49 Facts About Sarah Paulson

Sarah Catharine Paulson was born on December 17,1974 and is an American actress.

Sarah Paulson is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award.

Sarah Paulson played Harriet Hayes in the NBC series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

Sarah Paulson gained fame for her collaborations with showrunner Ryan Murphy notably starring in nine seasons of his anthology series American Horror Story from 2011 to 2021, earning five Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

Sarah Paulson was Emmy-nominated for her roles as Nicolle Wallace in the HBO television film Game Change, and Linda Tripp in the FX on Hulu miniseries Impeachment: American Crime Story.

Sarah Paulson has played a conservative activist in the FX on Hulu limited series Mrs America and Nurse Ratched in the Netflix series Ratched.

Sarah Catharine Paulson was born in Tampa, Florida, on December 17,1974, the daughter of Catharine Gordon and Douglas Lyle Paulson II.

Sarah Paulson spent her early life in South Tampa until her parents' divorce when she was five.

Sarah Paulson's mother worked as a waitress, and Paulson lived in Queens and Gramercy Park before settling in Park Slope.

Sarah Paulson didn't know a single person in New York City.

Sarah Paulson began working as an actress immediately after high school.

Sarah Paulson made her Broadway debut in 1994 as a replacement understudy for the role of Tessin, played by Amy Ryan in Wendy Wasserstein's play The Sisters Rosensweig at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

The next year, Sarah Paulson appeared in the Hallmark television film Friends at Last opposite Kathleen Turner, playing the adult version of Turner's character's daughter.

Sarah Paulson starred in the short-lived television series American Gothic, playing the ghost of a murdered woman.

Sarah Paulson portrayed Luci Baines Johnson in the HBO film Path to War starring Michael Gambon, Donald Sutherland and Alec Baldwin.

Sarah Paulson was then cast in the period romantic comedy Down with Love in a central supporting role, portraying the friend and editor of a writer.

Sarah Paulson had a minor recurring role in the HBO series Deadwood.

In December 2008, Sarah Paulson appeared in the screen adaptation of Will Eisner's comic book The Spirit, playing an updated version of the character Ellen Dolan.

In February 2010, Sarah Paulson was cast as the circa 1982 mother of main character Meredith Grey, on the ABC drama Grey's Anatomy, appearing in a flashback sequence in a season-six episode.

Sarah Paulson then played Nicolle Wallace in the HBO film Game Change, based on events of the 2008 US presidential election campaign.

Simultaneously, Sarah Paulson guest-starred in three episodes of the FX anthology series American Horror Story, playing medium Billie Dean Howard.

Sarah Paulson returned the following year for season two, American Horror Story: Asylum, in which she played a new character, Lana Winters, a writer who is committed to an asylum for being a lesbian.

Sarah Paulson returned to theater in March 2013, appearing in an Off-Broadway production of the Lanford Wilson play Talley's Folly opposite Danny Burstein.

Sarah Paulson then starred in the third season of American Horror Story, titled Coven as Cordelia Foxx, a witch who runs an academy for other young witches.

Sarah Paulson was nominated along with the ensemble for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

In 2014, Sarah Paulson appeared in the fourth season of series of American Horror Story, titled Freak Show, playing the roles of conjoined twin sisters Bette and Dot Tattler, who are members of a circus freak show.

Sarah Paulson returned for the fifth season, subtitled Hotel, in the role of Hypodermic Sally, the ghost of a drug addict trapped in a Hollywood hotel.

Sarah Paulson reprised the character of Billie Dean Howard in the last episode of the season, making a crossover appearance.

Sarah Paulson was framed with geometric precision and squared edges.

Sarah Paulson reprised her role of Lana Winters in the final episode of Roanoke, in which the character makes a crossover appearance.

Sarah Paulson starred as Geraldine Page in one episode of the first season of drama anthology series Feud, which chronicles the turbulent working relationship between actresses Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.

Sarah Paulson was then cast in the heist film Ocean's 8, co-starring with Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Awkwafina, and Rihanna.

Sarah Paulson returned for the eighth season of American Horror Story, titled Apocalypse, which premiered on September 12,2018.

In 2019, Sarah Paulson starred as Dr Ellie Staple in the superhero thriller film Glass, Xandra in the drama film The Goldfinch, and Dr Zara in the animated adventure film Abominable.

Sarah Paulson then starred as Alice Macray in the FX limited drama series Mrs America about the unsuccessful political movement to pass the Equal Rights Amendment.

Sarah Paulson acted opposite Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Uzo Aduba, Melanie Lynskey and Margo Martindale.

Sarah Paulson starred as Clarissa Montgomery in the HBO satirical comedy television film Coastal Elites, which premiered in September 2020.

In November 2020, Sarah Paulson starred in the psychological thriller film Run, opposite Kiera Allen.

Sarah Paulson portrayed the character Tuberculosis Karen and a fictional version of former First Lady of the United States, Mamie Eisenhower.

In February 2022, it was announced that Sarah Paulson had been tapped to portray author Glennon Doyle in a television series based on Doyle's memoir, Untamed.

Sarah Paulson returned to Broadway in 2023 to star in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's play Appropriate acting alongside Corey Stoll, Natalie Gold, Elle Fanning, and Michael Esper.

Adrian Horton of The Guardian declared that Sarah Paulson was "the top reason among many to see this play" adding, "Part of the play's delight is relishing Sarah Paulson's delivery of some truly scathing burns".

Sarah Paulson won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.

In 2018, Sarah Paulson was ranked one of the best dressed women by fashion website Net-a-Porter.

Sarah Paulson was diagnosed with melanoma on her back when she was 25, and the growth was removed before the cancer could spread.

Sarah Paulson had dated only men before this relationship, including her former fiance, playwright Tracy Letts.

Sarah Paulson has appeared on Broadway in the plays The Glass Menagerie, Collected Stories, and Appropriate and the off-Broadway plays Crimes of the Heart and Talley's Folly.

Sarah Paulson was nominated for her work on other television programs, such as the comedy-drama series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, the political drama film Game Change, and the horror anthology series American Horror Story.

Sarah Paulson won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role in Appropriate.