Vera Farmiga
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Vera Ann Farmiga (born August 6, 1973) is an American actress and producer. Farmiga began her career on stage in the original Broadway production of Taking Sides (1996).
She made her television debut in Roar (1997) and her first film appearance in the drama-thriller Return to Paradise (1998).
Farmiga made her directorial debut in 2011 with the acclaimed drama film Higher Ground, in which she also appeared in a leading role. Farmiga's breakthrough came in 2004 when she played a mother with a buried drug use in the drama Down to the Bone.
She received further recognition for her role in Nothing But the Truth (2008), as well as the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Farmiga performed in The Manchurian Candidate (2004), the crime thriller Never Forever (2005), the romantic comedy The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), the legal thriller Source Code (2011), and the epic film Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019). Lorraine Warren, a retired police officer, has appeared in the blockbuster horror films The Conjuring 2 (2016), and Annabelle Comes Home (2019).
Norma Louise Bates, a writer who received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination from 2013 to 2017, appeared in A&E's drama series Bates Motel from 2013 to 2017.
These roles, as well as Joshua (2007) and Orphanage (2009), saw her debut as a modern scream queen.
She was nominated for her role as prosecutor Elizabeth Lederer in the miniseries When They See Us (2019).
Early life
Farmiga was born in Clifton, New Jersey, on August 6, 1973. Michael Farmiga, a systems analyst-turned-landscaper, and his partner Lubomyra "Luba" (née Spas), a schoolteacher, are Ukrainians. Stephan, Nadia, Alexander, Laryssa (who was born with spina bifida) and Taissa have five younger siblings. Nadia (née Pletenciw, 1925-1990) and Theodor Spas (1921-1990), her maternal grandparents, were reunited at a displaced persons camp in Karlsfeld during World War II. Farmiga and her family moved from the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church to Pentecostalism as a child.
Farmiga claims to be a "100% Ukrainian American." She was raised in an impoverished Ukrainian American family in Irvington, New Jersey, with Ukrainian as her native language. She did not speak English until she started kindergarten at age six, but she didn't learnt English until she started kindergarten. The family moved from Irvington to Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, when she was 12 years old. She attended St. John the Baptist Catholic School in Newark, New Jersey, and toured with Syzokryli, a Ukrainian folk-dancing group, during her teenage years. In addition to being a semi-professional folk dancer, she is also a classically trained pianist. Farmiga was a member of Plast.
She graduated from Hunterdon Central Regional High School in 1991. She found herself behaving after being benched during a varsity soccer game; her friend encouraged her to audition for The Vampire's school production; and Lady Margaret was the lead role. Farmiga went on to study Theatre at Syracuse University and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1995. In her last year at Syracuse, she portrayed Nina Zarechnaya in The Seagull at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, and the show took home the top prize. Gerardine Clark, a drama instructor, said, "We'd never have won if she hadn't nailed the fourth act." "A few of the judges told me that."
Personal life
While playing together in Roar's fantasy adventure series Roar, Farmiga met actor Sebastian Roché; the two eloped to the Bahamas after it ended in 1997 and were divorced in 2004. After being introduced by mutual friend Allen Hughes on the set of Touching Evil, Renn Hawkey began dating him. Farmiga and their first child were born on September 13, 2008. In January 2009, she gave birth to a son, Fynn, and a daughter, Gytta, in November 2010. The family owns houses in Hudson Valley, New York, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Molly Hawkey, actor and photographer, is Farmiga's sister-in-law. Freddie Highmore, who is the godfather to her son, and Conjuring co-star Patrick Wilson are close friends.
Farmiga is a nondenominational Christian, according to Farmiga in a 2011 interview with Christianity Today: Farmiga is a nondenominational Christian.
During a full Russian invasion of Ukraine, which is part of the Russian-Ukrainian war, she expressed her support for Ukraine and referred to Ukraine as the anthem of Ukraine.[1]
Career
Farmiga appeared in The Tempest, an American Conservatory Theater performance, in February 1996. In a Good at The Barrow Group production earlier this year, she portrayed Anne Hartman. Farmiga made her Broadway debut with Ed Harris and Daniel Massey in October 1996, underestimating Emmi Straube's role in Ronald Harwood's production Taking Sides. She co-starred in the Hallmark Hall of Fame western television film Rose Hill in April 1997, portraying Emily Elliot.
Farmiga played a key role in Fox's short-lived fantasy adventure series Roar (1997), as Heath Ledger and Sebastian Roché. Lindsay Carson, the daughter of a convicted murderer who goes on her own, appeared in an episode of NBC's procedural drama series Law & Order, for the next year. She appeared in Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix in the drama-thriller Return to Paradise (1998). Allison appeared on NBC's Trinity as a guest star. Farmiga appeared as Lisa Tyler in the romantic drama Autumn in New York (2000), two years later.
