Vera Farmiga (born August 6, 1973) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, best known for her roles in the films Running Scared, The Departed, Orphan, and Up in the Air. For her role in Up in the Air, she was nominated for a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA and Academy Award.

She originally intended to become an ophthalmologist, Farmiga attended Syracuse University’s School of Visual and Performing Arts. Vera 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 The Tempest. Following her theater debut, Vera played a role the television series, Roar, which was filmed in Australia, alongside Heath Ledger. Vera said that the series “wanted to be Braveheart but turned out more Xena: Warrior Princess.” Throughout the late 1990s, she continued appearing in stage, television and film roles, including a part in the 1998 film Return to Paradise.

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