American Horror Story

Emma Roberts stars as the fortune teller Maggie Esmerelda in the fourth installment of American Horror Story: Freak Show.

Career Highlights

Roberts is an undeniable talent who has built an impressive film and television career over the last decade.Roberts previously featured in American Horror Story: Coven as “Madison” where she received an Emmy® nomination for Outstanding Limited Series.Roberts’ many additional film credits include Little Italy opposite Hayden Christensen; the horror-thriller The Blackcoat's Daughter co-starring Kiernan Shipka; the cyber-thriller Nerve with Dave Franco; the indie feature Ashby, also featuring Mickey Rourke and Nat Wolff; I Am Michael with James Franco and Zachary Quinto; Palo Alto opposite James Franco; Adult World, costarring John Cusack, Evan Peters and Cloris Leachman; We’re the Millers; Empire State; Celeste and Jesse Forever opposite Rashida Jones; Dimension Films’ fourth installment revival of the Scream franchise; Gavin Wiesen’s The Art of Getting By with Freddie Highmore and Michael Angarano; the critically acclaimed It’s Kind of a Funny Story opposite Zach Galifianakis and Viola Davis; the indie film Virginia opposite Ed Harris and Jennifer Connelly; Valentine’s Day with Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Patrick Dempsey, Jennifer Garner and Julia Roberts; Noel Clark’s thriller 4.3.2.1.; Joel Schumacher’s Twelve; Lymelife, produced by Martin Scorsese; Nancy Drew; Aquamarine; The Winning Season with Sam Rockwell and the Sundance short film BigLove, also with Sam Rockwell. In 2009, Roberts headlined the hit DreamWorks film Hotel for Dogs, which grossed over $113 million dollars worldwide.Additional television credits include Ryan Murphy’s FOX comedy-horror series Scream Queens and the popular Nickelodeon comedy Unfabulous, which Roberts starred on from 2004-2007.Roberts landed her very first audition by booking the role of Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz’s daughter in Blow.Originally from New York, Roberts currently resides in Los Angeles.

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Emma Roberts stars as the fortune teller Maggie Esmerelda in the fourth installment of American Horror Story: Freak Show.

Emma Roberts as Maggie Esmerelda in FX's AHS: Freak Show

Emma Roberts as Maggie Esmerelda | AHS: Freak Show | FX

American Horror Story: Freak Show

Emma Roberts

Career Highlights

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Emma Roberts as Maggie Esmerelda | AHS: Freak Show | FX

Emma Roberts

Angela Bassettas Desiree Dupree

Michael Chiklisas Dell Toledo

Angela Bassett
as Desiree Dupree

Michael Chiklis
as Dell Toledo