General info :
Vera Ann Farmiga (born August 6, 1973, Clifton, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American actress and singer. She began her professional acting career on stage in the original Broadway production of Taking Sides (1996). After expanding to television and film, her breakthrough came with her starring role as a drug addict in the drama Down to the Bone (2004). She then had roles in the political thriller The Manchurian Candidate (2004), the crime drama The Departed (2006), and the historical drama The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008). She was also established as a scream queen for her performances in the horror films Joshua (2007) and Orphan (2009). For her performance in the comedy-drama Up in the Air (2009), Farmiga was nominated for an Academy Award and other accolades. She then made her directorial debut with the drama film Higher Ground (2011), in which she had the leading role. She starred in the thrillers Source Code (2011) and Safe House (2012), before furthering her scream queen status by portraying paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren in the Conjuring Universe films The Conjuring (2013), The Conjuring 2 (2016), Annabelle Comes Home (2019), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021), and The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025). She also starred in the legal drama The Judge (2014), the biographical drama The Front Runner (2018), the monster film Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), and the crime drama The Many Saints of Newark (2021). On television, Farmiga received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for playing Norma Louise Bates in the A&E drama horror series Bates Motel (2013–2017) and starring in the Netflix miniseries When They See Us (2019). She also appears in the Disney+ miniseries Hawkeye (2021) set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the Apple TV+ miniseries Five Days at Memorial (2022). In October 2024, Farmiga debuted as a singer in the band The Yagas, with a single titled "The Crying Room". In February 2025, the band released a second single titled "She's Walking Down", which Farmiga wrote as a way to alleviate her fears of child trafficking that she had been dreaming about. The band's first album, Midnight Minuet, was released on April 25, 2025. Farmiga met actor Sebastian Roché while starring together in the fantasy adventure television series Roar; after it ended in 1997, they eloped to the Bahamas and later divorced in 2004. She began dating Deadsy musician Renn Hawkey, after being introduced by mutual friend, filmmaker Allen Hughes, on the set of Touching Evil. They married on September 13, 2008, when Farmiga was five months pregnant with their first child. She gave birth to a son in January 2009 in Rhinebeck, New York and a daughter in November 2010. The family owns homes in Hudson Valley, New York and Vancouver, British Columbia. Farmiga's sister-in-law is actress and photographer Molly Hawkey.
Relations :
Married to
[m. 2008 -]
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Renn Hawkey
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Married to
[m. 1997 - div. 2004]
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Sebastian Roché
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