)
The Many Saints of Newark
2021Movie
Livia Soprano
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
2021Movie
Lorraine Warren
Halston
2021TV
Adele
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
2020Movie
Self
Skin
2019Movie
Shareen
Annabelle Comes Home
2019Movie
Lorraine Warren
When They See Us
2019TV
Elizabeth Lederer
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019Movie
Emma Russell
Captive State
2019Movie
Jane Doe
The Front Runner
2018Movie
Lee Hart
The Nun
2018Movie
Lorraine Warren
Boundaries
2018Movie
Laura
The Commuter
2018Movie
Joanna
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017TV
The Candidate
The Escape
2016Movie
Dr. Nora Phillips
Burn Your Maps
2016Movie
Alise Firth
The Conjuring 2
2016Movie
Lorraine Warren
Special Correspondents
2016Movie
Eleanor Finch
The Judge
2014Movie
Samantha Powell
Closer to the Moon
2014Movie
Alice Bercovich
At Middleton
2013Movie
Edith
The Conjuring
2013Movie
Lorraine Warren
Bates Motel
2013TV
Norma Bates
Goats
2012Movie
Wendy Whitman
Safe House
2012Movie
Catherine Linklater
Higher Ground
2011Movie
Corinne Walker
Source Code
2011Movie
Colleen Goodwin
Henry's Crime
2010Movie
Julie Ivanova
Up in the Air
2009Movie
Alex Goran
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children
2009Movie
Self
The Vintner's Luck
2009Movie
Aurora de Valday
Orphan
2009Movie
Kate
Nothing But the Truth
2008Movie
Erica Van Doren
Quid Pro Quo
2008Movie
Fiona Ankany
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008Movie
Mother
In Tranzit
2008Movie
Natalia
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
2008Movie
Self
Never Forever
2007Movie
Sophie Lee
Joshua
2007Movie
Abby Cairn
Breaking and Entering
2006Movie
Oana
The Hard Easy
2006Movie
Dr. Charlie Brooks
The Departed
2006Movie
Madolyn
Running Scared
2006Movie
Teresa Gazelle
Neverwas
2005Movie
Eleanna
The Manchurian Candidate
2004Movie
Jocelyne Jordan
Touching Evil
2004TV
Detective Susan Branca
Iron Jawed Angels
2004Movie
Ruza Wenclawska
Down to the Bone
2004Movie
Irene Morrison
Mind the Gap
2004Movie
Allison Lee
Love in the Time of Money
2002Movie
Greta
Dummy
2002Movie
Lorena Fanchetti
Snow White
2001Movie
Josephine
UC: Undercover
2001Movie
Alex Cross
UC: Undercover
2001TV
Alex Cross
Dust
2001Movie
Amy
The Hire
2001TV
Dr. Nora Phillips
15 Minutes
2001Movie
Daphne Handlova
Autumn in New York
2000Movie
Lisa Tyler
The Opportunists
2000Movie
Miriam Kelly
Trinity
1998TV
Return to Paradise
1998Movie
Kerrie
The Butterfly Dance
1998Movie
Diane
Roar
1997TV
Caitlin
Rose Hill
1997Movie
Emily Elliot
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992TV
Self - Presenter
Law & Order
1990TV
Lindsay Carson
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Emily
Billion Dollar Spy
Movie
Natasha Tolkachev
Bad Bloom
Movie
Weekend Warriors
Movie