Sarah Paulson

Actress | Producer | Director

Sarah Paulson was born on December 17, 1974 in Tampa, Florida, to Catharine Gordon (Dolcater) and ...

Born: December 17, 1974

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Filmography

Known For

12 Years a Slave Mistress Epps (2013)
Run Mother / Diane (2020)
American Horror Story Lana Winters / Bette Tattler / Dot Tattler / Cordelia Foxx / Sally McKenna / Ally Mayfair-Richards / Cordelia Goode / Ms. Wilhemina Venable / Tuberculosis Karen / Audrey Tindall / Billie Dean Howard / Shelby Miller / Mamie Eisenhower / Susan Atkins (2011-2022)
Known For

Glass Dr. Ellie Staple (2019)
Actress

American Horror Story Lana Winters (2011-2022)
American Crime Story Linda Tripp (2016-2021)
Ratched Nurse Mildred Ratched (2020)
Mrs. America Alice Macray (2020)
James and the Giant Peach with Taika and Friends Old Green Grasshopper (2020)
Run Mother / Diane (2020)
The Goldfinch Xandra (2019)
Abominable Dr. Zara (2019)
Family Guy Sarah Paulson (2019)
Glass Dr. Ellie Staple (2019)
Bird Box Jessica (2018)
Ocean's Eight Tammy (2018)
The Post Tony Bradlee (2017)
Feud: Bette and Joan Geraldine Page (2017)
Rebel in the Rye Dorothy Olding (2017)
Blue Jay Amanda (2016)
The Runner Kate Haber (2015)
Carol Abby Gerhard (2015)
#twitterkills Sarah Pendersen (2014)
12 Years a Slave Mistress Epps (2013)
The Time Being Sarah (2012)
Blue Lavinia (2012)
Fairhaven Kate (2012)
Mud Mary Lee (2012)
Game Change Nicolle Wallace (2012)
Untitled Kari Lizer Project Mary Leahy (2011)
New Year's Eve Grace Schwab (segment "Maternity Ward") (2011)
Desperate Housewives Lydia Lindquist (2007-2011)
After-School Special Woman (2011)
Martha Marcy May Marlene Lucy (2011)
November Christmas Beth Marks (2010)
Grey's Anatomy Dr. Ellis Grey (2010)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Anne Gillette (2010)
Cupid Claire McCrae (2009)
Whose Dog Is It Anyway? Emma (2009)
The Spirit Ellen (2008)
Puppy Love Emma (2008)
Pretty/Handsome Corky Fromme (2008)
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Harriet Hayes (2006-2007)
A Christmas Wedding Emily (2006)
Griffin & Phoenix Peri (2006)
Diggers Julie (2006)
The Notorious Bettie Page Bunny Yeager (2005)
Serenity Dr. Caron (2005)
Deadwood Miss Isringhausen (2005)
Swimmers Merrill (2005)
Nip/Tuck Agatha Ripp (2004)
The D.A. Chief Dep. Dist. Atty. Lisa Patterson (2004)
Down with Love Vikki Hiller (2003)
Path to War Luci Baines Johnson (2002)
Leap of Faith Faith Wardwell (2002)
Bug Eilleen (2002)
Touched by an Angel Zoe (2001)
Jack & Jill Elisa Cronkite (1999-2001)
Metropolis Audrey (2000)
What Women Want Annie (2000)
Held Up Mary (1999)
The Other Sister Heather (1999)
Real Life Lucy (1998)
The Long Way Home Leanne Bossert (1998)
American Gothic Merlyn Temple (1995-1998)
Cracker: Mind Over Murder Janice (1997)
Levitation Acey Rawlin (1997)
Shaughnessy (1996)
Friends at Last Diana - Age 21 (1995)
Actress

Law & Order Maggie Conner (1994)
Producer

American Crime Story (2021)
American Horror Story (2021)
Ratched (2020)
Producer

The Loss of Lillian (2016)
Soundtrack

The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2017 (2017)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016)
Soundtrack

American Horror Story (2014)
Director

American Horror Story (2018)
Archive footage

Entertainment Tonight (2016-2021)
MechaRandom42 (2021)
Tatum Report (2020)
Nerdrotic (2020)
The Joe Rogan Experience (2020)
Dr. Steve Turley (2020)
Josiah Rises (2020)
Celebrity Page (2018)
Extra with Billy Bush (2016-2018)
Happy Pride! Sexy LGBT Stars (2017)
Hoy nos toca (2017)
The Insider (2017)
Archive footage

Stars in Shorts (2012)
The 64th Annual Tony Awards (2010)

Videos

Awards

Did You Know

[on '12 Years a Slave'] What surprises me, I guess, is how powerful it is. Because I read the script, I knew about all the moments that were there - the scene where he is hanging, and all that whipping, all of these things that I could read on the ...