ABOUT VERA FARMIGA
Actress best known for her Academy Award-nominated role in Up in the Air . Her other notable films include Source Code, The Conjuring , and The Departed . She has also earned praise for her portrayal of Norma Bates in the A&E series Bates Motel . In 2019, she starred in the Netflix mini-series When They See Us .
Ukrainian was the first language she learned, and she danced with a Ukrainian folk-dancing group.
In 2011, she made her directorial debut with the drama Higher Ground, which she also starred in.
She married actor Sebastian Roche , but the couple divorced in 2004. She then married Renn Hawkey in 2008. The couple had a son named Fynn and a daughter named Gytta . Her younger sister Taissa also became an actress. She has another sister named Nadia .
She played the love interest of George Clooney 's character in the award-winning film Up in the Air.
