Vera Farmiga filmography

Farmiga at the 82nd Academy Awards, March 7, 2010

Vera Farmiga is an American actress, film director, and television producer who made her film debut in Joseph Ruben's drama-thriller Return to Paradise (1998). She had supporting roles in Joan Chen's romantic drama Autumn in New York (2000), the crime drama The Opportunists (2000), and John Herzfeld's action thriller 15 Minutes (2001). Farmiga's breakthrough role came in 2004, when she was cast in Debra Granik's independent drama Down to the Bone. For her performance, Farmiga won the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Acting and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead.[1] She then starred in Jonathan Demme's political thriller The Manchurian Candidate (2004), and Wayne Kramer's crime thriller Running Scared (2006).

Farmiga's role in Martin Scorsese's The Departed (2006), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture,[2] brought her to worldwide prominence, and she was nominated for the Empire Award for Best Newcomer.[3] She subsequently had a lead role in Gina Kim's romantic drama Never Forever (2007). In 2008, Farmiga starred in Mark Herman's historical drama The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, winning the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress for her performance.[4] That same year, she appeared in Rod Lurie's political drama Nothing But the Truth, for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress.[5] She then starred in Jaume Collet-Serra's psychological thriller Orphan (2009), and gained critical acclaim for her role in Jason Reitman's comedy-drama Up in the Air (2009), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.[6]

In 2011, Farmiga made her directorial debut with the drama film Higher Ground, for which she was nominated for the Gotham Award for Best Breakthrough Director[7] and the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture.[8] Also in 2011, she starred in Duncan Jones' science fiction film Source Code. The following year, she appeared in Daniel Espinosa's action thriller Safe House, and the comedy-drama Goats. In 2013, Farmiga starred as Lorraine Warren in James Wan's horror film The Conjuring, for which she was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance.[9] The following year, she starred in David Dobkin's drama film The Judge. In 2016, Farmiga reprised her role as Lorraine Warren in Wan's horror sequel The Conjuring 2, and portrayed Eleanor Finch in Ricky Gervais' comedy satire Special Correspondents.

Since 2013, she has starred in the A&E drama-thriller television series Bates Motel as Norma Louise Bates. Her performance in the role earned her the 2013 Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television,[10] and nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2013),[11] the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series (2013–15),[12][13] and the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama (2013).[14] Farmiga has also served as an executive producer on the series since its second season.

Film

Farmiga at TIFF, 2009
Farmiga at the premiere of Hugo, 2011
Farmiga at the premiere of The Judge, 2014
Year Title Role Notes Ref
1998 The Butterfly Dance Diane Short film
1998 Return to Paradise Kerrie [15]
2000 The Opportunists Miriam Kelly [16]
2000 Autumn in New York Lisa Tyler [17]
2001 15 Minutes Daphne Handlova [18]
2001 Dust Amy [18]
2002 Love in the Time of Money Greta [19]
2002 Dummy Lorena Fanchetti [20]
2004 Down to the Bone Irene Morrison [21]
2004 Iron Jawed Angels Ruza Wenclawska [22]
2004 Mind the Gap Allison Lee [23]
2004 The Manchurian Candidate Jocelyne Jordan [24]
2005 Neverwas Eleanna [25]
2006 Running Scared Teresa Gazelle [26]
2006 Breaking and Entering Oana [27]
2006 The Hard Easy Dr. Charlie Brooks [28]
2006 The Departed Madolyn Madden [27]
2007 Never Forever Sophie Lee [29]
2007 Joshua Abby Cairn [30]
2008 Quid Pro Quo Fiona Ankany [31]
2008 In Transit Dr. Natalia [32]
2008 Nothing But the Truth Erica Van Doren [33]
2008 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Elsa Hoess [34]
2009 Orphan Kate Coleman [35]
2009 A Heavenly Vintage Aurora de Valday [36]
2009 Up in the Air Alex Goran [37]
2010 Henry's Crime Julie Ivanova [38]
2011 Higher Ground Corinne Walker Also director [39]
2011 Source Code Colleen Goodwin [40]
2012 Goats Wendy Whitman [41]
2012 Safe House Catherine Linklater [42]
2013 At Middleton Edith Martin [43]
2013 The Conjuring Lorraine Warren [44]
2014 Closer to the Moon Alice Bercovich [45]
2014 The Judge Samantha Powell [46]
2016 Special Correspondents Eleanor Finch [47]
2016 The Conjuring 2 Lorraine Warren [48]
2016 Burn Your Maps Alise Firth [49]
2016 The Escape Dr. Nora Phillips Short film [50]
2017 Boundaries Laura In post-production [51]
2017 The Commuter In post-production [52]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref
1997 Roar Catlin 13 episodes [53]
1997 Rose Hill Emily Elliot Television film [54]
1998 Law & Order Lindsay Carson Episode: "Expert" [55]
1998 Trinity Allison Episode: "In Loco Parentis"
2001 Snow White: The Fairest of Them All Queen Josephine Television film [18]
2001–02 UC: Undercover Alex Cross 13 episodes [56]
2004 Touching Evil Detective Susan Branca 12 episodes [57]
2013–present Bates Motel Norma Louise Bates 40 episodes; also producer [58]

