Vera Farmiga
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 6, 1973
- Birthplace
- Clifton, New Jersey, USA
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.
Filmography
- Inferno
Inferno TBA
Actor
- Weekend Warriors
Weekend Warriors TBA
Actor
Billion Dollar Spy TBA
as Natasha Tolkachev
- Bad Bloom
Bad Bloom TBA
Actor, Producer
The Leader 2026
as Bonnie Nettles, Executive Producer
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies 2025
as Self (archive footage)
The Conjuring: Last Rites 2025
as Lorraine Warren
Ezra 2024
as Grace
Origin 2023
as Kate Medina
The Nun II 2023
as Lorraine Warren
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye 2022
as Self - Eleanor Bishop
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special 2021
as Eleanor Bishop (archive footage)
The Many Saints of Newark 2021
as Livia Soprano
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It 2021
as Lorraine Warren
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe 2020
as Self
Skin 2019
as Shareen
Annabelle Comes Home 2019
as Lorraine Warren
Godzilla: King of the Monsters 2019
as Emma Russell
Captive State 2019
as Jane Doe
The Front Runner 2018
as Lee Hart
The Nun 2018
as Lorraine Warren
Boundaries 2018
as Laura
The Commuter 2018
as Joanna
The Escape 2016
as Dr. Nora Phillips
Burn Your Maps 2016
as Alise Firth
The Conjuring 2 2016
as Lorraine Warren
Special Correspondents 2016
as Eleanor Finch
The Judge 2014
as Samantha Powell
Closer to the Moon 2014
as Alice Bercovich
At Middleton 2013
as Edith
The Conjuring 2013
as Lorraine Warren
Goats 2012
as Wendy Whitman
Safe House 2012
as Catherine Linklater
Higher Ground 2011
as Corinne Walker, Director
Source Code 2011
as Colleen Goodwin
Henry's Crime 2010
as Julie Ivanova
Up in the Air 2009
as Alex Goran
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children 2009
as Self
The Vintner's Luck 2009
as Aurora de Valday
Orphan 2009
as Kate
Nothing but the Truth 2008
as Erica Van Doren
Quid Pro Quo 2008
as Fiona Ankany
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas 2008
as Mother
In Tranzit 2008
as Natalia
Notes on an American Film Director at Work 2008
as Self
Never Forever 2007
as Sophie Lee
Joshua 2007
as Abby Cairn
Breaking and Entering 2006
as Oana
The Hard Easy 2006
as Dr. Charlie Brooks
The Departed 2006
as Madolyn
Running Scared 2006
as Teresa Gazelle
Neverwas 2005
as Eleanna
The Manchurian Candidate 2004
as Jocelyne Jordan
Iron Jawed Angels 2004
as Ruza Wenclawska
Down to the Bone 2004
as Irene Morrison
Mind the Gap 2004
as Allison Lee
Love in the Time of Money 2002
as Greta
Dummy 2002
as Lorena Fanchetti
Snow White 2001
as Josephine
UC: Undercover 2001
as Alex Cross
Dust 2001
as Amy
15 Minutes 2001
as Daphne Handlova
Autumn in New York 2000
as Lisa Tyler
The Opportunists 2000
as Miriam Kelly
Return to Paradise 1998
as Kerrie
The Butterfly Dance 1998
as Diane
Rose Hill 1997
as Emily Elliot
Credits from TMDB.