Is Sister Irene supposed to be Lorraine?

Is Sister Irene supposed to be Lorraine?

Sister Irene was a part of the abbey and she was a teenager. The evil nun, aka Valak, has always given her terrible visions. After her first encounter with Valak during the 50's as a nun, she's been terrified ever since. The Nun posseses Maurice, and she quits being a nun and changes her name to Lorraine.

Is Sister Irene related to the Warrens?

The Nun stars Taissa Farmiga, sister of The Conjuring's Vera Farmiga, but there's no connection between Sister Irene and Lorraine Warren.

Are the nuns in the nun alive?

In short order, the two of them are joined by an entire squad of nuns who enter the sanctuary meaning business, crossing themselves with some panache to pray like their lives depended on it. It's an awesome moment... but also completely fake, as it's shortly revealed that none of those nuns actually exist.

What's the connection between sister Irene and Lorraine?

• SPOILERS BEWARE! The connection between Irene and Lorraine goes beyond the mere fact that the two actresses are siblings. Over the course of the film it is revealed that Sister Irene has a psychic gift to connect to the supernatural very similar to the gift Lorraine possesses, which she refers to as “visions.”

Who is sister Irene in the Conjuring movie?

• Conjuring Theory: The Nun's Irene Is A Young Lorraine Warren. The Nun stars Taissa Farmiga, sister of The Conjuring's Vera Farmiga, but there's no connection between Sister Irene and Lorraine Warren. Or is there?

Why is there a 20 year age difference between Lorraine and Irene?

• The 20-year time difference/age gap also seems like a major coincidence, and both Irene and Lorraine are afflicted with visions that connect them to the spiritual world. Of course, there's one way in which all of these coincidences would make sense: if Irene and Lorraine were actually the same person.

Why was sister Irene raised as a nun?

• Her father believed her to be mentally ill or a liar and presumably got angry at her until the Vatican learned of her visions, and Cardinal Conroy sent Bishop Forne to help her and ease her visions. The church took her in, and Irene was raised as a nun in the novitiate.