Stage

Year Title Role Location Ref
1995 Bravo, Piaf! Édith Piaf Syracuse Stage [59]
1995 The Seagull Nina Zarechnaya John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts [60]
1996 The Tempest Miranda American Conservatory Theater [61]
1996 The Glass Menagerie Laura Wingfield Unknown [62]
1996 Good Anne The Barrow Group, Off-Broadway [63]
1996 Taking Sides Emmi Straube Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway [64]
1997 Second-Hand Smoke Linda Primary Stages, Off-Broadway [65]
2002 Under the Blue Sky Helen Williamstown Theatre Festival [66]

See also

References

Sources

Citations

  1. ↑ King, Susan (December 1, 2004). "Independent bids for Spirit Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ Halbfinger, David M; Waxman, Sharon (February 26, 2007). "'The Departed' Wins Best Picture, Scorsese Best Director". The New York Times. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Empire Awards Best Female Newcomer". Empire. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Independent film awards draw Britain's biggest acting names". Hello!. December 1, 2008. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Battle of the Kates in film awards". Metro UK. December 9, 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  6. ↑ Sperling, Nicole (February 5, 2010). "Oscars 2010: Best Supporting Actress nominees". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  7. ↑ Szalai, Georg (November 28, 2011). "Gotham Awards 2011: 'Tree of Life,' 'Beginners' Tie for Best Feature". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  8. ↑ Grosz, Christy (December 1, 2011). "Golden Satellite Award Nominees Announced". Variety. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  9. ↑ Ng, Philiana (March 6, 2014). "MTV Movie Awards Nominations Revealed". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  10. ↑ McCabe, Joseph (June 28, 2014). "Gravity, The Walking Dead, and Breaking Bad Win Big at the Fortieth Annual Saturn Awards". Nerdist News. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  11. ↑ "PHOTOS: Road to the Emmys – Lead Drama Actress". Variety. August 14, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  12. ↑ Bricker, Tierney (May 22, 2013). "2013 Critics' Choice Television Awards: Big Bang Theory, Game of Thrones, New Girl and More Earn Nominations". E! Online. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  13. ↑ Sandberg, Bryn Elise (June 19, 2014). "Critics' Choice Television Awards 2014: Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  14. ↑ Goldberg, Lesley (June 10, 2013). "FX's 'The Americans' Leads 2013 TCA Awards Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Return To Paradise (1998) Acting Credits". The New York Times. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  16. ↑ "The Opportunists (2000) Acting Credits". The New York Times. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Autumn in New York (2000) Acting Credits". The New York Times. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  18. 1 2 3 "Vera Farmiga joins 'Snow White', '15 Minutes', and 'Dust'". Variety. August 16, 2000. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Love in the Time of Money (2002) Acting Credits". The New York Times. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Dummy (2003) Acting Credits". The New York Times. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Down to the Bone (2004) Acting Credits". The New York Times. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Iron Jawed Angels (2004) Acting Credits". The New York Times. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Mind the Gap (2004) Acting Credits". The New York Times. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  24. ↑ "The Manchurian Candidate (2004) Acting Credits". The New York Times. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  25. ↑ "Neverwas (2005) Acting Credits". The New York Times. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  26. ↑ "Vera Farmiga and Johnny Messner join the cast of 'Running Scared'". MovieWeb. July 5, 2004. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  27. 1 2 Fleming, Michael (March 23, 2005). "Farmiga joins 'Departed'". Variety. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  28. ↑ "David Boreanaz, Henry Thomas, Vera Farmiga and Bruce Dern join 'The Hard Easy'". MovieWeb. September 17, 2004. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  29. ↑ Kay, Jeremy (August 31, 2006). "Korean-US co-production Never Forever wraps in NYC". Screen Daily. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  30. ↑ "Joshua or, The Bump in the Road for the Vera Farmiga Bandwagon". Indiewire. February 6, 2007. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  31. ↑ Mohr, Ian (September 13, 2005). "HDNet greenlights seven projects". Variety. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  32. ↑ Mitchell, Wendy (March 2, 2006). "Thema starts Russian shoot for In Transit". Screen Daily. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  33. ↑ Holmes, Matt (July 19, 2007). "Beckinsale, Dillon, Farmiga, Falco & Alda in Rod Lurie's 'truthful' drama". What Culture. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  34. ↑ Stewart, Ryan (March 26, 2007). "Vera Farmiga Puts On 'Striped Pajamas'". Moviefone. