
Sarah Paulson
Known for Acting · 100 credits
- Born
- 1974-12-17 (age 51)
- Place of birth
- Tampa, Florida, USA
- Also known as
- 세라 폴슨 · Sarah Catharine Paulson · سارا پلسون
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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Anne Gillette

Law & Order
1990
as Maggie Conner

Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Young Ellis Grey

Family Guy
1999
as Sarah Paulson / Marcia Clark / Costumed Woman (voice)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
TV Shows (46)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Anne Gillette

Law & Order
1990
as Maggie Conner

Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Young Ellis Grey

Family Guy
1999
as Sarah Paulson / Marcia Clark / Costumed Woman (voice)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self / Self - Guest

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest

Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest

Desperate Housewives
2004
as Lydia Lindquist

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self

The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self

Conan
2010
as Self - Guest

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

American Horror Story
2011
as Lana Winters / Cordelia Goode / Wilhemina Venable / Billie Dean Howard / Bette Tattler / Dot Tattler / Sally McKenna / Billie Dean Howard / Audrey Tindall / Lana Winters / Ally Mayfair-Richards / Susan Atkins / Tuberculosis Karen / Mamie Eisenhower

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest

Touched by an Angel
1994
as Zoe

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self

Nip/Tuck
2003
as Agatha Ripp

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self

The Bear
2022
as Cousin Michelle

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self

American Crime Story
2016
as Marcia Clark / Linda Tripp

Deadwood
2004
as Alice Isringhausen

Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self

Chelsea
2016
as Self

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006
as Harriet Hayes

FEUD
2017
as Geraldine Page

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2024
as Therapist

Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self

All's Fair
2025
as Carrington Lane

Jack & Jill
1999
as Elisa Cronkite

Blue
2012
as Lavinia

Mrs. America
2020
as Alice

American Gothic
1995
as Merlyn Temple

Ratched
2020
as Mildred Ratched

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
as Self

Cupid
2009
as Dr. Claire McCrae

The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self

Leap of Faith
2002
as Faith Wardwell

The D.A.
2004
as Lisa Patterson

Insider
2025
as Sig selv

Pretty/Handsome
as Corky Fromme
Movies (54)

Ocean's Eight
2018
as Tammy

Bird Box
2018
as Jessica

Serenity
2005
as Dr. Caron

What Women Want
2000
as Annie

12 Years a Slave
2013
as Mary Epps

Glass
2019
as Dr. Ellie Staple

Mud
2013
as Mary Lee

The Post
2017
as Tony Bradlee

Carol
2015
as Abby Gerhard

Abominable
2019
as Dr. Zara (voice)

Run
2020
as Mother / Diane

Martha Marcy May Marlene
2011
as Lucy

The Goldfinch
2019
as Xandra

New Year's Eve
2011
as Grace Schwab

The Spirit
2008
as Ellen Dolan

Down with Love
2003
as Vikki Hiller

The Notorious Bettie Page
2006
as Bunny Yeager

Rebel in the Rye
2017
as Dorothy Olding

Game Change
2012
as Nicolle Wallace

Path to War
2003
as Luci Baines Johnson

Diggers
2007
as Julie

Held Up
1999
as Mary

The Other Sister
1999
as Heather Tate

The Runner
2015
as Kate Haber

Hold Your Breath
2024
as Margaret Bellum

Griffin & Phoenix
2006
as Peri

Adele One Night Only
2021
as Self

Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022

Blue Jay
2016
as Amanda

Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
2025
as Self - Presenter

Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996

Stars in Shorts
2012
as Woman

The Long Way Home
1998
as Leanne Bossert

I Am Sybil
as Connie Wilbur

The Time Being
2012
as Sarah

Levitation
1997
as Acey

Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
2021
as Self

November Christmas
2011
as Beth Marks

Coastal Elites
2020
as Clarissa Montgomery

Bug
2002
as Eileen

Ocean's Team 3.0
2018
as Self

Friends at Last
1995
as Diana - Age 21
Reimagining The Met Gala
2018
as Self

Fairhaven
2013
as Kate

After-School Special
2011
as Woman
Clybourne Park
Mother Courage
as Sandra Vale

Swimmers
2005
as Merrill

A Christmas Wedding
2006
as Emily
Ethel

Escape Room
2025
Whose Dog Is It Anyway?
2009
as Emma

#twitterkills
2014
as Sarah Pendersen

Talley's Folly
as Sally Talley
About Sarah Paulson
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 recei… With 100 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Sarah Paulson has appeared in 54 films and 46 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sarah Paulson Movies
- Ocean's Eight (2018) — as Tammy
- Bird Box (2018) — as Jessica
- Serenity (2005) — as Dr. Caron
- What Women Want (2000) — as Annie
- 12 Years a Slave (2013) — as Mary Epps
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