Vera Farmiga facts for kids

Vera Farmiga
Vera Farmiga
	Farmiga at the Hugo premiere, New York City, 21 November 2011
Born	Vera Ann Farmiga ; August 6, 1973 (age 46); Clifton, New Jersey, United States
Occupation	Actress, director
Years active	1996–present
Spouse(s)	Sebastian Roché; (m. 1997; div. 2005) ; Renn Hawkey (m. 2008) ;
Children	2

Vera Ann Farmiga (born August 6, 1973 in Passaic County, New Jersey) is an American actress and director.

Early life

Farmiga comes from an immigrant family from Ukraine. She grew up with her six brothers and sisters in a Ukrainian community and learned with six years old the English language. In her youth she was in a Ukrainian folk group. In the beginning she went to a Ukrainian Catholic school and then, she studied at the School of Visual and Performing Arts of the Syracuse University.

Career

In 1996 she debuted in the Broadway theater play. She played in Return to Paradise with Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche and Joaquin Phoenix in 1998. 2000 she played in the film drama Autumn in New York as Lisa Tyler. She played in the action film called 15 Minutes.

In 2004 she got an extra price of the Sundance Film Festival. 2005 the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards and the Independent Spirit Award for her performance in the film Down to the Bone.

She became famous thanks to the film 2006: The Departed. The film won four Academy Awards. In Up in the Air from the year 2009, she got an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

She had her directing debut with the film Higher Ground (2011). Since 2013 she plays the main role as Norman Louis Bates on the series Bates Motel.

Personal life

From 1997-2005 she was married with the actor Sebastian Roche. In 2008 she married Renn Hawkey. They have a son Fynn (*2009) and a daughter Gytta (*2010).

She has also a sister called Taissa Farmiga.

Television and movie roles

Year	Movie/Program	Role	Notes
1997	Roar	Caitlin
1998	Return to Paradise	Kerrie
2000	Autumn in New York	Lisa Tyler
2000	The Opportunists	Miriam Kelly
2001	15 Minutes	Daphne Handlova
2001	Snow White	Josephine
2002	Dummy	Lorena Fanchetti
2004	Iron Jawed Angels
	Touching Evil
	Down to the Bone	Irene	Marrakech International Film Festivals Sundance Film Festival: Special Jury Prize for Acting Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female Los Angeles Film Critics Association for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
	The Manchurian Candidate	Jocelyne Jordan
2005	The Hard Easy
2005	Neverwas	Eleanna
2006	Running Scared	Teresa Gazelle
	The Departed	Madolyn Madden
	Breaking and Entering	Oana
2007	In Tranzit
2007	Joshua
2008	Nothing But the Truth	Erica Van Doren	Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association for Best Supporting Actress
2008	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Elsa	British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actress
2009	Orphan	Katherine „Kate“ Coleman
2009	Up in the Air	Alex Goran	Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association for Best Supporting Actress
2010	Henry’s Crime	Julie Ivanova
2010	Higher Ground
2011	Source Code	Colleen Goodwin
2012	Safe House	Catherine Linklater
2013	The Conjuring	Lorraine Warren
2013–present	Bates Motel	Norma Louise Bates

Images for kids

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 Metropolitan Opera in September 2010
Farmiga at the Paley Center for Media for Bates Motel in May 2013
Farmiga at the premiere of The Judge in September 2014