Sarah Paulson
Sarah Catharine Paulson (born December 17, 1974) is an American actress. She began her acting career in New York City stage productions before starring in the short-lived television series American Gothic (1995–1996) and Jack & Jill (1999–2001). She later appeared in comedy films such as What Women Want (2000) and Down with Love (2003), and drama films such as Path to War (2002) and The Notorious Bettie Page (2005). From 2006 to 2007, she starred as Harriet Hayes in the NBC comedy-drama series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, for which she received her first Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2008, she starred as Ellen Dolan in the superhero noir film The Spirit. Paulson has appeared on Broadway in the plays The Glass Menagerie in 2005 and Collected Stories in 2010. She also starred in a number of independent films and had a leading role in the ABC comedy series Cupid (2009). She later starred in the independent drama film Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) and received Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for her portrayal of Nicolle Wallace in the HBO film Game Change (2012). She was featured as Mary Epps in the 2013 historical drama film 12 Years a Slave, as Abby Gerhard in the 2015 romantic drama film Carol, and as Toni Bradlee in the 2017 political drama film The Post, all of which were nominated for multiple Academy Awards. Her other films include Serenity (2005), New Year's Eve (2011), Mud (2012), Blue Jay (2016), Ocean's 8 (2018), Bird Box (2018), Glass (2019), and Run (2020). In 2011, Paulson began starring in the FX anthology series American Horror Story, playing different characters in many of the show's 10 seasons. For her performances in the series, she received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won two Critics' Choice Television Awards. In 2016, she portrayed real-life prosecutor Marcia Clark in the first season of the anthology series American Crime Story, subtitled The People v. O. J. Simpson, for which she garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including the Primetime Emmy Award and the Golden Globe Award. In 2020, Paulson appeared in the FX limited series Mrs. America, and began starring as Nurse Mildred Ratched in the Netflix psychological thriller series Ratched. In 2021, she returned to American Crime Story to portray Linda Tripp in the third season of the show, subtitled Impeachment.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Hold Your Breath as Margaret Bellum
- 2024 · Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Therapist
- 2022 · The Bear as Cousin Michelle
- 2022 · Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration as
- 2021 · Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A as Self
- 2021 · Adele One Night Only as Self
- 2020 · Run as Mother / Diane
- 2020 · Ratched as Mildred Ratched
- 2020 · Coastal Elites as Clarissa Montgomery
- 2020 · Mrs. America as Alice
- 2019 · I'm a LA... Get Me Out of Here! as Self - Contestant
- 2019 · Abominable as Dr. Zara (voice)
- 2019 · The Goldfinch as Xandra
- 2019 · Glass as Dr. Ellie Staple
- 2018 · Bird Box as Jessica
- 2018 · Reimagining The Met Gala as Self
- 2018 · Ocean's Team 3.0 as Self
- 2018 · Ocean's Eight as Tammy
- 2018 · Lie Detector as Self
- 2017 · The Post as Tony Bradlee
- 2017 · Rebel in the Rye as Dorothy Olding
- 2017 · FEUD as Geraldine Page
- 2016 · Blue Jay as Amanda
- 2016 · Chelsea as Self
- 2016 · American Crime Story as Marcia Clark
- 2016 · American Crime Story as Linda Tripp
- 2015 · Carol as Abby Gerhard
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · The Runner as Kate Haber
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · #twitterkills as Sarah Pendersen
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2013 · 12 Years a Slave as Mary Epps
- 2013 · Mud as Mary Lee
- 2013 · Fairhaven as Kate
- 2012 · Stars In Shorts as Woman
- 2012 · The Time Being as Sarah
- 2012 · Blue as Lavinia
- 2012 · Game Change as Nicolle Wallace
- 2011 · New Year's Eve as Grace Schwab
- 2011 · Martha Marcy May Marlene as Lucy
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Lana Winters
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Cordelia Goode / Wilhemina Venable / Billie Dean Howard
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Billie Dean Howard
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Bette Tattler / Dot Tattler
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Sally McKenna / Billie Dean Howard
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Audrey Tindall / Lana Winters
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Ally Mayfair-Richards / Susan Atkins
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Tuberculosis Karen / Mamie Eisenhower
- 2011 · After-School Special as Woman
- 2011 · November Christmas as Beth Marks
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Whose Dog Is It Anyway? as Emma
- 2009 · Cupid as Dr. Claire McCrae
- 2008 · The Spirit as Ellen Dolan
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · A Christmas Wedding as Emily
- 2006 · Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Harriet Hayes
- 2006 · Griffin & Phoenix as Peri
- 2006 · Diggers as Julie
- 2005 · Serenity as Dr. Caron
- 2005 · The Notorious Bettie Page as Bunny Yeager
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Young Ellis Grey
- 2005 · Swimmers as Merrill
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · Desperate Housewives as Lydia Lindquist
- 2004 · Deadwood as Alice Isringhausen
- 2004 · The D.A. as Lisa Patterson
- 2003 · Path to War as Luci Baines Johnson
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self - Guest
- 2003 · Nip/Tuck as Agatha Ripp
- 2003 · Down with Love as Vikki Hiller
- 2002 · Leap of Faith as Faith Wardwell
- 2002 · Bug as Eilleen
- 2000 · What Women Want as Annie
- 1999 · Held Up as Mary
- 1999 · Jack & Jill as Elisa Cronkite
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Anne Gillette
- 1999 · The Other Sister as Heather Tate
- 1999 · Family Guy as Sarah Paulson / Marcia Clark / Costumed Woman (voice)
- 1998 · The Long Way Home as Leanne Bossert
- 1997 · Levitation as Acey
- 1996 · Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal as
- 1995 · American Gothic as Merlyn Temple
- Future · Pretty/Handsome as Corky Fromme
- Future · All's Fair as
- Future · I Am Sybil as Connie Wilbur
- Future · Clybourne Park as
- 1995 · Friends at Last as Diana - Age 21
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Zoe
- 1990 · Law & Order as Maggie Conner
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- Future · Ethel as
- Future · The Bear: Fishes as Cousin Michelle
- Future · Talley's Folly as Sally Talley