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