Miriam Kelly, the daughter of Christopher Walken's character, appeared in The Opportunists (2000), her second film. Farmiga continued to act in the action thriller 15 Minutes with Robert De Niro and co-starred in the drama film Dust, which premiered at the 2001 Venice Film Festival. Farmiga then joined the main cast of NBC's short-lived procedural drama series UC: Undercover as Alex Cross. The series premiered in September 2001 and was cancelled after one season. She appeared in Snow White: The Fairest of Them All in the Hallmark fantasy television film Snow White: The Fairest of them All.
Farmiga appeared in Love in the Time of Money, the romantic drama that premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival for the first time. In June 2002, she appeared in David Eldridge's Under the Blue Sky at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Lorena Fanchetti appeared in the comedy-drama Dummy (2003), alongside Adrien Brody.
Farmiga's next year, she appeared in Down to the Bone, an independent drama film that premiered at Sundance in January 2004. "If an ounce of taste left in Hollywood, the sublime Vera Farmiga would be a front-runner for the Best Actress Oscar," Peter Travers of Rolling Stone said. She received a nomination for Best Actress and Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead in Los Angeles, and received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead.
Farmiga then appeared alongside Hilary Swank and Anjelica Huston in the HBO drama film Iron Jawed Angels (2004) as the Polish-American suffragette Ruza Wenc lawska. She appeared in Mind The Gap, a 2004 film in which she played a woman who left her fiancé at the altar, shortly after. Detective Susan Branca appeared in the short-lived USA Network version of the British crime drama series Touching Evil.
Jocelyne Jordan appeared in the political thriller The Manchurian Candidate, which also starred Denzel Washington and Meryl Stacy. She co-starred in Neverwas, the fantasy drama that premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, with Aaron Eckhart and Ian McKellen. In Martin Scorsese's crime drama The Departed (2006), Farmiga was first introduced alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon as police psychiatrist Dr. Madden. Farmiga was nominated for the Empire Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Cast in a Motion Picture by her co-stars, and was given the honor by the Screen Actors Guild for Outstanding Achievement by a Cast in a Motion Picture. In the 2006 indie thriller The Hard Easy, she portrayed Dr. Charlie Brooks.
Teresa Gazelle appeared in Wayne Kramer's crime thriller Running Scared, as the Romanian prostitute Oana in Anthony Minghella's romantic crime drama Breaking and Entering (both in 2006). Sophie Lee played Sophie Lee in Gina Kim's romantic drama Never Forever, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance. "The best American actress you've never heard of" was G. Allen Johnson of the San Francisco Chronicle praised her as "the best American actress you've never heard of." Abby Cairn appeared in Joshua (2007), with Sam Rockwell, and in the drama film Quid Pro Quo, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance, she appeared as Fiona Ankany. Farmiga's role on the latter film, according to David Edelstein of New York City, was "scarily fine," and added: "She's always clearly calculating, making the best of something she's not going to do, then doing it anyway."
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, the historical drama in which Elsa Hoess played, was published worldwide in September 2008. Farmiga received the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress for her role. In the political thriller Nothing But the Truth, she appeared in In Transit with John Malkovich and portrayed Central Intelligence Agency operative Erica Van Doren. Farmiga received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress in Critics' Choice Movie Award.
Farmiga played Kate Coleman in Jaume Collet-Serra's psychological thriller Orphanage in 2009. Leonardo DiCaprio, who had appeared in Farmiga in The Departed, co-produced the film. Her performance was lauded, with Toby Young of The Times claiming that she "becomes more convincing as the story unfolds. "She has you in the palm of her hand by the time she's finished." Aurora de Valday appeared in Niki Caro's romantic drama The Vintner's Luck, which premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.
She co-starred in Jason Reitman's comedy-drama Up in the Air as frequent flyer Alex Goran, opposite George Clooney. Farmiga's performance was lauded by Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, who said that she "is one of the most attractive and attractive women in the movie" or at least she appears in one." She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Screen Actor Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her second nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Supporting Role, a Supporting Role Award, and 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.
Julie Ivanova, a stage actress, appeared in Henry's Crime, a surrealist romantic comedy that premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. Capt. She has since appeared on Capt. Source Code, Duncan Jones' science fiction thriller film Source Code, which premiered at the 2011 South by Southwest, colleen Goodwin. Farmiga was given a lead role in Marc Forster's action biopic Machine Gun Preacher in 2010, but she turned down due to her pregnancy.
Farmiga made her directorial debut with the micro-budget, Christian-themed drama High Ground, in which she appeared as the protagonist, Corinne Walker, during her second pregnancy. On review aggregator site Metacritic, the film received "generally favorable feedback" and debuted at the 2011 Sundance. Many of her family members were involved in the production: Corinne was depicted as a child, her husband Renn Hawkey served as a producer and musical director, and her cousin Adriana Farmiga served as an art curator. She was nominated for both acting and directing for the film, as well as the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture. "Actress director Kirk Honeycutt wrote an article about this": "Directing debuts by actors don't come any better than this." Farmiga's success, according to Leonard Maltin of IndieWire, "empathetic, sincere work; she is one of the most gifted and courageous actresses of our time."
