Vera Farmiga

Vera Farmiga: Biography in Details

Who is Vera Farmiga?

Vera Farmiga is an American actress, director, and producer. She has appeared in films including ‘Higher Ground’, ‘Nothing But the Truth, ‘Down to the Bone, and ‘Up in the Air among others.

Additionally, she starred as Lorraine Warren in the horror film ‘The Conjuring’.

Who are the parents of Vera Farmiga?

Farmiga was born as Vera Ann Farmiga in Clifton, New Jersey on August 6, 1973. Currently, she is 49 years old. She was born to parents Michael Farmiga and Lubomyra.

Her mother was a schoolteacher and her father was a systems analyst-turned-landscaper. Additionally, she has one older brother, Victor, and five younger siblings Alexander, Laryssa, Taissa, Stephan, and Nadia.

Throughout her childhood years, she grew up in an insular Ukrainian American community in Irvington. She became interested in the world of acting since her childhood years.

She is of American and Ukrainian nationality. Furthermore, she belongs to the Ukrainian ethnic background.

Education

Talking about her education, Farmiga attended St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School. Later, she graduated from Hunterdon Central Regional High School in 1991. Furthermore, she also graduated from Syracuse University.

Vera Farmiga: Career, Professional life

Vera Farmiga initially made her debut with a small role in the 1997 TV movie, ‘Rose Hill’. Additionally, she played the role of Catlin in ‘Roar’. She also starred in the TV movie ‘Law & Order’ in 1998. Later in the same year, she was cast in ‘Return to Paradise. In addition, in 2000, Farmiga had a role in ‘The Opportunists’.

In 2001, Vera also starred in ‘15 Minutes’ as Daphne Handlova. Since then, she has appeared in numerous other movies and television series. All in all, she has over 50 credits as an actress.

Some other movies and television series that Farmiga has appeared in are ‘Skin’, ‘The Front Runner’, ‘Boundaries’, ‘Electric Dreams’, ‘Bates Motel’, ‘Burn Your Maps’, ‘Special Correspondents’, ‘Closer to the Moon, ‘Safe House’, ‘Higher Ground’, ‘Up in the Air’, ‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas’, ‘Never Forever, ‘The Manchurian Candidate, ‘Iron Jawed Angels’, ‘Love in the Time of Money, and ‘The Opportunists’ among others.

Awards

Farmiga garnered the Academy Award nomination in 2010 for her performance in ‘Up in the Air. Additionally, she has also received Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

Furthermore, she has also garnered the BAFTA Film Award and Saturn Award nominations. All in all, she has 18 wins and 77 nominations to her name to date.

Vera Farmiga: Salary, Net Worth

Farmiga has not revealed her current salary. However, she has an estimated net worth of around $10 million as of 2023.

Is Vera Farmiga involved in any rumors and controversies?

Although Farmiga has not been part of any notable controversies herself, the show that she is part of ‘Bates Motel’ has attracted numerous controversies over the years.

At present, there are no rumors concerning Farmiga and her career.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Talking about her body measurement, Vera Farmiga has a height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.7 m). Additionally, she weighs around 132 lbs or 60 kg.

She has a measurement of 34-24-36 inches or 87-61-91.5 cm. Furthermore, her hair color is light brown and her eye color is blue.

Social Media

Farmiga is active over social media. She has a huge number of followers on social networking sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. She has more than 231.3k followers on Twitter.

In addition, she has over 1 million followers on Instagram. Similarly, her Facebook page has more than 620k followers.

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