

She starred in both parts Paulson starred as Karen, an artist failing to break through in "Red Tide", and as a fictionalized First Lady Mamie Eisenhower in "Death Valley". In February, Ryan Murphy confirmed her return for Double Feature. She also primarily reprised her role as Cordelia Goode, the headmistress of Miss Robichaux's Academy and the current Supreme. In Apocalypse, she's Wilhemina Venable, a hostile woman remolding the dying world with horrors. She was the leading character, Ally Mayfair-Richards, a woman facing her phobias, in Cult. In Roanoke, she plays Audrey Tindall, an actress portraying as Shelby Miller in the horrific documentary " My Roanoke Nightmare". She also played junkie ghost Sally McKenna in the fifth season, Hotel, and reprised her role as psychic medium Billie Dean Howard for the season finale. In Coven, she portrayed Cordelia Foxx, the witch headmistress at Miss Robichaux's Academy, and in Freak Show she portrayed Bette and Dot Tattler, conjoined twins. In Asylum, she portrayed Lana Winters, an intrepid journalist venturing into Briarcliff Manor. In the first season, Sarah Paulson portrayed Billie Dean Howard, a medium that visited the Murder House.


In 2018, she starred in the American heist-comedy film created by Gary Ross, Ocean's 8.
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She later starred in the sister series American Crime Story in 2016 and in the 10-part miniseries, Feud in 2017. Before American Horror Story, in Nip/Tuck and Pretty/Handsome. Paulson is known for working closely with Ryan Murphy. She also starred in the 2009 reboot of the 1998 Jeremy Piven series Cupid opposite Bobby Cannavale. She played the Pinkerton agent posing as a tutor on the original HBO series Deadwood and Harriet Hayes in the Aaron Sorkin comedy series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. In 2002 she played the titular character in Leap of Faith. She would later co-star as Elisa Cronkite in the short-lived romantic comedy series Jack & Jill. Sarah's first recurring television role was on the creepy 90s series American Gothic as Merlyn Temple, a ghost who served as a guide to her little brother Caleb. In an interview with in 2013 during the revival of Talley's Folly, Paulson stated that she only dated men before her relationship with Jones, and that she has not been in a relationship since her breakup with Jones, but that she is open to relationships with women and men going forward. She dated actress Cherry Jones, the couple declaring their love for each other in 2007, during an interview with Velvetpark at Women's Event 10 for the LGBT Center of NYC.

Paulson attended Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She spent her summers in Florida to visit her father. She lived in Queens and Gramercy Park, before settling in Park Slope, Brooklyn. She spent time in Maine before moving to New York City at the age of five with her mother. She lived in South Tampa until she was five, when her parents divorced. Paulson was born in Tampa, Florida, the daughter of Catharine Gordon (née Dolcater) and Douglas Lyle Paulson II. 2.2 Sara Paulson on taking a break from AHS.
