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Vera Farmiga
Farmiga on the red carpet for the New York premiere of Martin Scorsese's Hugo
Farmiga at the premiere of The Judge in September 2014
Born Vera Ann Farmiga
(1973-08-06) August 6, 1973 (age 44)
Clifton, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater Syracuse University (BFA)
Occupation Actress, film director, producer
Years active 1996–present
Spouse(s)
Children 2
Relatives
Awards Full list

Vera Ann Farmiga[1] (/fɑːrˈmiːɡə/; born August 6, 1973) is an American actress, film director and producer. She began her career on stage in the original Broadway production of Taking Sides (1996), she made her television debut in the Fox fantasy series Roar (1997), and her film debut in the drama-thriller Return to Paradise (1998).

Farmiga's breakthrough role came in 2004 for her portrayal of a mother harboring a secret drug habit in the drama Down to the Bone, she co-starred in The Manchurian Candidate (2004), The Departed (2006), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), and Nothing But the Truth (2008). She gained further critical acclaim for her role as Alex Goran in the 2009 comedy-drama Up in the Air, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award, SAG Award, BAFTA Award, and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Farmiga had starring roles in the films Orphan (2009), Source Code (2011), and Safe House (2012). She made her directorial debut with the drama Higher Ground (2011), in which she also starred in the lead role, she portrayed paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren in the blockbuster horror film The Conjuring (2013) and its sequel The Conjuring 2 (2016).

From 2013 to 2017, Farmiga starred as Norma Louise Bates in the A&E drama-horror series Bates Motel, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. This role, along with those in Joshua (2007), Orphan, and The Conjuring film series, has dubbed her as a contemporary scream queen.[2]

Early life and education[edit]

Vera Farmiga was born on August 6, 1973,[1] in Clifton, New Jersey,[3] her parents are Ukrainians: Lubomyra "Luba" (née Spas), a schoolteacher, and Michael Farmiga, a systems analyst-turned-landscaper.[4] She has one older brother, Victor,[5] and five younger siblings: Stephan, Nadia, Alexander, Laryssa (who was born with spina bifida),[6] and Taissa.[7] Her maternal grandparents, Nadia (née Pletenciw; 1925–2014) and Theodor Spas (1921–1990), met at a displaced persons camp in Karlsfeld during World War II.[8] As a child, Farmiga converted with her family from the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church to Pentecostalism.[9]

Farmiga considers herself to be "100% Ukrainian American",[10] she was raised in an insular Ukrainian American community in Irvington, New Jersey, with Ukrainian as her native language.[3] She did not learn English until she started kindergarten at age six,[11] at age 12, the family moved from Irvington to Whitehouse Station, New Jersey.[12] She attended St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School in Newark, New Jersey, and toured with a Ukrainian folk-dancing ensemble, Syzokryli, during her teen years.[13][14] In addition to being a semi-professional folk dancer, she is also a classically trained pianist.[15][16] Farmiga was a member of Plast.[17]

In 1991, she graduated from Hunterdon Central Regional High School.[18] During her junior year there, she found acting after being benched during a varsity soccer game; her friend convinced her to audition for the school production of The Vampire, and she won the lead role of Lady Margaret.[19] Farmiga went on to study performing arts at Syracuse University, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1995.[20] In her final year at Syracuse, she portrayed Nina Zarechnaya in The Seagull at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, and the production won the top prize. Her drama professor, Gerardine Clark, stated: "We'd never have won had she not nailed the fourth act. A number of the judges told me that."[6]

Career[edit]

1996–2001: Beginnings[edit]

Farmiga on the red carpet at the Toronto premiere of Nothing But the Truth
Farmiga at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2008

In February 1996, Farmiga starred as Miranda in the American Conservatory Theater's production of The Tempest,[21] that same year, she also portrayed Anne Hartman in a production of Good at The Barrow Group.[22] Farmiga made her Broadway debut alongside Ed Harris and Daniel Massey in October 1996, understudying the role of Emmi Straube, in Ronald Harwood's play Taking Sides.[25] Following these stage roles she co-starred in the Hallmark Hall of Fame western television film Rose Hill, portraying Emily Elliot, which aired in April 1997.[26]

