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
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
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
Self
2020
The Conjuring 2
Lorraine Warren
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
Never Forever
Sophie Lee
2007
Joshua
Abby Cairn
2007
Breaking and Entering
Oana
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
15 Minutes
Daphne Handlova
2001
The Leader
Bonnie Nettles
Five Days at Memorial
Dr. Anna Pou · (8 episodes)
2022
Hawkeye
Eleanor Bishop · (6 episodes)
2021
The Many Saints of Newark
Livia Soprano
2021
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Lorraine Warren
2021
Halston
Adele · (1 episode)
2021
Skin
Shareen
2019
Annabelle Comes Home
Lorraine Warren
2019
When They See Us
Elizabeth Lederer · (4 episodes)
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 Jaconi
2018
The Commuter
Joanna
2018
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
The Candidate · (1 episode)
2017
The Escape
Dr. Nora Phillips
2016
Burn Your Maps
Alise Firth
2016
Special Correspondents
Eleanor Finch
2016
Bates Motel
Norma Bates · (50 episodes)
2013
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Self
2008
The Hard Easy
Dr. Charlie Brooks
2006
Mind the Gap
Allison Lee
2004
Snow White
Josephine
2001
UC: Undercover
Alex Cross · (13 episodes)
2001
Dust
Amy
2001
Return to Paradise
Kerrie
1998
Rose Hill
Emily Elliot
1997
The Salamander Lives Twice
Goggy
Bad Bloom
Billion Dollar Spy
Natasha Tolkachev
Touching Evil
Detective Susan Branca · (13 episodes)
2004
Down to the Bone
Irene Morrison
2004
Love in the Time of Money
Greta
2002
Dummy
Lorena Fanchetti
2002
The Hire
Dr. Nora Phillips · (1 episode)
2001
Autumn in New York
Lisa Tyler
2000
The Opportunists
Miriam Kelly
2000
Trinity
(1 episode)
1998
The Butterfly Dance
Diane
1998
Roar
Caitlin · (13 episodes)
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1993
Law & Order
Lindsay Carson · (1 episode)
1990
The Corps
Barbara Cope · (1 episode)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Emily · (1 episode)
1951