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  35. ↑ Siegel, Tatiana (November 29, 2007). "Sarsgaard, Farmiga join 'Orphan'". Variety. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  36. ↑ Macnab, Geoffrey (May 22, 2007). "Niki Caro uncorks 'Vintner's Luck'". Screen Daily. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  37. ↑ Siegel, Tatiana (November 23, 2008). "Vera Farmiga flies to Reitman's 'Air'". Variety. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  38. ↑ Fleming, Michael (October 28, 2009). "Farmiga, Caan partner for 'Crime'". Variety. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  39. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (April 9, 2010). "Vera Farmiga Finds 'Higher Ground'". TheWrap. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  40. ↑ Hardarwar, Devindra (January 13, 2010). "Michelle Monaghan and Vera Farmiga Join Duncan Jones' Source Code". /Film. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  41. ↑ Cox, Gordon (January 10, 2011). "Duchovny, Farmiga join 'Goats' herd". Variety. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  42. ↑ Fleming Jr, Mike (April 25, 2011). "Vera Farmiga Joins Thriller 'Safe House'". Deadline.com. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  43. ↑ Kit, Borys (April 26, 2012). "Vera Farmiga, Andy Garcia to Star in Indie Film 'Admissions'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  44. ↑ Kroll, Justin (January 20, 2012). "Farmiga, Wilson called to 'Conjuring'". Variety. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  45. ↑ Fleming Jr, Mike (August 9, 2011). "Vera Farmiga, Mark Strong Star In 'Closer To The Moon'". Deadline.com. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  46. ↑ Kroll, Justin (March 20, 2013). "Vera Farmiga Sets Sights on 'The Judge'". Variety. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  47. ↑ Kilday, Gregg (June 5, 2015). "Vera Farmiga, Kelly Macdonald, Kevin Pollak Cast in Ricky Gervais' 'Special Correspondents'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  48. ↑ McNary, Dave (February 25, 2014). "Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga Returning for 'Conjuring' Sequel". Variety. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  49. ↑ McNary, Dave (July 23, 2015). "Vera Farmiga, Virginia Madsen Starring in Comedy-Drama 'Burn Your Maps'". Variety. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  50. ↑ Siegel, Tatiana (September 20, 2016). "Clive Owen to Reprise Role as "The Driver" in BMW Films' 'The Escape' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  51. ↑ Jaafar, Ali (May 2, 2016). "Sony's Stage 6 Films Acquires Worldwide Rights To Vera Farmiga-Christopher Plummer Road Trip Pic 'Boundaries'". Deadline.com. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  52. ↑ McNary, Dave (June 17, 2016). "Vera Farmiga Joins Liam Neeson in Thriller 'The Commuter'". Variety.
  53. ↑ Brown, Mick (August 30, 2008). "Vera Farmiga: rare breed". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on September 3, 2008. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
  54. ↑ "Hallmark Hall of Fame: Rose Hill Cast & Crew". TV.com. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  55. ↑ Wood, Jennifer M (January 14, 2014). "28 Actors Who Started Out on Law & Order – Vera Farmiga: Season 8, Episode 12". Mental Floss. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
  56. ↑ Michaels, Taylor (March 10, 2002). "What can you tell me about "UC: Undercover" actress Vera Farmiga?". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  57. ↑ Genzlinger, Neil (March 7, 2004). "COVER STORY; USA's Newest Eccentric: He Feels the Crime". The New York Times. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  58. ↑ Goldberg, Lesley (August 27, 2012). "Vera Farmiga to Star in A&E's 'Psycho' Prequel 'Bates Motel'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  59. ↑ "Anthony Salatino, Faculty and Staff". Syracuse University. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  60. ↑ "Geri Clark, Professor of Drama/Acting". Syracuse University. April 16, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  61. ↑ Harvey, Dennis (February 4, 1996). "Review: 'The Tempest'". Variety. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  62. ↑ Reife, Jordan (July 19, 2013). "Q&A With The Conjuring's Vera Farmiga". Dame Magazine. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  63. ↑ Hampton, Wilborn (July 4, 1996). "Theater Review; How a Mild German Professor Turned Into a Nazi Officer". The New York Times. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  64. ↑ "Inside the Playbill: Taking Sides – Opening Night at Brooks Atkinson Theatre". Playbill. October 18, 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  65. ↑ Lefkowitz, David (January 14, 1997). "Wellman's Second-Hand Smoke Billows Into Primary Stages". Playbill. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  66. ↑ Simonson, Robert (May 14, 2002). "Brown, Mason, Donovan, Sciorra Join Williamstown Season". Playbill. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
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