Vera Farmiga
Birthdate: Aug 6, 1973
Birthplace: Clifton, New Jersey, USA
Vera Farmiga (birthname: Vera Ann Farmiga) is one of the most acclaimed American film actors of her generation, debuting with her feature role in Return to Paradise (1998) starring Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche and Joaquin Phoenix, followed by The Opportunists (2000) with Christopher Walken; 15 Minutes (2001), co-starring Robert De Niro and Edward Burns; and a co-starring role in director/writer Milcho Manchevski’s Western, Dust (2001), premiering at the Venice Film Festival. Farmiga’s first starring role was in Love in the Time of Money (2002), co-starring Steve Buscemi and Rosario Dawson, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Farmiga won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association’s Best Actress award for her performance in director/co-writer Debra Granik’s fine drama, Down to the Bone (2004), launching at the Sundance Film Festival and released in a minimal theatrical release to rave reviews.
Farmiga opposite Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep in director Jonathan Demme’s remake of Richard Condon’s 1959 novel, The Manchurian Candidate (2004), with Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Kimberly Elise, Jeffrey Wright, and Ted Levine, grossing a disappointing $96 million for Paramount Pictures.
Vera Farmiga played the wife of a mobster in director/writer Wayne Kramer’s Running Scared (2006), starring Paul Walker, losing money for distributors including New Line Cinema, and then Farmiga a humorous prostitute in director/writer/producer Anthony Mighella’s Breaking a2006), co-starring Jude Law, Juliette Binoche and Robin Wright, earning $9 million for distributors MGM (U.S.)/Buena Vista. Farmiga was a police psychiatrist in the Martin Scorsese-directed Oscar winner (including Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay), The Departed (2006), co-starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, and Martin Sheen, and which grossed an impressive $291.5 million against $90 million.
Farmiga starred in director/writer Gina Kim’s Korean-U.S. drama, Never Forever (2007), produced by Lee Chang-dong, and launched at the Sundance Film Festival before an Arts Alliance release, and then.
Farmiga starred in director/writer Mark Herman’s Holocaust drama, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008), based on John Boyne’s 2006 novel, co-starring David Thewlis and Rupert Friend, and released to a robust $44 million box office by Miramax Films/Disney. Farmiga took the lead in the psychological slasher movie, Orphan (2009), with Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, and CCH Pounder under Jaume Collet-Serra’s direction, earning a strong $79 million global take for Warner Bros.
Vera Farmiga received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in director/co-writer/producer Jason Reitman’s Oscar-nominated comedy-drama, Up in the Air (2009), starring George Clooney, Anna Kendrick and Danny McBride, premiering at the Telluride Film Festival before a knockout theatrical run of $167 million (on $25 million costs) for Paramount Pictures. Farmiga made her directorial debut with the indie drama, Higher Ground (2011), based on co-screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs’s 2002 memoir, This Dark World, in which Farmiga also appeared in the leading role opposite Joshua Leonard, Dagmara Dominczyk, John Hawkes, Bill Irwin, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and released in a limited pattern by Sony Pictures Classics.
Farmiga co-starred with Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, and Jeffrey Wright under Duncan Jones’s direction in the sci-fi thriller, Source Code (2011), grossing $147.3 million (on $32 million costs) for distributor Summit Entertainment after premiering at the South by Southwest Film Festival. Farmiga joined Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds in the Daniel Espinosa-directed thriller, Safe House (2012), with Brendan Gleeson, Sam Shepard, Ruben Blades, and Robert Patrick, and returned a nice profit for Universal Pictures with a $208 million return.n
Vera Farmiga made her biggest commercial move by taking on the role of paranormal investigator and clairvoyant Lorraine Warren, co-starring with Patrick Wilson, in Warner Bros.’ highly successful The Conjuring series from director/producer James Wan, including: The Conjuring (2013), The Conjuring 2 (2016), Annabelle Comes Home (2019), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021) and The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025). Farmiga co-starred with Robert Downey Jr. and Oscar-nominated Robert Duvall in director/story writer/producer David Dobkin’s legal drama, The Judge (2014), with Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeremy Strong, Dax Shepard, and Billy Bob Thornton, launching at the Toronto Film Festival and grossing over $84 million for Warner Bros.
Farmiga starred with Jacob Tremblay in director/writer Jordan Roberts’ adaptation of Robyn Joy Leff’s story, Burn Your Maps (2016), with Suraj Sharma, Virginia Madsen, and Marton Csokas, and released by Vertical Entertainment after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival.
Farmiga co-starred with Liam Neeson and reunited with director Jaume Collet-Serra and cast member Patrick Wilson for the thriller, The Commuter (2018), with Jonathan Banks and Sam Neill, and grossed a robust $120 million (on a $30 million budget) for distributors Lionsgate (U.S.) and StudioCanal, which also produced, and then Farmiga joined star Hugh Jackman, portraying Sen. Gary Hart, in director/co-writer/producer Jason Reitman’s The Front Runner (2018), featuring J.K. Simmons and Alfred Molina, and released to poor business by distributors Columbia Pictures/Stage 6 Films after launching at the Telluride Film Festival.
Vera Farmiga joined the cast of John Goodman, Ashton Sanders and Jonathan Majors in director/co-writer/producer Rupert Wyatt’s sci-fi thriller, Captive State (2019), losing money for Focus Features and lead producer Participant Media, followed by Farmiga taking a role in her first monster movie, Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), co-starring with Kyle Chandler, Millie Bobby Brown, Bradley Whitford, Sally Hawkins, Charles Dance, David Strathairn, Ken Watanabe and Zhang Ziyi under Michael Dougherty’s direction, but proving to be a box-office failure as the lowest grossing entry in Warner Bros./Toho’s Monsterverse series.
