What is Vera Farmiga Net Worth?

Vera Farmiga Net Worth is US$ 10 Million as of January 2023.

Net Worth US$ 10 Million
Born:August 06, 1973 (50 Years)
Full NameVera Ann Farmiga
GenderFemale
Height5′ 7”
HoroscopeLeo
Country of OriginThe US
Source of WealthActing, Direction, Production
Marital StatusMarried
Spouse (s)Sebastian Roché (M., 1997; Div., 2004)
Renn Hawkey ​ (M.,2008)
ChildrenSon: Fynn,  Daughter:Gytta
Famous ForThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021), The Conjuring (2013), The Conjuring 2 (2016), Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

Biography

Vera Ann Farmiga, an American actress and director. Farmiga originally wanted to be an optometrist. But, she changed her mind and began studying acting at Syracuse University’s School of Performing Arts. She graduated in 1995. Farmiga’s horror thriller “Return to Paradise”, her debut directorial venture, was released in 1998. Farmiga also appeared in the comedy “Dummy”, the 200-year-old drama” “Luuni”, 2006’s crime thriller “The Decent”, the 2007 horror film “Joshua” and 2007-2008 drama, “Condipois”.  Her played a role in the romantic movie Autumn In New York (2000) and the TV series UC (2001). She also appeared in Drowned in Air for 15 minutes in 2001. Critics highly praised Farmiga’s role. She also played Kate Coleman in Orphan, a 2009 film. In 2011, she debuted as Captain Goodwin’s Colleen in the action thriller Code.

Timeline

1998

Farmiga made her big screen debut in the drama Return to Paradise

2004

Vera Farmiga was awarded Best Actress from the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association

2009

Acted as Supporting Role in Movie ‘Up in the Air’

2011

Vera made her directorial debut with the drama Higher Ground

2013

Farmiga began starring in the drama thriller series Bates Motel

2019

Starred in Movie “When They See Us”

Early Life

Vera Farmiga was born on August 6, 1973, in New Jersey. Vera has six siblings: Taissa, Victor, Nadia, Laryssa, Alexander, and Stephan. Her parents are Ukrainian mother Lubomyra, a schoolteacher, and Father Michael, a systems analyst, and landscaper. She is a Ukrainian-American by nationality and has a belief in the Roman Catholic religion. Farmiga’s parents raised her in the Ukrainian American community of Irvington, New Jersey, and she didn’t start learning English until she was six years old. She attended Hunterdon Central Regional High School in New Jersey, USA, for her early education. When Vera was 12, the family moved to Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, where she went to St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School in Newark. Vera and her sister Taissa also appeared together in “At Middleton” and “Higher Ground” in 2011 and 2013.

Career

In 1996, she made her professional acting debut as an understudy at Broadway’s “Taking Sides.” She has performed onstage in “The Tempest”, “Good” and “The Seagull” as well as an off-Broadway production in 1997 of “Second-Hand Smoke,” which received positive reviews. She made her television debut in 1997 in Fox’s adventure series Roar as the female lead, alongside Heath Ledger. Farmiga was first to make an appearance on the big screen with the 1998 drama Return to Paradise. She then played the role of Christopher Walken’s daughter in The Opportunists 1999 and Autumn in New York 2000. In 2000, she was a supporting actress in the romantic drama “Autumn New York”, which was a commercially successful product.

In the same year, she also appeared in “The Opportunists”, a crime-drama movie. She was a supporting character in “15 Minutes,” a 2001 action thriller that grossed a lot at the box office. She also appeared in “15 Minutes,” a British-Macedonian Western drama. She played the leading role in the romantic drama “Love in the Time of Money,” which premiered at the “Sundance Film Festival in 2002. John Erman directed her in the Williamstown Theatre Festival production of “Under the Blue Sky”. She also played Helen. She was also a part of the comedy-drama “Dummy”, in 2002, as “Lorena Finchetti.” In 2004, she made her acting debut with the independent drama “Down to the Bone.” The role was praised by critics. Iron Jawed Angels, the HBO drama, and Touching Evil (an American adaptation of the British crime drama) came in second.

Even though the show lasted only one season, it was well-received by critics. She was also a supporting actor in “The Manchurian Candidate,” a 2004 political thriller that was both critically acclaimed as well as commercially successful. She also appeared in “Goats,” an independent comedy-drama that debuted at the 2012 “Sundance Film Festival.” In the same year’s action thriller “Safe House”, by Daniel Espinosa, she played “CIA” agent Catherine Linklater. In March 2013, she began her role as “Norma Louise Bates”, the drama-thriller “Bates Motel” at A&E. She has been nominated and won a variety of awards. The show has also been produced by her since its second season. The show aired from 2013 to 2017. In the James Wan film “The Conjuring”, she played Lorraine Warren, a well-known researcher. It went on to be one of the most popular horror films ever made.

Highlights

  • Awarded as Best Actress for the 2004 movie Down to the Bone at Sundance Film Festival
  • Received an Academy Award Best Actress nomination for her role in Up in the Air (2009)
  • Received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for the series Bates Motel (2013)
  • Received a second Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role in When They See Us (2019) as an Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie category
  • The Conjuring (Movie, 2013)
  • Annabelle Comes Home (Movie, 2019)

Favorite Quotes from Vera Farmiga

Favorite Quote 1 by Vera Farmiga

“When you encounter sophistication in the creation of a female character, you thank the writers and you claim it.”

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Favorite Quote 2 by Vera Farmiga

“There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.” 

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Favorite Quote 3 by Vera Farmiga

“Editing yourself is like an irksome coin toss. You’ve got to strip yourself of super ego and operate from the id. Maybe I’ve got my Freud mixed up. It’s just hard to trade a beauty shot for the performance with truth and a brightly lit zit.”

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Favorite Quote 4 by Vera Farmiga

“Partying has never been my thing. I’ve been around some wild people. I’ve been in the same room and watched them experiment, and that’s been entertaining.”

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Favorite Quote 5 by Vera Farmiga

“I spent a lot of time reading blogs by mothers who had children with varying degrees of neural dysfunction, from schizophrenia to all sorts of different issues. And honestly, I don’t think it’s different for anybody. There’s no right way to make sure your child will be emotionally and mentally healthier. It’s just frustrating.”

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Keys Life Lessons from Vera Farmiga

We now know everything about Vera Farmiga and her net worth. Let’s look at some of her key life lessons.

1. Be Resilient

She talks about her experience of acting in horror movies which made her toughened through time with her thrilling experiences.

2. Follow your dreams

She did hard work and followed her passion to achieve her goals.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson married?

They are both married, but not to each other. Wilson is happily married with two sons, while Farmiga also has two children with her husband musician Renn Hawkey.

How much older is Vera Farmiga than her sister?

Taissa (her Sister) is 21 years younger than Vera Formiga.

Is Vera Farmiga Ukrainian?

She was raised in an insular Ukrainian American community in Irvington, New Jersey, with Ukrainian as her native language. Farmiga considers herself to be “Ukrainian American”.

Summary

Vera Farmiga is a Ukrainian-American actress and producer. She is known for roles in “Up in the Air,” The Conjuring, and “Bates Motel”. Farmiga has been nominated for more than 70 awards and received over 20 nominations for her work. Farmiga was nominated in the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Golden Globes. She also won the Academy Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress for “Up in the Air” in 2010. She was also awarded an International Cinephile Society Award and a Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award. Farmiga lives with her family in Hudson Valley, New York. Farmiga claims she doesn’t belong in any particular church but will be able to communicate with any place or house of worship. She enjoys acting and reading.