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