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6	->''"There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women."''
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8	Vera Ann Farmiga (/fɑrˈmiːɡə/; born August 6, 1973 in Clifton, New Jersey) is a American actress and film director of UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain\|e}}ian descent.
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10	Farmiga found her way into acting during her junior year of high school, after being benched during a soccer game and subsequently convinced by a friend to audition for the school play. She won the leading role. Now bitten by the acting bug, she earned her BFA in theatre from Syracuse University in 1995, and two years later made her screen debut opposite Creator/HeathLedger in the TV series ''Series/{{Roar}}''.
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12	She made her feature film debut in the 1998 drama thriller ''Return to Paradise'' and subsequently worked consistently in Hollywood, with 2004 indie drama ''Down to the Bone'' proving a breakthrough performance for her. She went on to feature in the 2006 crime thriller ''Film/TheDeparted'', directed by none other than Creator/MartinScorsese, which only increased her profile, and earned critical acclaim for both that film and her leading role in the 2008 historical drama ''Literature/TheBoyInTheStripedPyjamas''.
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14	Farmiga finally broke into the mainstream when she gained critical acclaim following her performance as businesswoman Alex Goran in the 2009 comedy-drama ''Film/UpInTheAir'', for which she was nominated for a slate of awards, including an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress. While her profile had been steadily increasing since ''Down to the Bone'', this was the film that brought her into the mainstream and got her recognition as one of Hollywood's most gifted actresses.
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16	She made her directorial debut in the 2011 drama film ''Higher Ground''; the film earned critical praise for both her performance and her directing. Incidentally, it also launched the career of her much-younger sister, [[Creator/TaissaFarmiga Taissa]].
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18	In 2013 she made her debut as famous paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren in the 2013 horror film ''Film/TheConjuring'', a role which she has continued to reprise throughout [[Film/TheConjuringUniverse the franchise]] and which put her on the map as one of the best horror actresses in Hollywood.
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20	From 2013 to 2017, she starred as Norma Louise Bates in the A&E TV series ''Series/BatesMotel'', for which she won the 2014 Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television, and was nominated for the 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
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22	She was married to Creator/SebastianRoche from 1997 to 2004. Since 2008, she has been married to rock band Music/{{Deadsy}} member Renn Hawkey, with whom she has two children -- son Fynn and daughter Gytta.
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24	Actress Creator/TaissaFarmiga is her younger sister.
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26	!! Selected filmography:
27	* ''Series/{{Roar}}'' (1997) as Catlin
28	* ''Series/LawAndOrder'' (1998) as Lindsay Carson
29	* ''Film/FifteenMinutes'' (2001) as Daphne Handlova
30	* ''Film/{{Dust}}'' (2001) as Amy
31	* ''Film/{{Dummy}}'' (2003) as Lorena
32	* ''Film/IronJawedAngels'' (2004) as Ruza Wenclawska
33	* ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate'' (2004) as Jocelyne Jordan
34	* ''Film/{{Neverwas}}'' (2005) as Eleanna
35	* ''Film/{{Running Scared\|2006}}'' (2006) as Teresa Gazelle
36	* ''Film/TheDeparted'' (2006) as Madolyn Madden
37	* ''Film/{{Joshua}}'' (2007) as Abby Cairn
38	* ''Never Forever'' (2007) as Sophie Lee
39	* ''Film/QuidProQuo'' (2008) as Fiona Ankany
