American Horror Story

Sarah Paulson stars as Cordelia Goode, Hypodermic Sally, Ms. Wilhemina Venable, Mamie Eisenhower and TB Karen in AHS: 13.

Career Highlights

Award-winning actress and producer Sarah Paulson has built an impressive list of credits in film, television and on stage.Paulson won a 2024 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her role as Toni Lafayette in Broadway’s critically acclaimed and Tony Award-winning Appropriate, a darkly comic American family drama by Pulitzer Prize winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. For her performance, Paulson also won the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play.Most recently, Paulson appeared in the fourth season of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s Netflix anthology series Monster, in which she played serial killer Aileen Wuornos. Also upcoming is Bruce Norris’ film adaptation of his Pulitzer, Tony and Olivier Award-winning play Clybourne Park.Paulson can also be seen starring in Hulu’s All’s Fair, alongside Glenn Close, Naomi Watts, Niecy Nash-Betts, Kim Kardashian and Teyana Taylor. Created by Ryan Murphy, the series logged the biggest Hulu Originals Scripted debut launch in three years. The series is returning for Season 2 this November.In 2024, Paulson guest starred in Prime Video’s Mr. &amp; Mrs. Smith, subsequently earning her ninth Emmy nomination. She also recurs as Cousin Michelle in FX’s critically acclaimed The Bear, appearing in Season 2 and Season 4.Paulson’s first Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series was earned for her portrayal of attorney Marcia Clark in FX’s critically acclaimed miniseries The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. Paulson also received a Golden Globe Award, an Actors Award, a Critics’ Choice Award and a Television Critics Association Award for this role. Paulson also executive produced and starred as Linda Tripp in FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story, earning her eighth Emmy nomination.She previously starred in 10 installments of Ryan’s Murphy’s award-winning television series American Horror Story for FX. In addition to starring as multiple characters in season 10, she also made her directorial debut with the 78-minute crossover episode, "Return to Murder House." Paulson has received five Emmy nominations for her roles in the franchise: Ally Mayfair-Richards in Cult, Hypodermic Sally in Hotel, conjoined twins Bette and Dot Tattler in Freak Show, Cordelia Goode in Coven and Lana Winters in Asylum. She has also earned two Critics’ Choice Awards for her roles in the anthology series. Her other television work includes FX’s Emmy-nominated limited series Mrs. America and HBO’s Coastal Elites.Paulson served as executive producer and played the title role in the Netflix series Ratched. The series debuted at number one across 50 countries worldwide and earned Paulson a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama.Paulson received her first Emmy nomination and second Golden Globe nomination for her role as Nicolle Wallace in HBO's critically acclaimed television film Game Change. Her first Golden Globe nomination was for her performance in Aaron Sorkin’s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip for NBC.Paulson’s additional film credits include Warner Bros.’s Ocean’s 8, which opened at number one in the United States and topped the opening-weekend figures of each of the previous franchise’s films; Todd Haynes’ critically acclaimed Carol alongside Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara; Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, which received an Academy Award for Best Picture; and Jeff Nichols’ Mud alongside Reese Witherspoon and Matthew McConaughey, for which the cast received the Robert Altman Award at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. She has also appeared in Steven Spielberg’s The Post opposite Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep; Aneesh Chaganty’s Run for Hulu; Searchlight Pictures’ horror thriller Hold Your Breath; M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller Glass for Universal; Netflix’s Bird Box opposite Sandra Bullock; DreamWorks Animation’s Abominable; Searchlight Pictures’ Martha Marcy May Marlene alongside Elizabeth Olsen; Down with Love with Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor and David Hyde Pierce; What Women Want opposite Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt and The Other Sister directed by Garry Marshall and starring Diane Keaton and Juliette Lewis.On stage, in addition to her Tony-winning performance in Appropriate, she previously starred on Broadway in Collected Stories opposite Linda Lavin; as Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie alongside Jessica Lange; The Cherry Orchard alongside Alfred Molina and Annette Bening, Tracy Letts’ critically acclaimed Killer Joe, and Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Lanford Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Talley’s Folly.

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Sarah Paulson stars as Cordelia Goode / Hypodermic Sally / Ms. Wilhemina Venable / Mamie Eisenhower / TB Karen in American Horror Story: 13.

Sarah Paulson headshot wearing a black top with gold metal detailing for AHS: 13

Sarah Paulson as Cordelia Goode / Hypodermic Sally / Ms. Wilhemina Venable / Mamie Eisenhower / TB Karen | AHS: 13 on FX

American Horror Story: 13

Sarah Paulson

Career Highlights

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

Angela Bassett
as Marie Laveau

Kathy Bates
as Madame Delphine LaLaurie

Sarah Paulson as Cordelia Goode / Hypodermic Sally / Ms. Wilhemina Venable / Mamie Eisenhower / TB Karen | AHS: 13 on FX

Sarah Paulson

Angela Bassettas Marie Laveau

Kathy Batesas Madame Delphine LaLaurie

Angela Bassett
as Marie Laveau

Kathy Bates
as Madame Delphine LaLaurie