Sarah Paulson Roles

The parts Sarah Paulson has played across American Horror Story.

Sarah Paulson starred in nine seasons of American Horror Story between 2011 and 2021. She began as the medium Billie Dean Howard, a guest role in three episodes of the first season, and came back in a new part in most of the seasons that followed.

Quick Facts

First appearance season: Murder House (2011)

Lore & Background

In Asylum she played Lana Winters, a writer committed to an asylum for being a lesbian. In Coven she was Cordelia Foxx, a witch who runs an academy for young witches, and in Freak Show the conjoined twins Bette and Dot Tattler. In Hotel she played Hypodermic Sally, the ghost of a drug addict. In Roanoke she had the dual roles of the British actress Audrey Tindall and Shelby Miller, and brought back Lana Winters in the final episode. In Cult she played the restaurant owner Ally Mayfair-Richards and Susan Atkins, and in Apocalypse she played Wilhemina Venable as well as Billie Dean Howard and Cordelia.