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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 17, 1974
Place of Birth
Tampa, Florida, USA
Also Known As
- שרה פולסון
- Сара Полсон
- 사라 폴슨
- 세라 폴슨
- サラ・ポールソン
- Sarah Catharine Paulson
- 莎拉·保罗森
- سارا پلسون
Sarah Paulson
3.3 Popularity
Biography
Sarah Catharine Paulson (born December 17, 1974) is an American actress. She began her acting career in New York City stage productions before starring in the short-lived television series American Gothic (1995–1996) and Jack & Jill (1999–2001). She later appeared in comedy films such as What Women Want (2000) and Down with Love (2003), and drama films such as Path to War (2002) and The Notorious Bettie Page (2005). From 2006 to 2007, she starred as Harriet Hayes in the NBC comedy-drama series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, for which she received her first Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2008, she starred as Ellen Dolan in the superhero noir film The Spirit. Paulson has appeared on Broadway in the plays The Glass Menagerie in 2005 and Collected Stories in 2010. She also starred in a number of independent films and had a leading role in the ABC comedy series Cupid (2009). She later starred in the independent drama film Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) and received Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for her portrayal of Nicolle Wallace in the HBO film Game Change (2012). She was featured as Mary Epps in the 2013 historical drama film 12 Years a Slave, as Abby Gerhard in the 2015 romantic drama film Carol, and as Toni Bradlee in the 2017 political drama film The Post, all of which were nominated for multiple Academy Awards. Her other films include Serenity (2005), New Year's Eve (2011), Mud (2012), Blue Jay (2016), Ocean's 8 (2018), Bird Box (2018), Glass (2019), and Run (2020). In 2011, Paulson began starring in the FX anthology series American Horror Story, playing different characters in many of the show's 10 seasons. For her performances in the series, she received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won two Critics' Choice Television Awards. In 2016, she portrayed real-life prosecutor Marcia Clark in the first season of the anthology series American Crime Story, subtitled The People v. O. J. Simpson, for which she garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including the Primetime Emmy Award and the Golden Globe Award. In 2020, Paulson appeared in the FX limited series Mrs. America, and began starring as Nurse Mildred Ratched in the Netflix psychological thriller series Ratched. In 2021, she returned to American Crime Story to portray Linda Tripp in the third season of the show, subtitled Impeachment.
Known For
4.8
Carrington Lane
All's Fair
2025
10.0
Escape Room
2025
10.0
Sig selv
Insider
2025
10.0
Self - Presenter
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
2025
5.9
Margaret Bellum
Hold Your Breath
2024
6.5
Therapist
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2024
8.2
Cousin Michelle
The Bear
2022
4.8
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022
7.3
Self
Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
2021
7.8
Self
Adele One Night Only
2021
Credits
All's Fair
as Carrington Lane
2025
4.8
Escape Room
2025
10.0
Insider
as Sig selv
2025
10.0
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
as Self - Presenter
2025
10.0
Hold Your Breath
as Margaret Bellum
2024
5.9
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Therapist
2024
6.5
The Bear
as Cousin Michelle
2022
8.2
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022
4.8
Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
as Self
2021
7.3
Adele One Night Only
as Self
2021
7.8
Run
as Mother / Diane
2020
7.2
Ratched
as Mildred Ratched
2020
7.6
Coastal Elites
as Clarissa Montgomery
2020
5.8
Mrs. America