Farmiga had a main role in Fox's short-lived fantasy adventure series Roar (1997), alongside Heath Ledger and Sebastian Roché.[27] The following year, Farmiga guest starred in an episode of NBC's procedural drama series Law & Order, portraying Lindsay Carson, the daughter of a convicted murderer who goes on her own killing spree.[28] She next played a supporting role, alongside Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix, in the drama-thriller Return to Paradise (1998).[29] Two years later, Farmiga had a supporting role as Lisa Tyler in the romantic drama Autumn in New York (2000).[30]

Her next film was the crime drama The Opportunists (2000), in which she co-starred as Miriam Kelly, the daughter of Christopher Walken's character,[31] the following year, Farmiga had a supporting role as Daphne Handlova in the action thriller 15 Minutes alongside Robert De Niro,[32] and co-starred in the British-Macedonian drama film Dust,[32] which premiered at the 2001 Venice Film Festival.[33] Farmiga subsequently joined the main cast of NBC's short-lived procedural drama UC: Undercover as Alex Cross, the series premiered in September 2001, and was cancelled after one season.[34] She then appeared in the Hallmark fantasy television film Snow White: The Fairest of Them All.[32]

2002–2008: Breakthrough[edit]

Farmiga had her first starring role in the romantic drama Love in the Time of Money, which premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival;[35] in June 2002, she starred in David Eldridge's Under the Blue Sky at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.[36] Farmiga next appeared as Lorena Fanchetti, alongside Adrien Brody, in the comedy-drama Dummy (2003).[37]

Farmiga at a Q&A for her film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Farmiga at a screening of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas in November 2008

The following year, Farmiga had her breakthrough role as a drug-addicted mother, Irene Morrison, in the independent drama film Down to the Bone,[38] which premiered at Sundance in January 2004.[39] Praising her performance, Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote: "If there were an ounce of taste left in Hollywood, the magnificent Vera Farmiga would be a front-runner for the Best Actress Oscar",[40] she won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, and earned a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead.[41] Farmiga next appeared alongside Hilary Swank and Anjelica Huston in the HBO drama film Iron Jawed Angels (2004), as the Polish-American suffragette Ruza Wenclawska.[42] She then starred as Detective Susan Branca in the short-lived USA Network adaptation of the British crime drama series Touching Evil.[43][44]

Later that year she had a supporting role as Jocelyne Jordan in the political thriller The Manchurian Candidate (2004), which also starred Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep.[45] The following year, she co-starred in the fantasy drama Neverwas with Aaron Eckhart and Ian McKellen, which premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival.[46] Farmiga then appeared alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon as police psychiatrist Dr. Madolyn Madden in Martin Scorsese's crime drama The Departed (2006),[47] for her performance as Madolyn, Farmiga was nominated for the Empire Award for Best Newcomer, and shared with her co-stars the nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.[48]

She next starred as Teresa Gazelle in Wayne Kramer's crime thriller Running Scared,[49] and as the Romanian prostitute Oana in Anthony Minghella's romantic crime drama Breaking and Entering (both in 2006).[14] Farmiga subsequently landed the lead role of Sophie Lee in Gina Kim's Korean-American romantic drama Never Forever,[50] which premiered at the 2007 Sundance.[51] G. Allen Johnson of the San Francisco Chronicle praised her as "the best American actress you've never heard of",[52] she next starred in the psychological thriller film Joshua (2007) with Sam Rockwell,[53] and portrayed Fiona Ankany in the drama film Quid Pro Quo,[54] which premiered at the 2008 Sundance. David Edelstein of New York magazine stated that Farmiga's performance on the latter film was "scarily good", and added: "She's always visibly calculating, thinking better of something reckless she's about to do – then doing it anyway".[55]

In September 2008, the British historical drama The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, in which she portrayed Mother Elsa Hoess, was released worldwide.[56] Farmiga won the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress for her performance.[57] That same year she starred in the British-Russian war drama In Transit alongside John Malkovich,[58] and portrayed Central Intelligence Agency operative Erica Van Doren in the political thriller Nothing But the Truth.[59] The role earned Farmiga a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress.[60]

2009–2012: Directorial debut[edit]

Farmiga on the red carpet at the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony
Farmiga at the Academy Awards in March 2010

