Vera Farmiga
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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
The Conjuring (2013)
as Lorraine Warren
The Departed (2006)
as Madolyn
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
as Lorraine Warren
The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)
as Lorraine Warren
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
as Lorraine Warren
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
as Emma Russell
The Nun (2018)
as Lorraine Warren
Safe House (2012)
as Catherine Linklater
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
as Mother
The Nun II (2023)
as Lorraine Warren
Source Code (2011)
as Colleen Goodwin
Orphan (2009)
as Kate
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
as Jocelyne Jordan
Annabelle Comes Home (2019)
as Lorraine Warren
The Commuter (2018)
as Joanna
Up in the Air (2009)
as Alex Goran
The Judge (2014)
as Samantha Powell
The Many Saints of Newark (2021)
as Livia Soprano
15 Minutes (2001)
as Daphne Handlova
In Tranzit (2008)
as Natalia
Dust (2001)
as Amy
Origin (2023)
as Kate Medina
UC: Undercover (2001)
as Alex Cross
Bad Bloom (—)
Actor
Running Scared (2006)
as Teresa Gazelle
Captive State (2019)
as Jane Doe
Autumn in New York (2000)
as Lisa Tyler
Breaking and Entering (2006)
as Oana
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Nothing But the Truth (2008)
as Erica Van Doren
The Front Runner (2018)
as Lee Hart
Joshua (2007)
as Abby Cairn
Burn Your Maps (2016)
as Alise Firth
Henry's Crime (2010)
as Julie Ivanova
Ezra (2024)
as Grace
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye (2022)
as Self - Eleanor Bishop
Return to Paradise (1998)
as Kerrie
Skin (2019)
as Shareen
The Hard Easy (2006)
as Dr. Charlie Brooks
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special (2021)
as Eleanor Bishop (archive footage)
Snow White (2001)
as Josephine
Boundaries (2018)
as Laura
Higher Ground (2011)
as Corinne Walker
Quid Pro Quo (2008)
as Fiona Ankany
Special Correspondents (2016)
as Eleanor Finch
Never Forever (2007)
as Sophie Lee
Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
as Ruza Wenclawska
Dummy (2002)
as Lorena Fanchetti
Neverwas (2005)
as Eleanna
At Middleton (2013)
as Edith
The Butterfly Dance (1998)
as Diane
The Escape (2016)
as Dr. Nora Phillips
Goats (2012)
as Wendy Whitman
Closer to the Moon (2014)
as Alice Bercovich
The Vintner's Luck (2009)
as Aurora de Valday
Down to the Bone (2004)
as Irene Morrison
Notes on an American Film Director at Work (2008)
as Self
Rose Hill (1997)
as Emily Elliot
Love in the Time of Money (2002)
as Greta
The Opportunists (2000)
as Miriam Kelly
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe (2020)
as Self
The Leader (2026)
as Bonnie Nettles
Mind the Gap (2004)
as Allison Lee
Billion Dollar Spy (—)
as Natasha Tolkachev
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children (2009)
as Self
Weekend Warriors (—)
Actor