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Sarah Paulson stars as Lana Winters in the second installment of American Horror Story: Asylum.&nbsp;

Career Highlights

Emmy®, Golden Globe® and SAG® nominated actress, Sarah Paulson has built an impressive list of credits in film, television and on stage.&nbsp;In Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, Paulson appears alongside Michael Fassbender, Chiwetel Ejiofor and LupitaNyong’o as “Mistress Epps” in the adaptation of Solomon Northrup’s book based on his own life story. &nbsp;Paulson received her first Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie, as well as a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Movie for HBO’s critically acclaimed telefilm Game Change, directed by Jay Roach. Paulson co-stars with Ed Harris, Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson, playing McCain’s (Harris) senior campaign advisor Nicolle Wallace.She starred in the critically-acclaimed Fox Searchlight independent feature, Martha Marcy May Marlene, which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The film, nominated for a Gotham Award™ for Best Ensemble Cast, was written and directed by Sean Durkin and also stars Elizabeth Olsen, John Hawkes and Hugh Dancy.&nbsp;Paulson received her first Golden Globe nomination for her performance in Aaron Sorkin’s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, in which she starred opposite Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Bradley Whitford and Steven Weber. Her additional major television credits also include the lead role on the dramas Leap of Faith, Deadwood, Path to War opposite Alec Baldwin and Donald Sutherland, Jack and Jill, Cupid opposite Bobby Cannavale and the series American Gothic with Gary Cole.Paulson previously starred on Broadway in the two-hander Collected Stories opposite Linda Lavin, and as Laura Wingfield in the revival of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, alongside Jessica Lange. On stage she also appeared opposite Alfred Molina and Annette Bening inCherry Orchard, as well as in Tracy Letts’ critically-acclaimed Killer Joe opposite Scott Glenn and Amanda Plummer.Paulson resides in Los Angeles.

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Sarah Paulson stars as Lana Winters in the second installment of American Horror Story: Asylum. 

Sarah Paulson as Lana Winters in FX's AHS: Asylum

Sarah Paulson as Lana Winters | AHS: Asylum on FX

American Horror Story: Asylum

Sarah Paulson

Career Highlights

Evan Peters
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Lily Rabe
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Lizzie Brocheré
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Sarah Paulson as Lana Winters | AHS: Asylum on FX

Sarah Paulson

Lily Rabeas Sister Mary Eunice

Lizzie Brocheréas Grace

Lily Rabe
as Sister Mary Eunice

Lizzie Brocheré
as Grace