Golden Globes and Emmy Award winning American actress Sarah Paulson began her acting career on stage, and subsequently made her television and feature film debut in the mid 1990s. She first rose to prominence when she starred in the horror series American Gothic, while the romantic comedies What Woment Want (2000) and Down With Love (2003) were some of the actress` notable film roles in the early phase of her career. NBC`s comedy-drama series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip marked a turning point in the actress` career, earning her the maiden Golden Globes nomination of her career in 2006. Subsequently, Paulson landed her second Golden Globes nomination and maiden Primetime Emmy nomination in 2012, for her performance in the HBO political drama film Game Change.

The horror anthology series American Horror Story remains Paulson`s most acclaimed work till date, where she played a host of different characters in each of the show`s seven seasons. Her work in the show earned the actress four Primetime Emmy nominations between 2013 and 2016, but Paulson eventually won her first Emmy and Golden Globe for her turn as real life prosecutor Marcia Clark in the true crime anthology series American Crime Story. Notable among the actress` film credits are the sci-fi action movie Serenity (2005), the coming-of-age drama Mud (2012), the period drama 12 Years a Slave (2013), the romantic period drama Carol (2015) and the political thriller The Post (2017). Her 2019 releases include The Goldfinch, directed by John Crowley and Abominable.