Although Farmiga initially planned to become an accountant , she was persuaded to appear in her sister Vera Farmiga 's directorial debut drama '' Higher Ground '' , playing the 16-year-old version of the lead character Corinne Walker . Shortly after its premiere at the 2011 Sundance , and following rave reviews for her performance , she was signed to talent agency ICM Partners . That same year , Farmiga starred in the first season of FX 's anthology series '' American Horror Story '' , launching her to worldwide prominence . She portrayed Violet Harmon in '' American Horror Story : Murder House '' , the troubled adolescent daughter of Vivien ( Connie Britton ) and Ben Harmon ( Dylan McDermott ) a role she secured in her first professional acting audition . Farmiga then joined the cast of Sofia Coppola 's crime satire '' The Bling Ring '' , based on the real life group of the same name , portraying 17-year-old wild child Sam Moore . The film opened in Un Certain Regard at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival , to generally positive reviews
2013 Cannes Film Festival
2013 Cannes Film Festival
Taissa Farmiga