Sarah Paulson - Actress
Age: 51
Country: United States Occupations:
Actress
Sarah Paulson is an acclaimed American actress known for her dynamic and versatile performances across television, film, and theater.
Key Highlights:
Ryan Murphy Collaborations: She is perhaps most famous for her extensive work with writer/producer Ryan Murphy, notably starring in multiple seasons of the anthology series American Horror Story in various, often radically different, roles.
Awards: She won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her portrayal of prosecutor Marcia Clark in the limited series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016). More recently, she won a Tony Award for her leading role in the 2024 Broadway play Appropriate.
Other Notable Roles: Her career includes a wide range of characters, from the historical drama 12 Years a Slave (Mistress Epps) and the romantic drama Carol (Abby Gerhard), to leading the Netflix psychological thriller Ratched (Nurse Mildred Ratched) and appearing in the heist film Ocean's 8.
Acting Style: She is often praised as a character actor with a remarkable range, known for fully immersing herself in complex, sometimes morally ambiguous, roles and delivering performances with intense emotional depth.
In 2017, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.