Vera Farmiga Vera Ann Farmiga ( ; born August 6, 1973) is an American actress who is best known for portraying paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren in the Conjuring Universe films '' The Conjuring'' (2013), '' The Conjuring 2'' (2016), '' Annabelle Co ...

is an American actress, director, and producer. She began her career on stage as an

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's 1996 play '' Taking Sides'' on

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. The following year, she starred in the Off-Broadway play ''Second-Hand Smoke'' (1997) by

Mac Wellman Mac Wellman, born John McDowell Wellman on March 7, 1945, in Cleveland, Ohio, is an American playwright, author, and poet. Farmiga made her film debut in the drama-thriller '' Return to Paradise'' (1998). She then had supporting roles in the romantic drama film '' Autumn in New York'' (2000), the crime drama film ''

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'' (2000), and the action thriller film ''15 Minutes'' (2001). Farmiga's breakthrough role came in 2004, when she was cast in the drama film ''Down to the Bone (film), Down to the Bone''. For her performance, she won the List of Sundance Film Festival award winners#2004, Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Acting and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She then starred in the political thriller ''The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film), The Manchurian Candidate'' (2004) and the crime thriller ''Running Scared (2006 film), Running Scared'' (2006). Farmiga's role in ''The Departed'' (2006), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, brought her to worldwide prominence. She subsequently had a lead role in the romantic drama ''Never Forever'' (2007). In 2008, Farmiga starred in the historical drama ''The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (film), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'', for which she won the BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film, British Independent Film Award for Best Actress. That same year, she appeared in the political drama ''Nothing but the Truth (2008 American film), Nothing But the Truth'', for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress. She then starred in the psychological thriller ''Orphan (2009 film), Orphan'' (2009), and gained critical acclaim for her role in the comedy-drama ''Up in the Air (2009 film), Up in the Air'' (2009), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2011, Farmiga made her directorial debut with the drama ''Higher Ground (film), Higher Ground'', for which she was nominated for the Gotham Independent Film Awards 2011#Best Breakthrough Director, Gotham Award for Best Breakthrough Director and the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture. Also in 2011, she starred in the science fiction film ''Source Code''. The following year, she appeared in the action thriller ''Safe House (2012 film), Safe House'' (2012) and the comedy-drama ''Goats (film), Goats'' (2012). In 2013, Farmiga starred as Ed and Lorraine Warren, Lorraine Warren in the horror film ''The Conjuring'', for which she was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance. The following year, she starred in the drama ''The Judge (2014 film), The Judge'' (2014). In 2016, Farmiga reprised her role as Lorraine Warren in the horror sequel ''The Conjuring 2'' and co-starred in the satirical comedy ''Special Correspondents''. In 2018, she appeared in the action thriller ''The Commuter (film), The Commuter'' and the biographical drama ''The Front Runner (film), The Front Runner''. In 2019, Farmiga starred in the science fiction thriller ''Captive State'', the monster film ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film), Godzilla: King of the Monsters'', and the horror sequel ''Annabelle Comes Home''. From 2013 to 2017, she starred in the A&E (TV channel), A&E drama-thriller series ''Bates Motel (TV series), Bates Motel'' as Norma Bates (Psycho), Norma Louise Bates. Her performance in the role earned her the 2013 Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television, and nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2013), the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series (2013–2015), and the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama (2013). She also served as a producer on the series. In 2019, Farmiga starred in the miniseries ''When They See Us''. For her performance, she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. In 2021, Farmiga portrayed Eleanor Bishop in Marvel’s Hawkeye (2021 TV series), Hawkeye.

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