The Countess Ghosts
The vampire who owns the Hotel Cortez.
The Countess is Elizabeth Johnson, the vampire who owns the Hotel Cortez in American Horror Story: Hotel, the fifth season. She is played by Lady Gaga.
Quick Facts
- Character name
- Elizabeth (The Countess)
- Portrayed by
- Lady Gaga
- Base of operations
- Los Angeles
Lore & Background
In 1925 the human Elizabeth has a relationship with the actor Rudolph Valentino and his wife Natacha Rambova, who later turn her into a vampire. She is the widow of James Patrick March, who built the hotel, and in 2015 lives there with her lover Donovan. She keeps a group of vampire children, among them Holden, the abducted son of detective John Lowe, and maintains her beauty by drinking human blood. John Lowe shoots her as his final kill, and her ghost remains in the hotel.
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