Vera Ann Farmiga
born August 6, 1973, Essex County, New Jersey
American actress. She is known for her roles in the 2006 films Running Scared and The Departed.
Biography
Early life
Farmiga, second oldest of seven children, grew up in Irvington,
New Jersey to Michael and Luba Farmiga, Ukrainian immigrants. She was raised in
an insular Ukrainian American community, not speaking English until six. She attended
a Ukrainian Catholic school in Newark and toured with a Ukrainian folk dancing
ensemble. In 1991, Farmiga graduated from Hunterdon Central Regional High School.
Career
Although she originally intended to become an optometrist, Farmiga
attended Syracuse University's School of Visual and Performing Arts. She made
her Broadway debut in 1996 as an understudy in the play Taking Sides. The same
year, she starred as Miranda in the American Conservatory Theatre production of
The Tempest. Throughout the 1990s, she continued appearing in stage, tv and film
roles, including a part in the 1998 film Return to Paradise.
Farmiga appeared in several high profile films in the early 2000s, including Autumn in New York and 15 Minutes. She also appeared in the 2004 remake of The Manchurian Candidate. Her lead performance in the 2005 film Down to the Bone received a Best Actress award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. In 2006 she appeared in Running Scared, and as a police psychiatrist in Martin Scorsese's The Departed.
Personal life
Farmiga was formerly married to actor Sebastian Roché,
who co-starred with her in the television series Roar. The two eloped to the Bahamas
after the series' end in 1997. The marriage ended in divorce in 2005.
She
is currently dating Renn Hawkey of the band Deadsy.
Selected filmography
2006
Breaking and Entering Oana
The Departed
Running Scared
2004 Down to
the Bone Irene
The Manchurian Candidate
2003 Dummy
2002 Love in the
Time of Money
2001 15 Minutes
2000 Autumn in New York
1998 The Return
to Paradise
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