Farmiga portrayed the lead role of Kate Coleman in Jaume Collet-Serra's psychological thriller Orphan (2009).[61] Farmiga's performance was praised, with Toby Young of The Times writing that she "becomes more convincing as the story unfolds. By the end, she has you in the palm of her hand",[62] she then appeared as Aurora de Valday in Niki Caro's romantic drama A Heavenly Vintage, which premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival under the title The Vintner's Luck.[63][64]

Also in 2009 she next co-starred as frequent flyer Alex Goran, opposite George Clooney, in Jason Reitman's comedy-drama Up in the Air.[65] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times praised Farmiga's performance, stating that she "is one of the warmest and most attractive women in the movies, or at least she plays one".[66] She received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress,[67] Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role,[68] BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role,[69] Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress,[70] and her second nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress. On June 25, 2010, she was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[71]

Farmiga then starred in the surrealist romantic comedy Henry's Crime as stage actress Julie Ivanova,[72] which premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.[73] She next played Capt. Colleen Goodwin in Duncan Jones' science fiction thriller film Source Code,[74] which premiered at the 2011 South by Southwest.[75] Farmiga was offered a lead role in Marc Forster's action biopic Machine Gun Preacher (2011), but declined due to falling pregnant.[76]

During her second pregnancy, Farmiga made her directorial debut in the micro-budget, Christian-themed drama Higher Ground,[77] in which she also starred as the protagonist, Corinne Walker.[78] The film, which received "generally favorable reviews" on review aggregator site Metacritic,[79] premiered at the 2011 Sundance.[80] Many of her family members were involved in the film's production: Farmiga's younger sister Taissa portrayed Corinne as a teenager, her husband Renn Hawkey served as a producer and musical director, and her cousin Adriana Farmiga served as an art curator. She received nominations in both acting and directing for the film, including the Gotham Award for Best Breakthrough Director,[81] and the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture.[82] In his review of the film, critic Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter noted: "Directing debuts by actors don't come any better than this".[83] Of her performance, Leonard Maltin of IndieWire remarked that Farmiga "gives an honest, empathetic performance should come as no surprise; she is one of the most gifted and daring actresses of our time".[84]

Her next role was the flaky New Age mother Wendy Whitman in the independent comedy-drama Goats,[85] which opened at the 2012 Sundance.[86] That same year, she portrayed CIA operative Catherine Linklater in Daniel Espinosa's action thriller Safe House (2012).[87] Farmiga starred opposite Ryan Reynolds and, for the second time, Denzel Washington.[88]

2013–2017: Further success[edit]

Farmiga's return to television came in 2013, when she began portraying Norma Louise Bates, the mother of Norman Bates, in A&E's drama-thriller series Bates Motel.[89] The series is a contemporary reboot of Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror film Psycho (1960),[90] for her performance, she won the 2013 Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television,[91] and the 2016 People's Choice Award for Favorite Cable TV Actress.[92] She also received three nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series (2013–2015),[93][94] as well as nominations for the 2013 Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama,[95] the 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series,[96] and the 2013 TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama.[97] Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter called Farmiga's performance "superb" and Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times identified her as "the main reason [the series] is surprisingly good".[98][99] In addition to starring, she served as a producer and later executive producer from the second season to its fifth and final season.[100][101]

Farmiga at the PaleyFest event celebrating Bates Motel
Farmiga at the Paley Center for Media for Bates Motel in May 2013

She next appeared in James Wan's horror film The Conjuring (2013),[102] which was met with critical and commercial success.[103] The film became the second highest-grossing horror film of all time up to that date.[104] Farmiga portrayed paranormal investigator and self-professed clairvoyant Lorraine Warren, alongside Patrick Wilson,[105] for which she was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance.[106] Sheri Linden of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that "Farmiga resonates an extraordinary sensitivity" in the role, while Justin Chang of Variety called her performance "moving" and highlighted her chemistry with Wilson as a "rock-solid rapport".[107][108] She reprised her role in the sequel, The Conjuring 2 (2016), which was also directed by Wan, the film was the second released in the main series, but the third released within The Conjuring Universe.[109] Like its predecessor, The Conjuring 2 was met with a positive critical reception and commercial success,[110] surpassing The Conjuring as the second highest-grossing horror film of all time.[104]

