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Vera Farmiga Profile |
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Birth Date: August 6, 1973
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Birth Place: Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
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Birth Name: Vera Ann Farmiga
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Height: 5'5"
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Biography |
Vera Farmiga is an American actress. She is perhaps best
known for her roles in the 2006 films Running Scared and The
Departed. She is currently starring in the 2008 holocaust
film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
Vera Farmiga, the second oldest of seven children, was born
in Essex County, New Jersey and grew up in Irvington, 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.
Farmiga met French actor Sebastian Roché while filming Roar.
The two eloped to the Bahamas after the series' end in 1997.
The marriage ended in 2003. After being together for four
years, Farmiga married Renn Hawkey in September 2008.
Hawkey, a carpenter, was formerly the keyboardist for a goth
band named Deadsy. The couple are expecting their first
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Other
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Grew up in a Ukranian-speaking enclave in New Jersey.
On "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) (July 19, 2007),
Vera stated that she has had Lasik eye surgery.
Graduated from Syracuse University.
Did not learn English until she was six.
Daughter of Ukrainian immigrants, the second of seven
children.
Last name pronounced far-MEE-guh.
Attended Syracuse University with actors Taye Diggs, Larissa
Thurston, and producer Terry Dinan.
Graduated from Hunterdon Central Regional High School Class
of 1991.
Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film
Festival in 2005.
Announced she is expecting her first child, with boyfriend
Renn Hawkey[September 2008]. |
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since November 29, 2008