Sarah Paulson

Sarah Catharine Paulson (born December 17, 1974) is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous 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.

Paulson began her acting career starring in the television series ''American Gothic'' (1995–1996) and ''Jack & Jill'' (1999–2001). She played Harriet Hayes in the comedy-drama series ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' (2006–2007), and supporting roles in such films as ''What Women Want'' (2000), ''Down with Love'' (2003), and ''The Spirit'' (2008). On Broadway, she appeared in a revival of Tennessee Williams' play ''The Glass Menagerie'' in 2005, and originated the role of Lisa Morrison in Donald Margulies's play ''Collected Stories'' in 2010.

Paulson gained fame for her collaborations with showrunner Ryan Murphy in several television series. She starred in nine seasons of his anthology series ''American Horror Story'' from 2011 to 2021, earning five Primetime Emmy Award nominations. For her portrayal of Marcia Clark in the courtroom drama ''The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story'' (2016), she won the Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. She also portrayed Nurse Ratched in ''Ratched'' (2020) and Linda Tripp in ''Impeachment: American Crime Story'' (2021).

Paulson's other television roles include ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (1999), in which she portrayed the manipulative Anne Gillette in the 2010 episode "Shadow", ''Game Change'' (2012), in which she played Nicolle Wallace, and ''Mrs. America'' (2020). Her other film roles were in ''Martha Marcy May Marlene'' (2011), ''Mud'' (2012), ''12 Years a Slave'' (2013), ''Carol'' (2015), ''The Post'' (2017), ''Blue Jay'' (2016), ''Ocean's 8'' (2018), ''Bird Box'' (2018), ''Glass'' (2019), and ''Run'' (2020). Paulson is currently performing on Broadway in the play ''Appropriate'' (2023). Provided by Wikipedia