The historical drama The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, starring Vera Farmiga as Elsa Hoess, was released globally in September 2008. For her performance in that film, she received the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress.
During the same year, she co-starred in the war drama film In Transit with John Malkovich and played CIA operative Erica Van Doren in the political thriller Nothing But the Truth, for which she received a Critics’ Choice Movie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Farmiga starred as Kate Coleman in Jaume Collet-Serra’s psychological thriller Orphan in 2009. The film, co-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, earned favorable reviews, with The Times’ Toby Young praising Farmiga’s performance.
She also starred in Niki Caro’s romance film The Vintner’s Luck, which opened at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival as Aurora de Valday.
She also appeared in Jason Reitman’s comedy-drama Up in the Air, alongside George Clooney, as frequent traveler Alex Goran.
Her performance in the film was praised by critics, and she was nominated for multiple accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2010.
Does Vera Farmiga play the piano?
Yes, Vera Farmiga is a pianist with classical training and a semi-professional folk dancer. Farmiga belonged to Plast. She earned her diploma from Hunterdon Central Regional High School in 1991.
Did Vera Farmiga play in American Horror Story?
In the third season of Coven, she played the promising young witch Zoe Benson after playing disturbed adolescent Violet Harmon in Murder House. Later, Farmiga played both Violet and Zoe again in the eighth season, Apocalypse.