Vera 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Vera Farmiga, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Law & Order

The Conjuring: Last Rites

Bates Motel

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Hawkeye

The Conjuring

MTV Movie & TV Awards

The Nun

All Movies (66)

• The Leader2026 · as Bonnie Nettles
• Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies2025 · as Self - (archive footage)
• The Conjuring: Last Rites2025 · as Lorraine Warren
• Ezra2024 · as Grace
• Origin2023 · as Kate Medina
• The Nun II2023 · as Lorraine Warren
• Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye2022 · as Self - Eleanor Bishop
• Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special2021 · as Eleanor Bishop (archive footage)
• The Many Saints of Newark2021 · as Livia Soprano
• The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It2021 · as Lorraine Warren
• Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe2020 · as Self
• Skin2019 · as Shareen
• Annabelle Comes Home2019 · as Lorraine Warren
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019 · as Emma Russell
• Captive State2019 · as Jane Doe
• The Front Runner2018 · as Lee Hart
• The Nun2018 · as Lorraine Warren
• Boundaries2018 · as Laura
• The Commuter2018 · as Joanna
• The Escape2016 · as Dr. Nora Phillips
• Burn Your Maps2016 · as Alise Firth
• The Conjuring 22016 · as Lorraine Warren
• Special Correspondents2016 · as Eleanor Finch
• The Judge2014 · as Samantha Powell
• Closer to the Moon2014 · as Alice Bercovich
• At Middleton2013 · as Edith Martin
• The Conjuring2013 · as Lorraine Warren
• Goats2012 · as Wendy Whitman
• Safe House2012 · as Catherine Linklater
• Higher Ground2011 · as Corinne Walker
• Source Code2011 · as Colleen Goodwin
• Henry's Crime2010 · as Julie Ivanova
• Up in the Air2009 · as Alex Goran
• Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children2009 · as Self
• The Vintner's Luck2009 · as Aurora de Valday
• Orphan2009 · as Kate
• Nothing But the Truth2008 · as Erica van Doren
• Quid Pro Quo2008 · as Fiona Ankany
• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas2008 · as Mother
• In Tranzit2008 · as Natalia
• Notes on an American Film Director at Work2008 · as Self
• Never Forever2007 · as Sophie Lee
• Joshua2007 · as Abby Cairn
• Breaking and Entering2006 · as Oana
• The Hard Easy2006 · as Dr. Charlie Brooks
• The Departed2006 · as Madolyn
• Running Scared2006 · as Teresa Gazelle
• Neverwas2005 · as Eleanna
• The Manchurian Candidate2004 · as Jocelyne Jordan
• Iron Jawed Angels2004 · as Ruza Wenclawska
• Down to the Bone2004 · as Irene Morrison
• Mind the Gap2004 · as Allison Lee
• Love in the Time of Money2002 · as Greta
• Dummy2002 · as Lorena Fanchetti
• Snow White2001 · as Josephine
• UC: Undercover2001 · as Alex Cross
• Dust2001 · as Amy
• 15 Minutes2001 · as Daphne Handlova
• Autumn in New York2000 · as Lisa Tyler
• The Opportunists2000 · as Miriam Kelly
• Return to Paradise1998 · as Kerrie
• The Butterfly Dance1998 · as Diane
• Rose Hill1997 · as Emily Elliot
• Bad Bloom—
• Billion Dollar Spy— · as Natasha Tolkachev
• Weekend Warriors—

All TV Shows (16)

• Boots2025 · as Barbara Cope
• Five Days at Memorial2022 · as Dr. Anna Pou
• Hawkeye2021 · as Eleanor Bishop
• Halston2021 · as Adele
• When They See Us2019 · as Elizabeth Lederer
• Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams2017 · as The Candidate
• Bates Motel2013 · as Norma Bates
• Touching Evil2004 · as Detective Susan Branca
• UC: Undercover2001 · as Alex Cross
• The Hire2001 · as Dr. Nora Phillips
• Trinity1998
• Roar1997 · as Caitlin
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self - Presenter
• Law & Order1990 · as Lindsay Carson
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Emily