Vera Farmiga is heading back to television in a new limited series for Apple. The Oscar-nominated actress will star in Five Days at Memorial, which will chronicle “the first five days in a New Orleans, LA, hospital after Hurricane Katrina made landfall.
When the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers were forced to make life-and-death decisions that haunted them for years to come.” Vera will be playing the role of Dr.
Anna Pou. The series is based on the acclaimed non-fiction novel by Sheri Fink and it’s being written for television by 12 Years a Slave‘s John Ridley and Lost‘s Carlton Cuse, who will also serve as directors and executive producers. Vera is best known for her work in movies like Up
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