Sarah Catharine Paulson was born on December 17,1974 and is an American actress.
45 Facts About Sarah Paulson
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Sarah Paulson is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
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Sarah Paulson later appeared in comedy films such as What Women Want and Down with Love, and drama films such as Path to War and The Notorious Bettie Page.
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Sarah Paulson appeared on Broadway in the plays The Glass Menagerie and Collected Stories.
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Sarah Paulson starred in a number of independent films and had a leading role in the ABC comedy series Cupid.
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Sarah Paulson was featured as Mary Epps in the 2013 historical drama film 12 Years a Slave, Abby Gerhard in the 2015 romantic drama film Carol, and Toni Bradlee in the 2017 political drama film The Post, all of which were nominated for multiple Academy Awards.
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In 2011, Sarah Paulson began starring in the FX anthology series American Horror Story, playing different characters in many of the show's 11 seasons.
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In 2020, Sarah Paulson appeared in the FX limited series Mrs America, and began starring as Nurse Mildred Ratched in the Netflix psychological thriller series Ratched.
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Sarah Catharine Paulson was born in Tampa, Florida, on December 17,1974, the daughter of Catharine Gordon and Douglas Lyle Paulson II.
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Sarah Paulson spent her early life in South Tampa until her parents' divorce when she was five.
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Sarah Paulson's mother worked as a waitress, and Paulson lived in Queens and Gramercy Park before settling in Park Slope.
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Sarah Paulson didn't know a single person in New York City.
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Sarah Paulson began working as an actress right out of high school.
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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.
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Sarah Paulson starred in the short-lived television series American Gothic, playing the ghost of a murdered woman.
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Sarah Paulson appeared Off-Broadway in a fall 1998 production of Killer Joe.
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Sarah Paulson starred as the main character in the NBC series Leap of Faith.
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Sarah Paulson was then cast in the period comedy Down with Love in a central role, portraying the friend and editor of a writer.
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Also in 2005, Sarah Paulson had a small role in the Joss Whedon-directed science fiction film Serenity.
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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.
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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.
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Sarah Paulson then played Nicolle Wallace in the HBO film Game Change, based on events of the 2008 US presidential election campaign.
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Simultaneously, Sarah Paulson guest-starred in three episodes of the FX anthology series American Horror Story, playing medium Billie Dean Howard.
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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.
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Sarah Paulson returned to theater in March 2013, appearing in an Off-Broadway production of Talley's Folly opposite Danny Burstein.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Sarah Paulson reprised the character of Billie Dean Howard in the last episode of the season, making a crossover appearance.
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Sarah Paulson reprised her role of Lana Winters in the final episode of Roanoke, in which the character makes a crossover appearance.
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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.
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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.
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Sarah Paulson returned for the eighth season of American Horror Story, titled Apocalypse, which premiered on September 12,2018.
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Sarah Paulson played Sandra Bullock's character's sister, Jessica, in the drama horror film Bird Box, which was released on Netflix in December 2018.
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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.
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Sarah Paulson then starred as Alice Macray in the FX limited drama series Mrs America, which premiered in April 2020.
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Sarah Paulson starred as Clarissa Montgomery in the HBO satirical comedy television film Coastal Elites, which premiered in September 2020.
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In November 2020, Sarah Paulson starred in the psychological thriller film Run, opposite Kiera Allen.
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Sarah Paulson portrayed the character Tuberculosis Karen and a fictional version of former First Lady of the United States, Mamie Eisenhower.
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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.
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In 2018, Sarah Paulson was ranked one of the best dressed women by fashion website Net-a-Porter.
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Sarah Paulson was diagnosed with melanoma on her back when she was 25, though the growth was removed before the cancer could spread.
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Sarah Paulson had dated only men before this relationship, including her former fiance, playwright Tracy Letts.
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Sarah Paulson has appeared on Broadway in the plays The Glass Menagerie and Collected Stories, and the off-Broadway plays Crimes of the Heart and Talley's Folly.
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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.