Vera Ann Farmiga (born August 6, 1973) is an American actress, best known for her roles in the films Running Scared, The Departed, and Orphan.
Vera Ann Farmiga (pronounced /fɑrˈmiːɡə/), the second oldest of seven children, was born in Passaic County, New Jersey and grew up in Clifton, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Ukrainian immigrants Mykhailo, a computer-systems analyst, and Luba Farmiga, a schoolteacher. Farmiga was raised in an insular Uk...
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Vera Ann Farmiga (born August 6, 1973) is an American actress, best known for her roles in the films Running Scared, The Departed, and Orphan.
Vera Ann Farmiga (pronounced /fɑrˈmiːɡə/), the second oldest of seven children, was born in Passaic County, New Jersey and grew up in Clifton, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Ukrainian immigrants Mykhailo, a computer-systems analyst, and Luba Farmiga, a schoolteacher. Farmiga was raised in an insular Ukrainian American community, not speaking English until the age of 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.
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 Theater production of...
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