Sarah Paulson

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 shortlived television series American Gothic 19951996 and Jack Jill 19992001 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 comedydrama 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 Years Eve 2011 Mud 2012 Blue Jay 2016 Oceans 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 shows 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 reallife 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