Vera Farmiga
Known for Acting · 82 credits
- Born
- 1973-08-06 (age 52)
- Place of birth
- Clifton, New Jersey, USA
- Also known as
- Vera Ann Farmiga
Biography
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
TV Shows (16)
Law & Order
1990
as Lindsay Carson
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Bates Motel
2013
as Norma Bates
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self - Presenter
Hawkeye
2021
as Eleanor Bishop
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017
as The Candidate
Boots
2025
as Barbara Cope
When They See Us
2019
as Elizabeth Lederer
UC: Undercover
2001
as Alex Cross
Halston
2021
as Adele
The Hire
2001
as Dr. Nora Phillips
Five Days at Memorial
2022
as Dr. Anna Pou
Roar
1997
as Caitlin
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Emily
Touching Evil
2004
as Detective Susan Branca
Trinity
1998
Movies (66)
The Conjuring: Last Rites
2025
as Lorraine Warren
The Conjuring
2013
as Lorraine Warren
The Conjuring 2
2016
as Lorraine Warren
The Nun
2018
as Lorraine Warren
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
as Emma Russell
The Departed
2006
as Madolyn
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
2021
as Lorraine Warren
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 Judge
2014
as Samantha Powell
Annabelle Comes Home
2019
as Lorraine Warren
The Commuter
2018
as Joanna
Up in the Air
2009
as Alex Goran
Safe House
2012
as Catherine Linklater
Running Scared
2006
as Teresa Gazelle
Skin
2019
as Shareen
15 Minutes
2001
as Daphne Handlova
The Many Saints of Newark
2021
as Livia Soprano
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Jocelyne Jordan
Captive State
2019
as Jane Doe
Ezra
2024
as Grace
In Tranzit
2008
as Natalia
Autumn in New York
2000
as Lisa Tyler
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
2022
as Self - Eleanor Bishop
Origin
2023
as Kate Medina
The Front Runner
2018
as Lee Hart
Nothing But the Truth
2008
as Erica van Doren
Dummy
2002
as Lorena Fanchetti
Higher Ground
2011
as Corinne Walker
Dust
2001
as Amy
Snow White
2001
as Josephine
Goats
2012
as Wendy Whitman
Breaking and Entering
2006
as Oana
Iron Jawed Angels
2004
as Ruza Wenclawska
Return to Paradise
1998
as Kerrie
Henry's Crime
2010
as Julie Ivanova
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
as Eleanor Bishop (archive footage)
Special Correspondents
2016
as Eleanor Finch
At Middleton
2013
as Edith Martin
Boundaries
2018
as Laura
The Leader
2026
as Bonnie Nettles
Neverwas
2005
as Eleanna
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
2008
as Self
The Hard Easy
2006
as Dr. Charlie Brooks
The Escape
2016
as Dr. Nora Phillips
Joshua
2007
as Abby Cairn
Never Forever
2007
as Sophie Lee
Love in the Time of Money
2002
as Greta
Burn Your Maps
2016
as Alise Firth
Closer to the Moon
2014
as Alice Bercovich
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
2020
as Self
Quid Pro Quo
2008
as Fiona Ankany
Billion Dollar Spy
as Natasha Tolkachev
Rose Hill
1997
as Emily Elliot
The Vintner's Luck
2009
as Aurora de Valday
Mind the Gap
2004
as Allison Lee
The Opportunists
2000
as Miriam Kelly
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
as Self - (archive footage)
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children
2009
as Self
Weekend Warriors
UC: Undercover
2001
as Alex Cross
Down to the Bone
2004
as Irene Morrison
Bad Bloom
The Butterfly Dance
1998
as Diane
About 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… With 82 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Vera Farmiga has appeared in 66 films and 16 TV shows.
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- The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025) — as Lorraine Warren
- The Conjuring (2013) — as Lorraine Warren
- The Conjuring 2 (2016) — as Lorraine Warren
- The Nun (2018) — as Lorraine Warren
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) — as Emma Russell
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