Cast & creator
Vera Farmiga
Best known for Law & Order, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Bates Motel
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.
Also known as: Vera Ann Farmiga
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Filmography (88)
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Law & Order
Lindsay Carson
1990
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Bates Motel
Norma Bates
2013Bates Motel
Executive Producer
2013Bates Motel
Producer
2013
Hawkeye
Eleanor Bishop
2021
The Conjuring
Lorraine Warren
2013
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
1992
The Conjuring 2
Lorraine Warren
2016
The Departed
Madolyn
2006
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
The Candidate
2017
The Conjuring: Last Rites
Lorraine Warren
2025
The Nun II
Lorraine Warren
2023
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Lorraine Warren
2021
The Nun
Lorraine Warren
2018
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Emma Russell
2019
The Judge
Samantha Powell
2014
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Mother
2008
Source Code
Colleen Goodwin
2011
Orphan
Kate
2009
The Commuter
Joanna
2018
Up in the Air
Alex Goran
2009
Five Days at Memorial
Dr. Anna Pou
2022
When They See Us
Elizabeth Lederer
2019
Safe House
Catherine Linklater
2012
Boots
Barbara Cope
2025
Annabelle Comes Home
Lorraine Warren
2019
UC: Undercover
Alex Cross
2001
Roar
Caitlin
1997
Halston
Adele
2021
The Hire
Dr. Nora Phillips
2001
The Many Saints of Newark
Livia Soprano
2021
The Front Runner
Lee Hart
2018
Captive State
Jane Doe
2019
Autumn in New York
Lisa Tyler
2000
Henry's Crime
Julie Ivanova
2010
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Emily
1951
Running Scared
Teresa Gazelle
2006
The Manchurian Candidate
Jocelyne Jordan
2004
Nothing But the Truth
Erica Van Doren
2008
15 Minutes
Daphne Handlova
2001
Trinity
1998
Skin
Shareen
2019
Touching Evil
Detective Susan Branca
2004
Return to Paradise
Kerrie
1998
In Tranzit
Natalia
2008
Breaking and Entering
Oana
2006
Snow White
Josephine
2001
Origin
Kate Medina
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
Self - Eleanor Bishop
2022
Ezra
Grace
2024
Dust
Amy
2001
Iron Jawed Angels
Ruza Wenclawska
2004
Quid Pro Quo
Fiona Ankany
2008
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Eleanor Bishop (archive footage)
2021
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self (archive footage)
2025
Higher Ground
Corinne Walker
2011Higher Ground
Director
2011
Joshua
Abby Cairn
2007
Never Forever
Sophie Lee
2007
Boundaries
Laura
2018
At Middleton
Edith
2013
The Leader
Bonnie Nettles
2026The Leader
Executive Producer
2026
Neverwas
Eleanna
2005
Special Correspondents
Eleanor Finch
2016
Burn Your Maps
Alise Firth
2016
Closer to the Moon
Alice Bercovich
2014
Down to the Bone
Irene Morrison
2004
Notes on an American Film Director at Work
Self
2008
The Vintner's Luck
Aurora de Valday
2009
Goats
Wendy Whitman
2012
The Opportunists
Miriam Kelly
2000
UC: Undercover
Alex Cross
2001
Dummy
Lorena Fanchetti
2002
Rose Hill
Emily Elliot
1997
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
Self
2020
Love in the Time of Money
Greta
2002
The Escape
Dr. Nora Phillips
2016
Mama's Little Devils: Bad Seeds and Evil Children
Self
2009
The Hard Easy
Dr. Charlie Brooks
2006
Annabelle Comes Home - Behind the Scenes
Self
2019
Billion Dollar Spy
Natasha Tolkachev
Bad Bloom
Bad Bloom
Producer
Weekend Warriors
Mind the Gap
Allison Lee
2004
The Butterfly Dance
Diane
1998