She next starred as Teresa Gazelle in Wayne Kramer's crime thriller "Running Scared", and as the Romanian prostitute Oana in Anthony Minghella's romantic crime drama "Breaking and Entering" (both in 2006). Farmiga subsequently landed the lead role of Sophie Lee in Gina Kim's romantic drama "Never Forever", which premiered at the 2007 Sundance. G. Allen Johnson of the "San Francisco Chronicle" praised her as "the best American actress you've never heard of". She next starred as Abby Cairn in the psychological thriller film "Joshua" (2007), with Sam Rockwell, and portrayed Fiona Ankany in the drama film "Quid Pro Quo", which premiered at the 2008 Sundance. David Edelstein of "New York" magazine stated that Farmiga's performance on the latter film was "scarily good", and added: "She's always visibly calculating, thinking better of something reckless she's about to dothen doing it anyway".