Sarah Paulson

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1974-12-17 (49 years old)

Place of Birth Tampa, Florida, USA

Also Known As שרה פולסון, Сара Полсон, 사라 폴슨, 세라 폴슨, サラ・ポールソン, Sarah Catharine Paulson, 莎拉·保罗森

Sarah Paulson

Biography

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

Actor

I Am Sybil

as Connie Wilbur

Talley's Folly

as Sally Talley

Pretty/Handsome

as Corky Fromme

2024
Hold Your Breath

as Margaret Bellum

2024
Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as Therapist

2023
2022
The Bear

as Cousin Michelle

2020
Run

as Mother / Diane

2020
Coastal Elites

as Clarissa Montgomery

2020
Ratched

as Mildred Ratched

2020
Mrs. America

as Alice

2019
Abominable

as Dr. Zara (voice)

2019
The Goldfinch

as Xandra

2019
Glass

as Dr. Ellie Staple

2019
I'm a LA... Get Me Out of Here!

as Self - Contestant

2018
Bird Box

as Jessica

2018
2018
Ocean's Eight

as Tammy

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 Runner

as Kate Haber

2014
#twitterkills

as Sarah Pendersen

2013
12 Years a Slave

as Mary Epps

2013
Mud

as Mary Lee

2013
Fairhaven

as Kate

2012
2012
2012
Game Change

as Nicolle Wallace

2012
Blue

as Lavinia

2011
New Year's Eve

as Grace Schwab

2011
November Christmas

as Beth Marks

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

2009
Cupid

as Dr. Claire McCrae

2008
The Spirit

as Ellen Dolan

2006
2006
2006
Diggers

as Julie

2006
2005
Serenity

as Dr. Caron

2005
2005
Swimmers

as Merrill

2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Young Ellis Grey

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
Down with Love

as Vikki Hiller

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self - Guest

2003
Nip/Tuck

as Agatha Ripp

2002
Bug

as Eilleen

2002
Leap of Faith

as Faith Wardwell

2000
1999
Held Up

as Mary

1999
The Other Sister

as Heather Tate

1999
Jack & Jill

as Elisa Cronkite

1999
Family Guy

as Sarah Paulson / Marcia Clark / Costumed Woman (voice)

1998
The Long Way Home

as Leanne Bossert

1997
Levitation

as Acey

1995
Friends at Last

as Diana - Age 21

1995
American Gothic

as Merlyn Temple

1990
Law & Order

as Maggie Conner

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Producer

All's Fair

as Executive Producer

2024
Hold Your Breath

as Executive Producer

2020
Ratched

as Producer

2016
American Crime Story

as Executive Producer

2011
American Horror Story

as Executive Producer

Director

2011