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Acting

Sarah Paulson

Career: Active from 1995 to 2026, busiest in 2006 and 2020 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 26
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: 12 Years a Slave
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 55 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Sarah Paulson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.9, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.7, average 4.8
Physical Comedy
1.5, average 2.4
Warfare
0.4, average 1.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 6
Psychological Thriller 5
Character-Driven 4
Contemporary Realism 3
Thought-Provoking 3
Contemporary Setting 3
Dialogue-Driven 3
Social Commentary 3
Slow Burn 2
Emotional Catharsis 2
Melancholy 2
Romantic Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

73

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

4 titles

Ratched

72

as Nurse Mildred Ratched

Pretty/Handsome

50

TV show · as Corky Fromme

I Am Sybil

as Connie Wilbur

Talley's Folly

as Sally Talley

2020s

12 titles · average score 66

Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story

71

TV show · as Aileen Wuornos

Closing Night

81

as Sandra Vale

Baby Doe

Executive Producer

All's Fair

27

TV show · as Carrington Lane

Insider

TV show · as Sig selv

Hold Your Breath

47

as Margaret Bellum

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

73

TV show · as Therapist

The Bear

84

TV show · as Cousin Michelle

Run

73

as Mother / Diane

Ratched

62

TV show · as Mildred Ratched

Mrs. America

82

TV show · as Alice

Coastal Elites

56

as Clarissa Montgomery

2010s

25 titles · average score 64

Glass

52

as Dr. Ellie Staple

Abominable

72

as Dr. Zara (voice)

Ocean's Eight

62

as Tammy

Bird Box

59

as Jessica

The Post

78

as Tony Bradlee

Blue Jay

77

as Amanda

The Runner

36

as Kate Haber

Carol

85

as Abby Gerhard

12 Years a Slave

89

as Mary Epps

Mud

80

as Mary Lee

American Horror Story

72

TV show · as Bette Tattler / Dot Tattler / Audrey Tindall / Lana Winters

Martha Marcy May Marlene

76

as Lucy

2000s

20 titles · average score 65

Cupid

45

TV show · as Dr. Claire McCrae

Whose Dog Is It Anyway?

as Emma

The Spirit

32

as Ellen Dolan

Diggers

64

as Julie

Griffin & Phoenix

72

as Peri

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

78

TV show · as Harriet Hayes

A Christmas Wedding

44

as Emily

The Notorious Bettie Page

61

as Bunny Yeager

Grey's Anatomy

75

TV show · as Young Ellis Grey

Down with Love

59

as Vikki Hiller

Leap of Faith

TV show · as Faith Wardwell

Bug

73

as Eileen

1990s

11 titles · average score 57

Family Guy

64

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

Jack & Jill

49

TV show · as Elisa Cronkite

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Anne Gillette

The Other Sister

46

as Heather Tate

Held Up

34

as Mary

The Long Way Home

61

as Leanne Bossert

Levitation

as Acey

American Gothic

66

TV show · as Merlyn Temple

Friends at Last

as Diana - Age 21

Touched by an Angel

44

TV show · as Zoe

Law & Order

74

TV show · as Maggie Conner

1980s

1 title · average score 50

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

50

TV show · as Self - Guest