Birthday: Aug 6, 1973

Birthplace: Passaic County, New Jersey

Biography: Farmiga, the second oldest of seven children, was born in Passaic County, New Jersey to Michael and Luba Farmiga, Ukrainian immigrants. She was raised in an insular Ukrainian American community, not speaking English until the age of six. Farmiga made her Broadway debut in 1996, as an understudy in the play Taking Sides. Throughout the late 1990s, she continued appearing in both stage, television and film roles, including a part in the 1998 film, Return to Paradise. Farmiga has appeared in severa... ... (read more...) l high profile films, including Autumn in New York (2000), 15 Minutes (2001), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Running Scared (2006), and The Departed (2006). Her lead performance in the 2005 independent film, Down to the Bone, received a "Best Actress" award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.