Taissa Farmiga
Farmiga in 2014, photo by Prphotos
Place of Birth: Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 17, 1994
Ethnicity: Ukrainian
Taissa Farmiga is an American actress. Her roles include Sister Irene in The Nun films, as well as Higher Ground (2011), The Bling Ring, At Middleton, Mindscape, Jamesy Boy, The Final Girls (2015), 6 Years, Share, In a Valley of Violence, Rules Don’t Apply, What They Had, The Long Dumb Road, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, The Mule (2018), and John and the Hole, television’s American Horror Story, Wicked City, The Twilight Zone (2019), 50 States of Fright, and The Gilded Age, and several animated DC Comics films. She is sometimes cited as a scream queen.
She was born in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, the youngest of seven children of Ukrainian immigrants, Lubomyra (Spas), a schoolteacher, and Michael Farmiga, a computer systems analyst. Her father was raised in Argentina, before moving to the U.S. Her sister is actress Vera Farmiga, who is twenty one years her senior. Her cousin is artist Adriana Farmiga.
Taissa is married to screenwriter and director Hadley Klein. Hadley’s stepfather is a rabbi.
Taissa’s maternal grandfather was Theodor/Teodor Spas (the son of Alexander Spas and Anna Mycheilschyy). Teodor was born in Chorna, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine.
Taissa’s maternal grandmother was named Nadia Peletenciw/Pletenciw (1925-2014; the daughter of Alexander Pletenciw and Anna). Nadia was born in Debaltseve, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union.
Sources: Genealogy of Taissa Farmiga (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Obituary of Taissa’s maternal grandmother, Nadia (Peletenciw/Pletenciw) Spas – http://www.legacy.com
her sister looks more ukrainian than her
Farmiga doesn’t sound very Ukranian
She is the youngest of seven children born to Ukrainian American parents Lubomyra (née Spas), a former schoolteacher, and Michael Farmiga, a retired computer systems analyst.
Was Theodore Spas the son of Joseph Floyd Spas and Katherine Hudson or is that the wrong person?
The wrong person. Taissa’s grandfather died in Florida. The man you mention wasn’t Ukrainian and died in Oregon.
And who are Taissa’s paternal grandparents?
Who can say?
Correction her hair is blonde
correction; her eyes are amber