Vera Farmiga
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.
Born: 06 August 1973
Played In
Movie
Jun 2026
The Leader
Bonnie Nettles
Movie
Nov 2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
TV Show
Oct 2025
Boots
Barbara Cope
Movie
Sep 2025
The Conjuring: Last Rites
Lorraine Warren
Movie
May 2024
Ezra
Grace
Movie
Dec 2023
Origin
Kate Medina
Movie
Sep 2023
The Nun II
Lorraine Warren
TV Show
Aug 2022
Five Days at Memorial
Dr. Anna Pou
Movie
Feb 2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
Self - Eleanor Bishop
TV Show
Nov 2021
Hawkeye
Eleanor Bishop
Movie
Nov 2021
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Eleanor Bishop (archive footage)
Movie
Sep 2021
The Many Saints of Newark
Livia Soprano
Movie
May 2021
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Lorraine Warren
TV Show
May 2021
Halston
Adele
Movie
Oct 2020
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
Self
Movie
Jul 2019
Skin
Shareen
Movie
Jun 2019
Annabelle Comes Home
Lorraine Warren
TV Show
May 2019
When They See Us
Elizabeth Lederer
Movie
May 2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Emma Russell
Movie
Mar 2019
Captive State
Jane Doe
Movie
Nov 2018
The Front Runner
Lee Hart
Movie
Sep 2018
The Nun
Lorraine Warren
Movie
Jun 2018
Boundaries
Laura
Movie
Jan 2018
The Commuter
Joanna
TV Show
Sep 2017
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
The Candidate
Movie
Oct 2016
The Escape
Dr. Nora Phillips
Movie
Oct 2016
Burn Your Maps
Alise Firth
Movie
Jun 2016
The Conjuring 2
Lorraine Warren
Movie
Apr 2016
Special Correspondents
Eleanor Finch
Movie
Oct 2014
The Judge
Samantha Powell
Movie
Mar 2014
Closer to the Moon
Alice Bercovich
Movie
Oct 2013
At Middleton
Edith Martin
Movie
Jul 2013
The Conjuring
Lorraine Warren
TV Show
Mar 2013
Bates Motel
Norma Bates
Movie
Aug 2012
Goats
Wendy Whitman
Movie
Feb 2012
Safe House
Catherine Linklater
Movie
Aug 2011
Higher Ground
Corinne Walker
Movie
Mar 2011
Source Code
Colleen Goodwin
Movie
Jan 2010
Henry's Crime
Julie Ivanova
Movie
Dec 2009
Up in the Air
Alex Goran
Movie
Oct 2009
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children
Self
Movie
Sep 2009
The Vintner's Luck
Aurora de Valday
Movie
Jul 2009
Orphan
Kate
Movie
Dec 2008
Nothing But the Truth
Erica van Doren
Movie
Jun 2008
Quid Pro Quo
Fiona Ankany
Movie
May 2008
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Mother
Movie
Mar 2008
In Tranzit
Natalia
Movie
Jan 2008
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Self
Movie
Jun 2007
Never Forever
Sophie Lee
Movie
Jan 2007
Joshua
Abby Cairn
Movie
Dec 2006
Breaking and Entering
Oana
Movie
Nov 2006
The Hard Easy
Dr. Charlie Brooks
Movie
Oct 2006
The Departed
Madolyn
Movie
Jan 2006
Running Scared
Teresa Gazelle
Movie
Sep 2005
Neverwas
Eleanna
Movie
Jul 2004
The Manchurian Candidate
Jocelyne Jordan
TV Show
Mar 2004
Touching Evil
Detective Susan Branca
Movie
Jan 2004
Iron Jawed Angels
Ruza Wenclawska
Movie
Jan 2004
Down to the Bone
Irene Morrison
Movie
Jan 2004
Mind the Gap
Allison Lee
Movie
Nov 2002
Love in the Time of Money
Greta
Movie
Sep 2002
Dummy
Lorena Fanchetti
Movie
Oct 2001
Snow White
Josephine
Movie
Sep 2001
UC: Undercover
Alex Cross
TV Show
Sep 2001
UC: Undercover
Alex Cross
Movie
Aug 2001
Dust
Amy
TV Show
Apr 2001
The Hire
Dr. Nora Phillips
Movie
Mar 2001
15 Minutes
Daphne Handlova
Movie
Aug 2000
Autumn in New York
Lisa Tyler
Movie
May 2000
The Opportunists
Miriam Kelly
TV Show
Oct 1998
Trinity
Movie
Aug 1998
Return to Paradise
Kerrie
Movie
May 1998
The Butterfly Dance
Diane
TV Show
Jul 1997
Roar
Caitlin
Movie
Apr 1997
Rose Hill
Emily Elliot
TV Show
Sep 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
TV Show
Jun 1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
TV Show
Sep 1990
Law & Order
Lindsay Carson
TV Show
Dec 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Emily
Movie
Bad Bloom
Movie
Billion Dollar Spy
Natasha Tolkachev
Movie
Weekend Warriors