40	* ''Literature/TheBoyInTheStripedPyjamas'' (2008) as Elsa
41	* ''Film/{{Orphan}}'' (2009) as Kate Coleman
42	* ''Film/UpInTheAir'' (2009) as Alex Goran[[note]]Academy Award nomination, Best Supporting Actress[[/note]]
43	* ''Film/HenrysCrime'' (2010) as Julie Ivanova
44	* ''Film/SourceCode'' (2011) as Capt. Colleen Goodwin
45	* ''Higher Ground'' (2011) as Corinne Walker [[note]]directorial debut[[/note]]
46	* ''Film/SafeHouse'' (2012) as Catherine Linklater
47	* ''Series/BatesMotel'' (2013 -- 2017) as Norma Louise Bates[[note]]Emmy Award nomination, Best Actress[[/note]]
48	* ''Film/TheConjuringUniverse'' (2013 -- present) as Lorraine Warren
49	** ''Film/TheConjuring'' (2013)
50	** ''Film/TheConjuring2'' (2016)
51	** ''Film/TheNun'' (2018, archive footage)
52	** ''Film/AnnabelleComesHome'' (2019)
53	** ''Film/TheConjuringTheDevilMadeMeDoIt'' (2021)
54	** ''The Conjuring 4'' (TBA)
55	* ''Film/TheJudge'' (2014) as Samantha Powell
56	* ''Film/SpecialCorrespondents'' (2016) as Eleanor
57	* ''Film/TheCommuter'' (2018) as Joanna
58	* ''Series/PhilipKDicksElectricDreams'' (2018) as The Candidate
59	* ''Film/CaptiveState'' (2019) as Jane Doe / Priscilla Scott
60	* ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' (2019) as Emma Russell
61	* ''Series/WhenTheySeeUs'' (2019) as Elizabeth Lederer[[note]]Emmy Award nomination, Best Supporting Actress[[/note]]
62	* ''[[Series/Hawkeye2021 Hawkeye]]'' (2021) as Eleanor Bishop
63	* ''Film/TheManySaintsOfNewark'' (2021) as Livia Soprano
64	* ''Series/FiveDaysAtMemorial'' (2022) as Dr. Anna Pou
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66	!!She provides examples of:
67	* TheCastShowoff: She's an excellent pianist, something which is shown off in, among other things, ''Bates Motel'', ''Orphan'' and ''At Middleton''.
68	* DoingItForTheArt: She vastly prefers independent films to studio pictures, finding that the latter often give less scope for character exploration and development, but has kept doing studio films so she can afford to do indies. Even with studio films, she refuses to take roles she can't absolutely commit to.[[note]]It's not that she doesn't like studio films at all -- for instance, she absolutely loves doing the ''Conjuring'' movies -- but she does tend to find indies more artistically fulfilling.[[/note]]
69	-->'''Vera''': I look for struggle in the roles I choose – struggle and perseverance.
70	* FriendshipOnTheSet: She and Creator/PatrickWilson became fast friends on the set of ''Film/TheConjuring'' and are still very close today, affectionally referring to each other as their "fake spouse".
71	* MetalHead: She's a Music/IronMaiden fan and she also sings Iron Maiden song The Trooper with her friend Scott Ian of Music/{{Anthrax}} playing Guitar. She also sings Music/BlackSabbath song War Pig and Music/{{Slipknot}} song Duality.
72	* MsFanservice: Many of her roles qualify as this, as she has no problem getting her kit off on camera. Even Lorraine Warren gets to swan around in gorgeous (albeit modest) vintage outfits. (She did, however, use a body double for her nude scene in ''Up in the Air'', as she'd just had a baby and was still nursing.)
73	* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: She's 21 years older than her sister and fellow actress Creator/{{Taissa\|Farmiga}}. Taissa has even played Vera's daughter in ''At Middleton''.
74	* RealLifeRelative:
75	** Her sister [[Creator/TaissaFarmiga Taissa]] played the younger version of Vera's character in ''Higher Ground'', her character's daughter in ''At Middleton'' and played Sister Irene in ''The Nun''.
76	** Her son, Fynn Hawkey, played Baby Abigail in ''Higher Ground'', which her husband Renn was also a producer on.
77	* StarMakingRole: ''The Departed'' got her noticed, but it was ''Up in the Air'' that put her on the map as one of the best and most versatile actresses in Hollywood.
78	* ThoseTwoActors: Seems to be developing into this with close friend Creator/PatrickWilson, having done four installments and counting of the ''Conjuring'' series with him, as well as the unrelated film ''The Commuter''.
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