Vera Farmiga turns 50: a look back (26 images)

By Wade Sheridan

Actress Vera Farmiga, known for "The Manchurian Candidate," "The Departed," "Up In The Air," "Orphan," "Bates Motel," "Hawkeye" and the "Conjuring" film, turns 50 on Sunday. Here's a look back at her career through the years.

Vera Farmiga arrives on the red carpet for the film premiere of "Breaking and Entering" at the Paris Theatre in New York on January 18, 2007. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

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Farmiga arrives on the red carpet at the closing ceremony of the 33rd American Film Festival of Deauville in Deauville, France, on September 9, 2007. Farmiga's film "Never Forever" was later awarded the Festival's Jury Prize. Photo by David Silpa/UPI

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Farmiga arrives for the opening of the Metropolitan Opera's 2007-2008 season with the production of Donizetti's "Lucia de Lammermoor" at Lincoln Center in New York on September 24, 2007. Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI

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Farmiga attends the Toronto International Film Festival press conference for "Nothing But The Truth" at the Sutton Place Hotel in Toronto, Canada, on September 8, 2008. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI

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