Vera Farmiga
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Vera Ann Farmiga 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, Farmiga's breakthrough came in 2004 with her starring role as a drug addict in the drama Down to the Bone. She received praise for starring in the 2009 comedy-drama Up in the Air, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Farmiga at a screening of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas in November 2008
Farmiga at the Academy Awards in March 2010
Farmiga at the Paley Center for Media for Bates Motel in May 2013
Up in the Air (2009 film)
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Up in the Air is a 2009 American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman. It was written by Reitman and Sheldon Turner, based on the 2001 novel Up in the Air by Walter Kirn. The story is centered on traveling corporate "downsizer" Ryan Bingham. Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, and Jason Bateman also star. Up in the Air was primarily filmed in St. Louis with additional scenes shot in Detroit, Omaha, Las Vegas, and Miami.
Author Walter Kirn in 2015
Anna Kendrick at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival for a panel on the film.
Image: George Clooney 4 The Men Who Stare at Goats TIFF09 (cropped)