Sarah Paulson
Date of birth: 1974-12-17
Place of birth: Tampa, Florida, USA
Known for: Acting
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
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.
Movie Credits
Down with Love
2003-05-08
In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.
What Women Want
2000-12-15
Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy
The Spirit
2008-12-25
A Rookie cop named Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to figh
Bug
2002-02-28
A small boy squashing an insect sets in motion a series of events, large and small, that include a l
Adele One Night Only
2021-11-14
A primetime special with performances from the superstar including Adele’s first new material in six
A Christmas Wedding
2006-12-11
Emily (Sarah Paulson) and Ben (Eric Mabius) find their plans to marry on Christmas day coming apart
The Notorious Bettie Page
2005-09-14
Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensati
Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
2021-11-18
A follow-up special to Madonna's recently released concert documentary film MADAME X. This special f
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996-06-20
Irish immigrant Tommy Shaughnessy leaves 19th-century New York City for Kansas and becomes a small-t
Serenity
2005-09-25
When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in
Diggers
2006-09-09
Diggers is a coming-of-age story directed by Katherine Dieckmann. It portrays four working-class fri
The Other Sister
1999-02-26
A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when sh
Martha Marcy May Marlene
2011-10-21
After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lu
Held Up
1999-10-08
What should have been a romantic getaway turns into one hilarious debacle after another when Michael
November Christmas
2011-06-21
A young father asks for pumpkins at the local farm stand. "In August? No." the farmer replies. The f
I Am Sybil
Explores the gripping true story behind the best-selling book and cultural-sensation case of Sybil,
12 Years a Slave
2013-10-18
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abdu
Mud
2013-04-26
Two teenage boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and help him reuni
Fairhaven
2013-01-11
Long-time friends reconnect when one returns to their small Massachusetts town for a funeral.
The Long Way Home
1998-03-01
A retired widower wanders away from his daughter's home, hooks up with a free-spirited young woman,
Stars In Shorts
2012-09-28
Seven short films, all of which feature name actors, including Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Fi
Clybourne Park
Follows events in 1959 and then 50 years later in 2009. The subject of the play is Clybourne Park, a
Levitation
1997-04-01
Sarah Paulson stars as a pregnant teenager who searches for her biological mother, with the help of
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022-06-09
A group of LGBTQ+ comedians get together to celebrate a brand of queer comedy. Legends, headliners,
After-School Special
2011-06-23
A man and a woman have an awkward encounter at an indoor playground.
Carol
2015-11-20
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married
The Runner
2015-08-07
In the aftermath of the BP oil spill, an idealistic but imperfect New Orleans politician (Nicolas Ca
Hold Your Breath
2024-09-12
In 1930s Oklahoma amid the region's horrific dust storms, a woman is convinced that a sinister prese
Talley's Folly
The interior worlds and sufferings of both Matt Friedman and Sally Talley are revealed as they find
Reimagining The Met Gala
2018-09-11
Director Ross, various cast and crew and members of the Met staff discuss how the film took over the
Ocean's Team 3.0
2018-09-11
Director Gary Ross and participants from the previous extras discuss the challenge of casting a film
Griffin & Phoenix
2006-09-12
A terminally ill man falls in love with a woman who has a secret that threatens their time spent tog
Ethel
Based on the untold true story of Ethel Stark and her Montreal Women’s Symphony Orchestra, who toget
#twitterkills
2014-02-22
A dark comedy about how a life can be ruined in 140 characters.
Game Change
2012-02-28
During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative
Rebel in the Rye
2017-09-15
The life of celebrated but reclusive author J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the public
Blue Jay
2016-10-07
Meeting by chance when they return to their tiny California hometown, two former high-school sweethe
Path to War
2003-10-28
A powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's look at
New Year's Eve
2011-12-08
The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.
Whose Dog Is It Anyway?
2009-03-31
A charming and comic New York tale about Emma, single, successful, and not a dog person, who gets st
Ocean's Eight
2018-06-07
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the c
Swimmers
2005-01-22
After an accident in a small Maryland fishing town, 11-year-old Emma begins to question the nature o
Friends at Last
1995-04-02
Some time after her messy divorce, Fanny Connelyn realises her ex-husband is becoming her best frien
The Post
2017-12-22
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher a
Glass
2019-01-16
In a series of escalating encounters, former security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abiliti
Bird Box
2018-12-13
Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her tw
The Goldfinch
2019-09-12
A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Met
Abominable
2019-09-19
A group of misfits encounter a young Yeti named Everest, and they set off to reunite the magical cre
Run
2020-11-20
Chloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon
Coastal Elites
2020-09-12
A socially distanced comedic satire that spotlights five characters breaking down and breaking throu
The Time Being
2012-09-11
A struggling young artist accepts a series of bizarre commissions from an eccentric, dying millionai
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
2025-04-06
Be a part of The Garden State 20th Anniversary Concert. This one night only musical event features s
Mother Courage
Estranged sisters whose reunion sets off an emotionally volatile chain of events
Escape Room
2025-08-22
The short film accompanying Teyana Taylor’s album of the same name.