What is Vera Farmiga?
{{BLP unsourced|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox person | image = Vera Farmiga 2, 2011.jpg | caption = Farmiga at the ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]'' premiere, New York City, 21 November 2011 | birth_name = Vera Ann Farmiga | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|8|6}} | birth_place = [[Clifton, New Jersey]], [[USA]] | occupation = Actress, director | years_active = 1996–present | relatives = [[Taissa Farmiga]] (sister) | spouse = {{Plainlist| *{{marriage|[[Sebastian Roché]]|1997|2005|reason=divorced}} *{{marriage|[[Renn Hawkey]]|2008}} }} | children = 2 }} '''Vera Ann Farmiga''' (born August 6, 1973 in [[Passaic County]], [[New Jersey]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[actress]] and [[Movie director|director]]. She is known for her role as [[Lorraine Warren]] in ''[[The Conjuring (movie)|The Conjuring]]'' (2013) and ''[[The Conjuring 2]]'' (2016). ==Early life== Farmiga comes from an immigrant family from [[Ukraine]]. She grew up with her six brothers and sisters in a Ukrainian community and learned with six years old the [[English language]]. In her youth she was in a Ukrainian [[folk music|folk]] group. In the beginning she went to a Ukrainian Catholic school and then, she studied at the ''School of Visual and Performing Arts'' of the [[Syracuse University]]. ==Career== In 1996 she debuted in the Broadway theater play, ''Return to Paradise'' with [[Vince Vaughn]], [[Anne Heche]] and [[Joaquin Phoenix]] in 1998. 2000 she played in the film drama ''Autumn in New York'' as ''Lisa Tyler''. She played in the action film called ''15 Minutes''. In 2004 she got an extra price of the [[Sundance Film Festival]]. 2005 the ''Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards'' and the ''Independent Spirit Award'' for her performance in the film ''Down to the Bone''. She became famous thanks to the film 2006: ''The Departed''. The film won four [[Academy Awards]]. In ''Up in the Air'' from the year 2009, she got an Academy Award nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Ac