1974-12-17 ( 50 years old ) in Tampa, Florida, USA
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.
Movies
Hold Your Breath
2024-09-12
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022-06-09
Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A
2021-11-18
Adele One Night Only
2021-11-14
Run
2020-11-20
Coastal Elites
2020-09-12
Abominable
2019-09-19
The Goldfinch
2019-09-12
Glass
2019-01-16
Bird Box
2018-12-13
Reimagining The Met Gala
2018-09-11
Ocean's Team 3.0
2018-09-11
Ocean's Eight
2018-06-07
The Post
2017-12-22
Rebel in the Rye
2017-09-15
Blue Jay
2016-10-07
Carol
2015-11-20
The Runner
2015-08-07
#twitterkills
2014-02-22
12 Years a Slave
2013-10-18
Mud
2013-04-26
Fairhaven
2013-01-11
Stars In Shorts
2012-09-28
The Time Being
2012-09-11
Game Change
2012-02-28
New Year's Eve
2011-12-08
Martha Marcy May Marlene
2011-10-21
After-School Special
2011-06-23
November Christmas
2011-06-21
Whose Dog Is It Anyway?
2009-03-31
The Spirit
2008-12-25
A Christmas Wedding
2006-12-11
Griffin & Phoenix
2006-09-12
Diggers
2006-09-09
Serenity
2005-09-25
The Notorious Bettie Page
2005-09-14
Swimmers
2005-01-22
Path to War
2003-10-28
Down with Love
2003-05-08
Bug
2002-02-28
What Women Want
2000-12-15
Held Up
1999-10-08
The Other Sister
1999-02-26
The Long Way Home
1998-03-01
Levitation
1997-04-01
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996-06-20
Friends at Last
1995-04-02
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