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Vera Farmiga is an American actress. She began her career on stage as an understudy in Ronald Harwood's 1996 play Taking Sides on Broadway. [1] The following year, she starred in the Off-Broadway play Second-Hand Smoke (1997) by Mac Wellman. [2] Farmiga made her film debut in the drama-thriller Return to Paradise (1998).
Her stage credits included performances in "The Tempest", "Good", "The Seagull", and in a well-reviewed off-Broadway production of "Second-Hand Smoke" (1997). That same year, she made her television debut as the female lead, opposite a then-unknown Heath Ledger, in Fox's adventure series Roar (1997).
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Farmiga began her professional acting career on stage in the original Broadway production of Taking Sides (1996). After expanding to television and film, Farmiga's breakthrough came in 2004 with her starring role as a drug addict in the drama Down to the Bone.
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- 'The Departed' (2006) IMDb Rating: 8.5/10. A revered crime thriller which saw legendary director Martin Scorsese finally win an Academy Award for Best Director, The Departed was an instant cinematic classic.
- 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas' (2008) IMDb Rating: 7.7/10. A family drama which, despite its PG-13 depiction of the Holocaust, stands as one of the most devastating films about the atrocity ever made, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a quintessential viewing experience.
- 'The Conjuring' (2013) IMDb Rating: 7.5/10. While the aforementioned The Conjuring 2 was one of the great horror hits of the 2010s, it was the original film in the franchise which stands unmatched as one of the greatest horror movies of the century so far.
- 'Source Code' (2011) IMDb Rating: 7.5/10. A spellbinding thriller which combined action intensity and sci-fi intrigue in equal measure, Source Code excelled as a critically acclaimed hit as well as a strong financial success.
Jan 22, 2022 · But until then, here are Vera Farmiga's seven most essential roles in film and TV over her 25 years on the big and small screen. Norma Bates (Bates Motel)
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Vera Farmiga is an American actress who has received an Academy Award nomination for her role in Up in the Air (2009) and Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her roles in Bates Motel (2013) and When They See Us (2019).