Wendy Whitman, the unpopular New Age mother, appeared in Goats, the independent comedy-drama that opened at the 2012 Sundance. Catherine Linklater portrayed CIA agent Catherine Linklater in Daniel Espinosa's action thriller Safe House (2012) in the same year. Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington appeared opposite Farmiga for the second time.
In A&E's drama-thriller series Bates Motel, Farmiga's return to television came in 2013. She began portraying Norma Louise Bates, the mother of Norman Bates. The film is a modern remake of Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror film Psycho (1960). She received the 2013 Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television and the 2016 People's Choice Award for Favorite Cable TV Actress for her appearance. She also received three nominations for Best Actress in a Drama Series (2013–2015), as well as nominations for the 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, as well as three nominations for the 2013 TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama. Farmiga's results were "superb," according to Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter, and Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times named her as "the main reason [the series] is remarkably good." She appeared in addition to acting, and later became a producer and later executive producer from the second season to its fifth and final seasons, which aired in 2017.
She appeared in James Wan's horror film The Conjuring (2013), which met with critical and commercial success. Up to this point, the film was the second highest-grossing horror film of all time. Lorraine Warren, a forensic investigator and self-professed clairvoyant, was featured in the MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance by Farmiga alongside Patrick Wilson. "Farmiga captures an extraordinary sensitivity" in the role, Sheri Linden of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, while Variety's Justin Chang described her appearance as "going" and praised Wilson's "rock-solid rapport."
She appeared in The Conjuring 2 (2016), which was also directed by Wan, and she recalled her role. The film was the second in the main series but it was the third in The Conjuring Universe. The Conjuring 2 received a critical reception and commercial success, surpassing The Conjuring as the second highest-grossing horror film of all time.
Edith Martin appeared in the romantic comedy At Middleton, alongside Andy Garca and her sister Taissa. In May 2013, the film premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival. Alice Bercovich appeared in Nae Caranfil's Romanian-American comedy-drama Closer to the Moon, also in 2013, based on the events of the Ioanid Gang. Samantha Powell, the love interest and high school girlfriend of Robert Downey Jr.'s character, co-starred in David Dobkin's drama film The Judge (2014).
Eleanor Finch appeared in Ricky Gervais' comedy Special Correspondents, which premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. Alise Firth appeared in Jordan Roberts' adventure comedy-drama Burn Your Maps, which premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. In Neill Blomkamp's BMW short film The Escape (2016), Farmiga co-starred as Dr. Nora Phillips, alongside Dakota Fanning and Clive Owen. She produced Unspoken, a documentary film that premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival in October 2017.
Farmiga co-starred with Liam Neeson in Jaume Collet-Serra's action drama The Commuter, which was released in January 2018. In another episode directed by Dee Rees, she appeared as a politician in Amazon's sci-fi anthology series Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams in January 2018. Laura Jaconi appeared in Shana Feste's comedy-drama film Boundaries, which premiered in March 2018 at South by Southwest.
Farmiga's next film film in 2018 starring Oletha "Lee" Hart in Guy Nattiv's racial drama Skin, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, and portrayed Oletha "Lee" Hart's Gary Hart biopic The Front Runner, opposite Hugh Jackman, which was released in November 2018.
Jane Doe appeared in Rupert Wyatt's science fiction drama Captive State in March 2019. Dr. Emma Russell was portrayed by Mary McCarthy in the third installment of the MonsterVerse film series Godzilla: King of the Monsters, directed by Michael Dougherty. In May 2019, Farmiga portrayed prosecutor Elizabeth Lederer in Ava DuVernay's Netflix crime drama miniseries When They See Us, based on the Central Park jogger case. She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Film for her appearance. Lorraine Warren reprised her role as Lorraine Warren in the horror sequel film Annabelle Comes Home in June 2019.
Farmiga appeared in Ryan Murphy's drama limited series Halston, based on the life of the fashion designer of the same name. Lorraine Warren played Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, a film that was released in June 2021. Farmiga appeared in the film prequel to The Sopranos, titled The Many Saints of Newark, directed by Alan Taylor in September 2021. Eleanor Bishop appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero miniseries Hawkeye, which premiered on Disney+ on November 24, 2021.
Sheri Fink's lead role in the critically acclaimed Apple TV+ miniseries Five Days at Memorial debuted in 2021, an adaptation of Sheri Fink's book of the same name. The horror film Bad Bloom, which she will host and also produce with her partner, and Adrien Brody's psychological thriller The Salamander Lives Twice co-starring Adrien Brody are two of Farmiga's ongoing development projects.