American Horror Story

Jessica Lange stars as Constance Langdon, Sister Jude, Fiona Goode and Elsa Mars in AHS: 13.

Career Highlights

Acclaimed as one of the greatest actresses of her generation, Jessica Lange has won a Tony Award, two Academy Awards, three Emmys, five Golden Globes and an Actor Award during her illustrious career across stage and screen.&nbsp; Up next, Lange will star in the feature adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Long Day’s Journey Into Night as matriarch Mary Tyrone opposite Ed Harris. The movie will see Lange reprise the prolific role that she originally performed on Broadway before bringing to the West End. Following its time on Broadway, Lange earned the Tony and Drama Desk awards for her outstanding performance.This fall, Lange returns to American Horror Story for Installment 13. Lange’s performances across the Murder House, Coven, Asylum and Freak Show installments of the series earned her awards and nominations across the Emmys, Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice and Actor Awards.Most recently, Lange starred in HBO’s critically acclaimed The Great Lillian Hall in the titular role, earning rave reviews calling out her stellar performance. Directed by Michael Cristofer and starring Lange, Kathy Bates, Lily Rabe, Jesse Williams and Pierce Brosnan, Lange earned a Critics’ Choice Award nomination for her performance as well as a Gold Derby TV Award.&nbsp; Lange made her Broadway debut in A Streetcar Named Desire and was also seen starring in The Glass Menagerie. In 2024, Lange returned to the stage and earned a Tony Award nomination for her performance in Mother Play. The production was directed by Tina Landau and starred Jim Parsons and Celia Keenan-Bolger.&nbsp; From her rise to fame in Dino De Laurentiis’ remake of King Kong (1976) and her Oscar-winning performances in Tootsie (1982) and Blue Sky (1994) to her Emmy-winning work in Grey Gardens (2009) and the American Horror Story series, Lange has had a long and illustrious career on-screen in addition to the stage. Lange also returned to TV anthology series with FEUD: Bette and Joan. Lange again earned Emmy, Golden Globe, Actor and Critics’ Choice Award nominations for her performance as Joan Crawford. She rejoined the series in FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans.&nbsp; Lange is also a noted photographer, showing her prints in exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles and Barcelona. She published her work in the books 50 Photographs (2008), In Mexico (2010) and Highway 61 (2019). She will also publicly present a selection of her own fine-art photography from her photo book Dérive at the Deutsches Theatermuseum from July 1, 2026 until September 8, 2026. This photographic work focuses on intimate and surreal but undeniably human moments that she captured in New York City during the non-time of the COVID-19 lockdown. Cinergistik recently announced production on Jessica Lange: Something About the Light, which will begin filming in summer 2026. The documentary will invite viewers on a deeply personal journey through the worlds Lange has captured with her Leica M6 camera during her more than 20-year career in photography.

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Jessica Lange stars as Constance Langdon / Sister Jude / Fiona Goode / Elsa Mars in American Horror Story: 13.

Jessica Lange headshot wearing a black top for AHS: 13

Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon / Sister Jude / Fiona Goode / Elsa Mars | AHS: 13 on FX

American Horror Story: 13

Jessica Lange

Career Highlights

Sarah Paulson
as Cordelia Goode / Hypodermic Sally / Ms. Wilhemina Venable / Mamie Eisenhower / TB Karen

Evan Peters
as Tate Langdon / James Patrick March / Kai Anderson

Angela Bassett
as Marie Laveau

Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon / Sister Jude / Fiona Goode / Elsa Mars | AHS: 13 on FX

Jessica Lange

Evan Petersas Tate Langdon / James Patrick March / Kai Anderson

Angela Bassettas Marie Laveau

Evan Peters
as Tate Langdon / James Patrick March / Kai Anderson

Angela Bassett
as Marie Laveau