as Alice
2020
7.3
Abominable
as Dr. Zara (voice)
2019
7.5
The Goldfinch
as Xandra
2019
7.1
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
Glass
as Dr. Ellie Staple
2019
6.7
Bird Box
as Jessica
2018
6.8
Ocean's Team 3.0
as Self
2018
8.0
🎬
Reimagining The Met Gala
as Self
2018
8.0
Ocean's Eight
as Tammy
2018
7.0
🎬
Lie Detector
as Self
2018
5.5
The Post
as Tony Bradlee
2017
7.0
Rebel in the Rye
as Dorothy Olding
2017
6.6
FEUD
as Geraldine Page
2017
7.6
Blue Jay
as Amanda
2016
7.0
Chelsea
as Self
2016
5.1
American Crime Story
as Marcia Clark
2016
7.6
American Crime Story
as Linda Tripp
2016
7.6
Carol
as Abby Gerhard
2015
7.5
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
The Runner
as Kate Haber
2015
4.8
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
6.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
#twitterkills
as Sarah Pendersen
2014
7.0
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
5.9
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2014
4.0
12 Years a Slave
as Mary Epps
2013
7.9
Mud
as Mary Lee
2013
7.1
Fairhaven
as Kate
2013
4.8
Stars in Shorts
as Woman
2012
4.7
The Time Being
as Sarah
2012
5.2
Blue
as Lavinia
2012
7.1
Game Change
as Nicolle Wallace
2012
6.9
New Year's Eve
as Grace Schwab
2011
5.9
Martha Marcy May Marlene
as Lucy
2011
6.6
American Horror Story
as Lana Winters
2011
8.1
American Horror Story
as Cordelia Goode / Wilhemina Venable / Billie Dean Howard
2011
8.1
American Horror Story
as Billie Dean Howard
2011
8.1
American Horror Story
as Bette Tattler / Dot Tattler
2011
8.1
American Horror Story
as Sally McKenna / Billie Dean Howard
2011
8.1
American Horror Story
as Audrey Tindall / Lana Winters
2011
8.1
American Horror Story
as Ally Mayfair-Richards / Susan Atkins
2011
8.1
American Horror Story
as Tuberculosis Karen / Mamie Eisenhower
2011
8.1
After-School Special
as Woman
2011
4.6
November Christmas
as Beth Marks
2011
7.5
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
🎬
Whose Dog Is It Anyway?
as Emma
2009
7.3
Cupid
as Dr. Claire McCrae
2009
5.9
The Spirit
as Ellen Dolan
2008
4.8
Diggers
as Julie
2007
6.0
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
A Christmas Wedding
as Emily
2006
5.4
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
as Harriet Hayes
2006
7.3
Griffin & Phoenix
as Peri
2006
7.1
Serenity
as Dr. Caron
2005
7.4
The Notorious Bettie Page
as Bunny Yeager
2005
6.3
Grey's Anatomy
as Young Ellis Grey
2005
8.2
Swimmers
as Merrill
2005
7.0
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
6.7
Desperate Housewives
as Lydia Lindquist
2004
7.9
Deadwood
as Alice Isringhausen
2004
8.1
The D.A.
as Lisa Patterson
2004
0.0
Path to War
as Luci Baines Johnson
2003
6.7
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
Nip/Tuck
as Agatha Ripp
2003
7.2
Down with Love
as Vikki Hiller
2003
6.1
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Bug
as Eilleen
2002
7.2
Leap of Faith
as Faith Wardwell
2002
9.0
What Women Want
as Annie
2000
6.4
Held Up
as Mary
1999
5.6
Jack & Jill
as Elisa Cronkite
1999
7.5
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Anne Gillette
1999
7.9
The Other Sister
as Heather Tate
1999
6.3
Family Guy
as Sarah Paulson / Marcia Clark / Costumed Woman (voice)
1999
7.4
The Long Way Home
as Leanne Bossert
1998
6.2
Levitation
as Acey
1997
6.0
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996
5.0
American Gothic
as Merlyn Temple
1995
7.4
Friends at Last
as Diana - Age 21
1995
5.3
Touched by an Angel
as Zoe
1994
7.2
Law & Order
as Maggie Conner
1990
7.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.1
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1949
7.9
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
🎬
Ethel
N/A
0.0
I Am Sybil
as Connie Wilbur
N/A
0.0
🎬
Clybourne Park
N/A
0.0
🎬
Mother Courage
as Sandra Bloom
N/A
0.0
Pretty/Handsome
as Corky Fromme
N/A
2.8
Talley's Folly
as Sally Talley
N/A
0.0