
Vera Farmiga
Acting
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.
TV Shows(16)

Boots
Barbara Cope
2025

Five Days at Memorial
Dr. Anna Pou
2022

Hawkeye
Eleanor Bishop
2021

Halston
Adele
2021

When They See Us
Elizabeth Lederer
2019

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
The Candidate
2017

Bates Motel
Norma Bates
2013

Touching Evil
Detective Susan Branca
2004

UC: Undercover
Alex Cross
2001

The Hire
Dr. Nora Phillips
2001

Trinity
1998

Roar
Caitlin
1997

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993

MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
1992

Law & Order
Lindsay Carson
1990

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Emily
1951
Movies(66)
The Leader
Bonnie Nettles
2026

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
2025

The Conjuring: Last Rites
Lorraine Warren
2025

Ezra
Grace
2024

Origin
Kate Medina
2023

The Nun II
Lorraine Warren
2023

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
Self - Eleanor Bishop
2022

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Eleanor Bishop (archive footage)
2021

The Many Saints of Newark
Livia Soprano
2021

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Lorraine Warren
2021

Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
Self
2020

Skin
Shareen
2019

Annabelle Comes Home
Lorraine Warren
2019

Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Emma Russell
2019

Captive State
Jane Doe
2019

The Front Runner
Lee Hart
2018

The Nun
Lorraine Warren
2018

Boundaries
Laura
2018

The Commuter
Joanna
2018

The Escape
Dr. Nora Phillips
2016

Burn Your Maps
Alise Firth
2016

The Conjuring 2
Lorraine Warren
2016

Special Correspondents
Eleanor Finch
2016

The Judge
Samantha Powell
2014

Closer to the Moon
Alice Bercovich
2014

At Middleton
Edith Martin
2013

The Conjuring
Lorraine Warren
2013

Goats
Wendy Whitman
2012

Safe House
Catherine Linklater
2012

Higher Ground
Corinne Walker
2011

Source Code
Colleen Goodwin
2011

Henry's Crime
Julie Ivanova
2010

Up in the Air
Alex Goran
2009

Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children
Self
2009

The Vintner's Luck
Aurora de Valday
2009

Orphan
Kate
2009

Nothing But the Truth
Erica van Doren
2008

Quid Pro Quo
Fiona Ankany
2008

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Mother
2008

In Tranzit
Natalia
2008

Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Self
2008

Never Forever
Sophie Lee
2007

Joshua
Abby Cairn
2007

Breaking and Entering
Oana
2006

The Hard Easy
Dr. Charlie Brooks
2006

The Departed
Madolyn
2006

Running Scared
Teresa Gazelle
2006

Neverwas
Eleanna
2005

The Manchurian Candidate
Jocelyne Jordan
2004

Iron Jawed Angels
Ruza Wenclawska
2004

Down to the Bone
Irene Morrison
2004

Mind the Gap
Allison Lee
2004

Love in the Time of Money
Greta
2002

Dummy
Lorena Fanchetti
2002

Snow White
Josephine
2001

UC: Undercover
Alex Cross
2001

Dust
Amy
2001

15 Minutes
Daphne Handlova
2001

Autumn in New York
Lisa Tyler
2000

The Opportunists
Miriam Kelly
2000

Return to Paradise
Kerrie
1998

The Butterfly Dance
Diane
1998

Rose Hill
Emily Elliot
1997
Bad Bloom

Billion Dollar Spy
Natasha Tolkachev
Weekend Warriors