| Jméno: | Taissa Farmiga |
| Datum narození: | 1994-08-17 |
| Místo narození: | Readington, New Jersey, USA |
| Výška: | 1.65 m |
| IMDb ID: | nm3920288 |
Taissa Farmiga (* 17. srpna 1994) je americká herečka. Narodila se ve Whitehouse Station v New Jersey a je mladší sestrou herečky Very Farmigy. Její četné účinkování v hororových filmech ji proslavilo jako královnu křiku. Farmigu k herectví přiměla její sestra a následně debutovala v sestřině filmu Higher Ground (2011). Poté se proslavila díky své práci v antologickém seriálu American Horror Story, kde hrála v sezónách Murder House (2011), Coven (2013-2014), Roanoke (2016) a Apokalypsa (2018). Mezi její první filmové role patří romantická komedie U Middletonů (2013), kriminální drama The Bling Ring (2013) a psychologický thriller Mindscape (2013), přičemž druhý jmenovaný byl její první hlavní filmovou rolí. Farmiga byla chválena za výkony v komediálním slasheru The Final Girls (2015) a v dramatech 6 Years (2015) a Share (2015), které měly premiéru na festivalu South by Southwest, díky čemuž byla označena za jednu z průlomových hvězd festivalu. Dále propůjčila hlas Raven v animovaném filmovém vesmíru DC (2016-2020), zahrála si v komediích Pravidla neplatí (2016) a Dlouhá pitomá cesta (2018), v dramatech V údolí násilí (2016) a Co měli (2018) a v nadpřirozeném thrilleru Jeptiška (2018). Farmiga byla hlavní hvězdou procedurálního dramatického seriálu Hříšné město (2015) a na divadelních prknech debutovala v mimobroadwayském obnovení dramatické hry Pohřbené dítě (2016).
- Taissa is pronounced 'tie-E-sa'.
- American Horror Story (2011) was her first television audition.
- Says sister Vera Farmiga serves as her stylist for public events. For her part, Vera told Teen Vogue: "Taissa is the person you take with you to choose your Oscar gown and then take to In-N-Out Burger. As much of an age difference as there is (21 years), she is one of my best friends in the world".
- Has played a younger version of her sister, Vera Farmiga, in Higher Ground (2011), and her daughter in At Middleton (2013).
- Initially had no ambitions to become an actress, but was persuaded to appear in Vera Farmiga's directorial debut Higher Ground (2011).
- Attended public school until the fourth grade, when her mother began homeschooling her and two of her siblings.
- Taissa's father was born in November 1942 and her mother in March 1949; thus they were already 51 and 45 years old respectively when they had Taissa.
- Took American Sign Language classes for three years with her homeschool group and was an advanced student. She was part of a signing group called Signs of Hope.
- Her first professional acting audition was for the role of Violet Harmon in American Horror Story (2011), which she landed.
- Was cast in V zajetí démonů 2 (2016)'s spin-off Sestra (2018), making Taissa part of the same film universe as her sister.
- Her parents are Ukrainian immigrants Michael, a systems analyst, and Lubomyra (Spas) Farmiga, a schoolteacher. Her mother emigrated to the United States with her parents when she was 14 months old.
- Can speak English fluently and Ukrainian partially.
- The daughter of Ukrainian immigrant parents, her mother was raised in the United States and her father was raised in Argentina.
- Her six siblings are named Victor, Vera, Stephan, Nadia, Alexander, and Laryssa. There is a 22-year age gap between the oldest child (Victor) and the youngest (Taissa).
- Vera offered her a 2004 Toyota Tacoma pick-up truck in exchange for starring in Higher Ground (2011).
- Grew up in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey.
- Loves the outdoors and enjoys snowboarding and hiking.
- Can play the guitar, and has mastered the art of making origami cranes.
- Originally intended to become an accountant, and had even began looking at college courses for accounting before being cast in Higher Ground (2011).
- Among her favorite films are Volný den Ferrise Buellera (1986), Věčný svit neposkvrněné mysli (2004), Černá labuť (2010), and Počátek (2010).
- Her sister Laryssa was born with spina bifida.
- Aunt of Fynn Hawkey and Gytta Hawkey, via sister Vera Farmiga.
- Lives a couple of streets away from her We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018) co-star, Alexandra Daddario, in Los Angeles.
- Ex-sister-in-law of Sebastian Roché.
- Though both her parents are Ukrainian-born, her mother grew up in the United States from infancy and her father was raised in Argentina.
- Has starred in two films directed by Hannah Fidell: 6 Years (2015) and The Long Dumb Road (2018).
- Made her stage debut as Shelly in "Buried Child" (February 2016).
- Married her partner of 6 years, screenwriter Hadley Klein, on August 8, 2020 in a private ceremony at their home.
- Sister-in-law of Renn Hawkey.
- Good friends with The Bling Ring (2013) co-stars Katie Chang and Claire Julien.
- Cousin of artist Adriana Farmiga.
