Vera Farmiga

Vera Farmiga as Miriam Kelly, Vic's daughter and the glue that keeps the family together in First Look's The Opportunists - 2000

Biography

Born 08/06/1973

A porcelain-skinned, blue-eyed beauty, Vera Farmiga began her professional acting career in the mid-1990s counting among her credits performances in stage productions of "The Tempest,” "The Glass Menagerie" and "Hamlet". Making her Broadway debut as an understudy in the 1996-1997 play "Taking...
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Awards

  • In 2006, received National Board of Review Award for Best Acting by an Ensemble
  • In 2005, received Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Actress

Highlights

  • In 2009, Played the mother of an adopted child in the thriller, "Orphan"
  • In 2008, Cast in Rod Lurie's political thriller, "Nothing But the Truth"
  • In 2008, Played the mother in the Holocaust film "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas"

Family & Companions

  • Renn Hawkey: Companion (Performs with the band Deadsy)
  • siblings: Farmiga is the second oldest of seven children
  • Luba Farmiga: mother (Ukrainian immigrant)

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