
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

Bates Motel
2013
as Norma Bates

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest

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

Five Days at Memorial
2022
as Dr. Anna Pou

Halston
2021
as Adele

The Hire
2001
as Dr. Nora Phillips

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 Departed
2006
as Madolyn

The Nun
2018
as Lorraine Warren

Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
as Emma Russell

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

Annabelle Comes Home
2019
as Lorraine Warren

Orphan
2009
as Kate

The Judge
2014
as Samantha Powell

Safe House
2012
as Catherine Linklater

The Commuter
2018
as Joanna

Up in the Air
2009
as Alex Goran

Skin
2019
as Shareen

The Many Saints of Newark
2021
as Livia Soprano

15 Minutes
2001
as Daphne Handlova

Captive State
2019
as Jane Doe

Running Scared
2006
as Teresa Gazelle

The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Jocelyne Jordan

Ezra
2024
as Grace

In Tranzit
2008
as Natalia

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

Breaking and Entering
2006
as Oana

Autumn in New York
2000
as Lisa Tyler

Origin
2023
as Kate Medina

Nothing But the Truth
2008
as Erica van Doren

Henry's Crime
2010
as Julie Ivanova

Return to Paradise
1998
as Kerrie

Goats
2012
as Wendy Whitman

Snow White
2001
as Josephine

Boundaries
2018
as Laura

Iron Jawed Angels
2004
as Ruza Wenclawska

Dust
2001
as Amy

Higher Ground
2011
as Corinne Walker

The Front Runner
2018
as Lee Hart

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
as Eleanor Bishop (archive footage)
The Leader
2026
as Bonnie Nettles

Notes on an American Film Director at Work
2008
as Self

At Middleton
2013
as Edith Martin

Special Correspondents
2016
as Eleanor Finch

Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
2020
as Self

Dummy
2002
as Lorena Fanchetti

Never Forever
2007
as Sophie Lee

The Escape
2016
as Dr. Nora Phillips

Love in the Time of Money
2002
as Greta

Neverwas
2005
as Eleanna

Joshua
2007
as Abby Cairn

Burn Your Maps
2016
as Alise Firth

Billion Dollar Spy
as Natasha Tolkachev

Quid Pro Quo
2008
as Fiona Ankany

Mind the Gap
2004
as Allison Lee

The Opportunists
2000
as Miriam Kelly

Rose Hill
1997
as Emily Elliot

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

The Hard Easy
2006
as Dr. Charlie Brooks

The Vintner's Luck
2009
as Aurora de Valday

Closer to the Moon
2014
as Alice Bercovich

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

Down to the Bone
2004
as Irene Morrison
Weekend Warriors

UC: Undercover
2001
as Alex Cross
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 Departed (2006) — as Madolyn
- The Nun (2018) — as Lorraine Warren
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