Farmiga played Livia Soprano in co-writer/producer David Chase’s Sopranos prequel, The Many Saints of Newark (2021), with Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Michael Gandolfini, John Magaro, and Ray Liotta under Alan Taylor’s direction, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival and released by HBO Films in theatrical and streaming simultaneously.
Farmiga was cast by director/writer/producer Ava DuVernay in Origin (2023), the big-screen version of Isabel Wilkerson’s acclaimed book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, with Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Audra McDonald, Niecy Nash-Betts, Nick Offerman, and Blair Underwood, and released by Neon to poor box-office returns. Farmiga joined Bobby Cannavale, William Fitzgerald, Robert De Niro, Rose Byrne, Whoopi Goldberg, Rainn Wilson, and Tony Goldwyn (who also directed and produced) in Ezra (2023), released by Bleecker Street after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival.
Vera Farmiga co-starred with Russell Crowe and Harry Lawtey in the Cold War espionage biopic, The Billion Dollar Spy (date to be announced), with Willa Fitzgerald, Rufus Sewell, Justin Theroux, Tony Goldwyn, and Claes Bang under Amma Asante’s direction, and produced by Walden Media/Pioneer Stillking Films/Weed Road Pictures.
Farmiga led the cast of director/writer/producer Michael J. Gallagher’s drama about the “Heaven’s Gate” death cult, The Leader (date to be announced), with Jim Parsons, Tim Blake Nelson, Simon Rex and William Mapother, and produced by Balcony 9 Productions/Cinemand/Goldrush Entertainment, and then Farmiga joined co-star Mark Wahlberg for director/writer Stephen Chbosky’s NBA-themed comedy for Apple Studios/Plan B Entertainment/The SpringHill Company, Weekend Warriors (date to be announced), with Indie DesRoches, and produced (in part) by LeBron James.
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Personal life
Vera Farmiga was born and raised in Clifton, New Jersey, by her Ukrainian-born parents, Luba (school teacher) and Michael (computer systems analyst). Farmiga has six siblings, including her younger sister, Taissa Farmiga, 22 years her junior, as well as sisters Laryssa and Nadia and brothers Alexander, Stephen and Victor. Farmiga attended and graduated from Hunterdon Central Regional High School. Farmiga studied acting at Syracuse University’s School of Performing Arts, graduating in 1995. Farmiga was married to actor Sebastian Roché from 1997 (when they eloped) to 2004, when they divorced. Farmiga has been married to musician Renn Hawkey since 2008; the couple has two children, son Fynn and daughter Gytta. Farmiga’s height is 5’ 7”. Farmiga’s estimated net worth is $10 million.
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- 2025 |
The Conjuring: Last Rites
asLorraine Warren
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysterious entities they must confront.
- 2024 |
- 2023 |
- 2021 |
The Many Saints of Newark
asLivia Soprano
Witness the making of Tony Soprano. The story that reveals the humanity behind Tony's struggles and the influence his family - especially his uncle, Dickie Moltisanti - had over him becoming the most iconic mob boss of all time.
- 2021 |
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
asLorraine Warren
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Arne Cheyenne Johnson stabs and murders his landlord, claiming to be under demonic possession while Ed and Lorraine Warren investigate the case and try to prove his innocence.
- 2018 | Skin
- 2019 |
Annabelle Comes Home
asLorraine Warren
While babysitting the daughter of Ed and Lorraine Warren, a teenager and her friend unknowingly awaken an evil spirit trapped in a doll.
- 2016 | Burn Your Maps
- 2019 |
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
asDr. Emma Russell
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
The crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah.
- 2019 |
Captive State
asJane Doe
Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extraterrestrial force, 'Captive State' explores the lives on both sides of the conflict - the collaborators and dissidents.
- 2018 |
The Front Runner
asLee Hart
In 1987, U.S. Senator Gary Hart's presidential campaign is derailed when he's caught in a scandalous love affair.
- 2018 |
- 2018 |
Boundaries
asLaura
Laura and her son Henry are forced to drive her estranged, pot-dealing, carefree father Jack cross country after being kicked out of a nursing home.
- 2018 |
- 2018 |
The Commuter
asJoanna
An insurance salesman/ex-cop is caught up in a life-threatening conspiracy during his daily commute home.
- 2016 | Special Correspondents
- 2016 |
The Conjuring 2
asLorraine Warren
Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to North London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by a supernatural spirit.
- 2014 | Closer to the Moon
- 2013 | At Middleton
- 2013 |
The Conjuring
asLorraine Warren
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.
- 2012 | Goats
- 2012 |
Safe House
asCatherine Linklater
A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.
- 2011 | Higher Ground
- 2010 | Henry's Crime
- 2011 | Source Code
- 2009 | Up in the Air
- 2009 | Orphan
- 2008 | In Tranzit
- 2008 | Notes on an American Film Director at Work
- 2008 | Nothing But the Truth
- 2008 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
- 2008 | Quid Pro Quo
- 2007 | Never Forever
- 2007 | Joshua
- 2006 | The Hard Easy
- 2006 | Breaking and Entering
- 2006 |
The Departed
asMadolyn
An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
- 2006 | Running Scared
- 2005 | Neverwas
- 2004 | Down to the Bone
- 2002 | Dummy
- 2002 | Love in the Time of Money
- 2001 | Dust
- 2001 | 15 Minutes
- 2000 | Autumn in New York
- 1999 | The Opportunists
- 1998 | Return to Paradise
Facts About Vera Farmiga
Ukrainian Childhood: Vera Farmiga, raised in a Ukrainian household in New Jersey, didn’t speak English until she was six years old, and folk-danced with a Ukrainian touring company in her teenage years.
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