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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1990 • TV
2025 • Movie
2021 • TV
2013 • TV
1993 • TV
2013 • Movie
as Lorraine Warren
as Lorraine Warren
as Madolyn
as Lorraine Warren
as Catherine Linklater
as Colleen Goodwin
as Abby Cairn
as Mother
as Oana
as Kate
as Dr. Charlie Brooks
as Samantha Powell
as Sophie Lee
as Lorraine Warren
as Corinne Walker
as Joanna
as Grace
as Alex Goran
as Wendy Whitman
as Teresa Gazelle
Director
Producer
as Lindsay Carson
1 episodes
as Eleanor Bishop
6 episodes
as Norma Bates
50 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Self - Presenter
1 episodes
as Barbara Cope
8 episodes
as Elizabeth Lederer
4 episodes
as The Candidate
1 episodes
as Dr. Nora Phillips
1 episodes
as Dr. Anna Pou
8 episodes
as Adele
1 episodes
as Alex Cross
13 episodes
as Detective Susan Branca
13 episodes
as Caitlin
13 episodes
as Emily
1 episodes
1 episodes
Executive Producer
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