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Sarah Catharine Paulson is an American actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 2017, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Birth Name

Sarah Catharine Paulson

Born

Tuesday, 17 December 1974

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Actress Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Ratched	Nurse Mildred Ratched	2020
Coastal Elites	Clarissa Montgomery	2020
Mrs. America	Alice Macray	2020
Run	Mother / Diane	2020
Abominable	Dr. Zara (voice) / Dr. Zara	2019
The Goldfinch	Xandra	2019
Glass	Dr. Ellie Staple	2019
Bird Box	Shannon	2018
Ocean's Eight	Tammy	2018
75th Golden Globe Awards	Herself - Presenter	2018

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Actress Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Ratched	Nurse Mildred Ratched	2020
Coastal Elites	Clarissa Montgomery	2020
Mrs. America	Alice Macray	2020
Run	Mother / Diane	2020
Abominable	Dr. Zara (voice) / Dr. Zara	2019
The Goldfinch	Xandra	2019
Glass	Dr. Ellie Staple	2019
Bird Box	Shannon	2018
Ocean's Eight	Tammy	2018
75th Golden Globe Awards	Herself - Presenter	2018
The Post	Tony Bradlee	2017
The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards	Herself - Presenter	2017
Rebel in the Rye	Dorothy Olding	2017
The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	Herself	2017
Feud: Bette and Joan	Geraldine Page	2017
74th Golden Globe Awards	Herself - Winner	2017
Blue Jay	Amanda	2016
The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards	Herself - Winner & Nominee	2016
Chelsea	Herself - Guest	2016
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee	Self	2016
American Crime Story	Marcia Clark, Linda Tripp	2016
Inside Look: The People v. O.J. Simpson - American Crime Story	Herself	2016
21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards	Herself	2016
Carol	Abby Gerhard	2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self, Self - Guest	2015
The Runner	Kate Haber	2015
Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter	Self	2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden	Herself	2015
#twitterkills	Sarah Pendersen	2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	2014
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards	Herself - Nominee	2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self, Self - Guest	2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones	Self	2014
The Hollywood Reporter Roundtables	Herself	2013
12 Years a Slave	Mistress Epps	2013
Celebrity Page	Self	2013
Mud	Mary Lee	2013
The Broadway.com Show	Herself	2013
Fairhaven	Kate	2013
Stars In Shorts	Woman	2012
The Time Being	Sarah	2012
Larry King Now	Herself - Guest	2012
Blue	Lavinia	2012
Game Change	Nicolle Wallace	2012
New Year's Eve	Grace Schwab (segment "Maternity Ward")	2011
Martha Marcy May Marlene	Lucy	2011
American Horror Story	Lana Winters, Dot Tattler / Bette Tattler, Cordelia Foxx / Cordelia, Sally McKenna, Ally Mayfair-Richards, Shelby Miller / Audrey Tindall, TB Karen, Audrey Tindall / Shelby Miller, Billie Dean Howard, Cordelia Goode, Cordelia Goode / Ms. Wilhemina Venable, Ms. Wilhemina Venable / Cordelia Goode, Ms. Wilhemina Venable, Ally Mayfair-Richards / Susan Atkins, Cordelia Goode / Cordelia, Bette Tattler / Dot Tattler, Billie Dean Howard / Sally McKenna, Audrey Tindall / Lana Winters / Shelby Miller	2011
After-School Special	Woman	2011
Big Morning Buzz Live	Herself - Guest	2011
Show People with Paul Wontorek	Self	2010
November Christmas	Beth Marks	2010
Conan	Herself - Guest	2010
The 64th Annual Tony Awards	Lisa Morrison (archive footage)	2010
Red Carpet Report	Self	2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self, Self - Guest	2009
Cupid	Claire McCrae	2009
The Spirit	Ellen	2008
Pretty/Handsome	Corky Fromme	2008
Chelsea Lately	Herself - Guest	2007
The Graham Norton Show	Self - Guest	2007
A Christmas Wedding	Emily	2006
Access Hollywood	Herself	2006
Rachael Ray	Self - Guest	2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Harriet Hayes	2006
Griffin & Phoenix	Peri	2006
The Notorious Bettie Page	Bunny Yeager	2006
Diggers	Julie	2006
Made in Hollywood	Self	2005
Serenity	Dr. Caron	2005
Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Ellis Grey	2005
Swimmers	Merrill	2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Herself - Guest	2005
Desperate Housewives	Lydia Lindquist	2004
The Insider	Herself (archive footage)	2004
Deadwood	Miss Isringhausen	2004
The D.A.	Chief Dep. Dist. Atty. Lisa Patterson, Lisa Patterson	2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Herself, Herself - Guest, Self	2003
Nip/Tuck	Agatha Ripp	2003
Down With Love	Vikki Hiller	2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Herself - Guest, Herself	2003
Bug	Eilleen	2002
Leap of Faith	Faith Wardwell	2002
Path To War	Luci Baines Johnson	2002
What Women Want	Annie	2000
Held Up	Mary	2000
Jack & Jill	Elisa Cronkite	1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Anne Gillette	1999
The Other Sister	Heather Tate	1999
Family Guy	Sarah Paulson / Marcia Clark / Costumed Woman	1999
The Long Way Home	Leanne Bossert	1998
Cracker: Mind Over Murder	Janice	1997
The View	Herself - Guest	1997
Shaughnessy		1996
American Gothic	Merlyn Temple	1995
Friends at Last	Diana - Age 21	1995
Touched by an Angel	Zoe	1994
Extra with Billy Bush	Self (archive footage), Self	1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Herself - Guest	1993
Late Show with David Letterman	Herself - Guest	1993
HBO First Look	Herself	1992
Law & Order	Maggie Conner	1990
Entertainment Tonight	Herself, Herself (archive footage)	1981

Director Filmography

Title	Year

American Horror Story

2011

Producer Filmography

Title	Year

Ratched	2020
American Crime Story	2016

Year	Type	Category	Won

2021	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama	Nominated
2018	Emmy	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie	Nominated
2017	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television	Won
2016	Emmy	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie	Nominated
2016	Emmy	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie	Won
2015	Emmy	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie	Nominated
2014	Emmy	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	Nominated
2013	Emmy	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	Nominated
2013	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Nominated
2012	Emmy	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	Nominated
2007	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Nominated