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Sarah Paulson

Titles: 50movies48TV shows

Career: Active from 1995 to 2026, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 26
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: 12 Years a Slave
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 51 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Sarah Paulson Catalog average

Wit & Wordplay
4.8average 3.7
Social Commentary
5.8average 4.9
Family Dynamics
5.6average 4.8
Psychological
6.3average 5.6
Romance
4.6average 3.8
Pathos
5.9average 5.2
Politics
3.1average 2.6
Catharsis
5.5average 5.1

Rarely in their work

Violence
3.0, average 4.2
Adrenaline
4.1, average 4.9
Physical Comedy
1.6, average 2.4
Warfare
0.4, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Drama 37
Comedy 20
Thriller 8
Romance 6
TV Movie 5
Crime 5
Family 3
Fantasy 3

Recurring tags

Psychological Thriller 6
Character Study 5
Character-Driven 5
Dialogue-Driven 4
Social Commentary 4
Contemporary Setting 3
Political Drama 3
Thought-Provoking 3
Mystery 3
Small Town 2
Slow Burn 2
Melancholy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

72

Group by

Newest first Oldest first

Upcoming

4 titles

Ratched

as Nurse Mildred Ratched

Pretty/Handsome

TV show · as Corky Fromme

I Am Sybil

as Connie Wilbur

Talley's Folly

as Sally Talley

2020s

12 titles · average score 63

Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story

TV show · as Aileen Wuornos

Closing Night

as Sandra Vale

Baby Doe

Executive Producer

All's Fair

TV show · as Carrington Lane

Insider

TV show · as Sig selv

Hold Your Breath

as Margaret Bellum

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

TV show · as Therapist

The Bear

TV show · as Cousin Michelle

Ratched

TV show · as Mildred Ratched

Run

as Mother / Diane

Mrs. America

TV show · as Alice

Coastal Elites

as Clarissa Montgomery

2010s

25 titles · average score 64

Glass

as Dr. Ellie Staple

Abominable

as Dr. Zara (voice)

Ocean's Eight

as Tammy

Bird Box

as Jessica

The Post

as Tony Bradlee

Blue Jay

as Amanda

The Runner

as Kate Haber

Carol

as Abby Gerhard

12 Years a Slave

as Mary Epps

American Horror Story

TV show · as Cordelia Goode / Wilhemina Venable / Billie Dean Howard / Billie Dean Howard

Martha Marcy May Marlene

as Lucy

November Christmas

as Beth Marks

All 25 titles from the 2010s

2000s

19 titles · average score 65

Cupid

TV show · as Dr. Claire McCrae

The Spirit

as Ellen Dolan

Diggers

as Julie

Griffin & Phoenix

as Peri

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

TV show · as Harriet Hayes

A Christmas Wedding

as Emily

The Notorious Bettie Page

as Bunny Yeager

Grey's Anatomy

TV show · as Young Ellis Grey

Desperate Housewives

TV show · as Lydia Lindquist

Down with Love

as Vikki Hiller

Leap of Faith

TV show · as Faith Wardwell

Bug

as Eileen

All 19 titles from the 2000s

1990s

11 titles · average score 57

Jack & Jill

TV show · as Elisa Cronkite

The Other Sister

as Heather Tate

Family Guy

TV show · as Sarah Paulson / Marcia Clark / Costumed Woman (voice)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV show · as Anne Gillette

Held Up

as Mary

The Long Way Home

as Leanne Bossert

Levitation

as Acey

American Gothic

TV show · as Merlyn Temple

Friends at Last

as Diana - Age 21

Touched by an Angel

TV show · as Zoe

Law & Order

TV show · as Maggie Conner

1980s

1 title · average score 50

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV show · as Self - Guest