About Vera Farmiga
Vera Ann Farmiga is an American actress and singer who began her professional acting career on stage in the original Broadway production of Taking Sides in 1996. She gained attention with a starring role as a drug addict in the drama Down to the Bone (2004). Farmiga went on to act in the political thriller The Manchurian Candidate (2004), the crime drama The Departed (2006), and the historical drama The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008). She also became known as a scream queen for her work in the horror films Joshua (2007) and Orphan (2009).
![“Not just as an actress, but on a human-being level, I've experienced frustration on many different levels. [With my] career, it would be more the frustration of not always finding challenging material or inspiring material ... [Acting is] therapeutic for me. I'm pretty accommodating.” quote by Vera Farmiga](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/672/vera-farmiga-3068_acting_not-just-as-an-actress-but-on-a-human-be_744810.jpg)
