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Vera Farmiga is an American actress, director, and producer. She garnered worldwide acclaim for her role in the 2009 film Up in the Air. This role earned Farmiga nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, as well as many other nominations. In 2011, she made her directing debut with the acclaimed drama film Higher Ground, for which she received multiple award nominations, including the Gotham Award for Best Breakthrough Director and the Satellite Award for Best Actress.
From 2013 to 2017, she starred in the A&E television series Bates Motel as Norma Louise Bates. Her performance in the role has earned her a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television (2013) and a People's Choice Award (2016), and nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2013), the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (2013), the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama (2013), and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series (2013–2015). In 2019, Farmiga portrayed prosecutor Elizabeth Lederer in the acclaimed Netflix miniseries When They See Us. For her performance, she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.
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