Vera Farmiga
Born 1973 · American actress
Vera Ann Farmiga is an American actress and singer. She 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).
Vera Farmiga, in order
- 1997 Roar (TV series): acted
- 1998 Return to Paradise: acted · directed by Joseph Ruben
- 2000 Autumn in New York: acted · directed by Joan Chen
- 2000 The Opportunists: acted · directed by Myles Connell
- 2001 15 Minutes: acted · directed by John Herzfeld · critics 33%, audiences 37% · streaming on Fawesome
- 2001 Dust: acted · directed by Milcho Manchevski
- 2001 UC: Undercover (TV series): acted
- 2002 Dummy: acted · directed by Greg Pritikin
- 2002 Love in the Time of Money: acted · directed by Peter Mattei · critics 16%, audiences 25%
- 2004 Down to the Bone: acted · directed by Debra Granik
- 2004 Iron Jawed Angels (TV movie): acted · directed by Katja von Garnier · streaming on HBO Max
- 2004 The Manchurian Candidate: acted · directed by Jonathan Demme · critics 79%, audiences 63% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, MGM+
- 2005 Neverwas: acted · directed by Joshua Michael Stern
- 2005 The Hard Easy: acted · directed by Ari Ryan
- 2006 Breaking and Entering: acted · directed by Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack
- 2006 Running Scared: acted · directed by Wayne Kramer
- 2006 The Departed: acted · directed by Martin Scorsese · critics 91%, audiences 94% · streaming on Fandango at Home (free)
- 2007 Joshua: acted · directed by George Ratliff
- 2007 Never Forever: acted · directed by Gina Kim
- 2008 In Transit (TV movie): acted · directed by Tom Roberts
- 2008 Nothing but the Truth: acted · directed by Rod Lurie
- 2008 Quid Pro Quo: acted · directed by Carlos Brooks
- 2008 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: acted · directed by Mark Herman
- 2009 Orphan: acted · directed by Jaume Collet-Serra
- 2009 The Vintner's Luck: acted · directed by Niki Caro
- 2009 Up in the Air: acted · directed by Jason Reitman · critics 90%, audiences 79% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Peacock
- 2010 Henry's Crime: acted · directed by Malcolm Venville
- 2011 Higher Ground: directed, acted
- 2011 Source Code: acted · directed by Duncan Jones · critics 92%, audiences 82% · streaming on fuboTV, Roku Channel, Kanopy
- 2012 Goats: acted · directed by Christopher Neil
- 2012 Safe House: acted · directed by Daniel Espinosa · critics 52%, audiences 63% · streaming on Netflix, Prime Video, Starz
- 2013 Closer to the Moon: acted · directed by Nae Caranfil
- 2013 Psycho tetralogy (TV series): produced, acted · directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- 2013 The Conjuring: acted · directed by James Wan · critics 86%, audiences 83% · streaming on HBO Max
- 2014 Lennon or McCartney: acted · directed by Matt Schichter
- 2014 The Judge: acted · directed by David Dobkin · critics 49%, audiences 72% · streaming on Prime Video
- 2016 Burn Your Maps: acted · directed by Jordan Roberts
- 2016 Special Correspondents: acted · directed by Ricky Gervais
- 2016 The Conjuring 2: acted · directed by James Wan
- 2018 Boundaries: acted · directed by Shana Feste
- 2018 The Commuter: acted · directed by Jaume Collet-Serra · critics 55%, audiences 41%
- 2018 The Front Runner: acted · directed by Jason Reitman
- 2019 Annabelle Comes Home: acted · directed by Gary Dauberman
- 2019 Captive State: acted · directed by Rupert Wyatt
- 2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters: acted · directed by Michael Dougherty · critics 42%, audiences 83% · streaming on HBO Max
- 2019 Skin: acted · directed by Guy Nattiv
- 2021 Hawkeye (TV series): acted · critics 92%, audiences 88% · streaming on Disney+
- 2021 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It: acted · directed by Michael Chaves
- 2021 The Many Saints of Newark: acted · directed by Alan Taylor
- 2023 Ezra: acted · directed by Tony Goldwyn · critics 69%, audiences 92% · streaming on Kanopy, Fandango at Home (free), YouTube (free)
- 2023 Origin: acted · directed by Ava DuVernay
- 2023 The Nun II: acted · directed by Michael Chaves
- 2025 The Conjuring: Last Rites: acted · directed by Michael Chaves
- Billion Dollar Spy: acted · directed by Amma Asante
- The Leader: acted · directed by Michael J. Gallagher
- Weekend Warriors: acted · directed by Stephen Chbosky