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Sarah Paulson
Sarah Catharine Paulson is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2017, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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entertainment · American actress (born 1974) · television actor · film actor · stage actor · actor · voice actor · also Sarah Paulson, Paulson
Born 17 December 1974 · Q257442
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2023· 2 entries
To star in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's play Appropriate acting alongside Corey Stoll, Natalie Gold, Elle Fanning, and Michael Esper
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Guest-starred in the Hulu comedy drama series The Bear, playing Michelle Berzatto in the episode "Fishes"
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2021· 2 entries
Portrayed Linda Tripp in the third season of the true crime anthology series American Crime Story, subtitled Impeachment
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Returned to American Horror Story for its tenth season, after being absent for the ninth season
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2018· 1 entry
Paulson was ranked one of the best dressed women by fashion website Net-a-Porter
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2017· 2 entries
Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world
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Was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world
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2016· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016).
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2014· 1 entry
Paulson appeared in the fourth season of series of American Horror Story, titled Freak Show, playing the roles of conjoined twin sisters Bette and Dot Tattler, who are members of a circus freak show
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2012· 1 entry
Paulson returned for season two, American Horror Story: Asylum, in which she played a new character, Lana Winters, a writer who is committed to an asylum for being a lesbian
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2008· 1 entry
ABC cast Paulson in the pilot Cupid, which was ordered to series
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2005· 1 entry
Paulson had a small role in the Joss Whedon-directed science fiction film Serenity
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2004· 1 entry
Had a supporting role in the ABC series The D
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1997· 2 entries
Paulson was a featured actress (Janice/Nina) in the two-part episode "True Romance" of Cracker, which starred Robert Pastorelli
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Paulson made her feature film debut in the independent thriller film Levitation, playing a woman who discovers she is pregnant after an anonymous sexual encounter
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1994· 1 entry
As a replacement understudy for the role of Tessin, played by Amy Ryan in Wendy Wasserstein's play The Sisters Rosensweig at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre
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1992· 1 entry
Studied at American Academy of Dramatic Arts (1992).
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1974· 2 entries
Born 1974-12-17.
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The daughter of Catharine Gordon (née Dolcater) and Douglas Lyle Paulson II
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