Farmiga appeared as Edith Martin in the romantic comedy At Middleton, with Andy García and her sister Taissa,[111] the film premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival in May 2013.[112][113] Also in 2013, she starred as Alice Bercovich in Nae Caranfil's Romanian-American comedy-drama Closer to the Moon, based on the events of the Ioanid Gang.[114] Farmiga next co-starred in David Dobkin's drama film The Judge (2014) as Samantha Powell, the love interest and high school girlfriend of Robert Downey Jr.'s character.[115]

She then starred as Eleanor Finch in Ricky Gervais' comedy Special Correspondents, which premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival,[116][117] she next appeared as Alise Firth in Jordan Roberts' adventure comedy-drama Burn Your Maps,[118] which premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Farmiga co-starred as Dr. Nora Phillips in Neill Blomkamp's BMW short film The Escape (2016), alongside Dakota Fanning and Clive Owen.[119] The following year, she executive produced the documentary film Unspoken, which premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival in October 2017.[120]

2018–present[edit]

Farmiga co-starred with Liam Neeson in Jaume Collet-Serra's action thriller The Commuter,[121] which was released in January 2018.[122] Also in January 2018, she appeared as a politician in Amazon's sci-fi anthology series Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, in an episode directed by Dee Rees.[123][124] Farmiga then portrayed Laura Jaconi in Shana Feste's comedy-drama film Boundaries, which premiered in March 2018 at South by Southwest.[125]

Farmiga will appear as Oletha "Lee" Hart in Jason Reitman's Gary Hart biopic The Front Runner, opposite Hugh Jackman, set for release in November 2018.[126] In March 2019, she will portray Dr. Emma Russell in the third installment of the MonsterVerse film franchise, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, directed by Michael Dougherty,[127] that same month, she will star alongside John Goodman in Rupert Wyatt's sci-fi thriller Captive State.[128] Farmiga is attached to appear in Guy Nattiv's racial drama Skin, alongside Jamie Bell.[129]

Personal life[edit]

Farmiga met actor Sebastian Roché while starring together in Roar; they eloped to the Bahamas after the series ended in 1997,[27] and were divorced in 2004.[27] She began dating Deadsy musician Renn Hawkey, after being introduced by mutual friend Allen Hughes on the set of Touching Evil.[17] They married on September 13, 2008, when Farmiga was five months pregnant with their first child,[27] she gave birth to a son, Fynn McDonnell Hawkey, on January 13, 2009 in Rhinebeck, New York.[130] Farmiga welcomed their second child, daughter Gytta Lubov Hawkey, on November 4, 2010,[131] the family owns homes in Hudson Valley, New York[132] and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[3]

Farmiga's sister-in-law is actress and photographer Molly Hawkey,[133] she has a close friendship with Bates Motel co-star Freddie Highmore, who is godfather to her son.[134]

Farmiga is a nondenominational Christian; in a 2011 interview with Christianity Today, Farmiga said:

I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith. My father instilled in me ... to define God, to define holiness for myself. That was my parents' number one lesson for us. I don't belong to any particular church, but I'm someone who will be able to walk into any place of worship, any house of worship, and have a direct correspondence.[135]

Farmiga attended the 2017 Women's March in Vancouver with her daughter, husband, and close friend Brooke Smith,[136] she was one of over 300 women working in the entertainment industry to lend her name to Time's Up, a movement to end sexual harassment and inequality in the workplace.[137]

Filmography and awards[edit]

Main articles: Vera Farmiga on screen and stage and awards and nominations

According to the review-aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes and the box office site Box Office Mojo, Farmiga's highest-grossing and most critically acclaimed films include Down to the Bone (2004), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), The Departed (2006), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), Orphan (2009), Up in the Air (2009), Source Code (2011), Safe House (2012), The Conjuring (2013), and The Conjuring 2 (2016).[138][139]

Farmiga won a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her role in Down to the Bone (2004).[41] She won a British Independent Film Award for Best Actress for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008).[57]

Her most acclaimed role, in Up in the Air (2009), garnered Farmiga nominations for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, a BAFTA for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role.[67][70][69][68] For her directorial debut, Higher Ground (2011), she received a Gotham Award for Best Breakthrough Director nomination.[81] Farmiga won a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television, and received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and a TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama for her role in Bates Motel (2013–2017).[91][96][97]

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