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 short-lived television series American Gothic (1995–1996) and Jack & Jill (1999–2001). 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 comedy-drama 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 A...
The Goldfinch
2019
What Women Want
2000
12 Years a Slave
2013
Path to War
2003
The Post
2017
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022
Serenity
2005
Carol
2015
Held Up
1999
The Spirit
2008
Ocean's Eight
2018
Glass
2019
Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert
2025
New Year's Eve
2011
Abominable
2019
Run
2020
Bird Box
2018
Hold Your Breath
2024
The Time Being
2012
Rebel in the Rye
2017
Mud
2013
Down with Love
2003
Martha Marcy May Marlene
2011
Blue Jay
2016
Game Change
2012
Levitation
1997
The Other Sister
1999
The Notorious Bettie Page
2006
Diggers
2007
November Christmas
2011
The Runner
2015
Griffin & Phoenix
2006
Friends at Last
1995
The Long Way Home
1998
Escape Room
2025
Coastal Elites
2020
Adele One Night Only
2021
I Am Sybil
N/A
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
1996