Sarah Paulson: movies and TV shows
Sarah Paulson has 119 credits in the archive: 56 films and 63 TV series, from 1944 to 2026. Highest rated: Grey's Anatomy (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2026 · busiest year: 2011 (15 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Baby Doe | Film | — | 51 | |
| 2025 | All's Fair | Carrington Lane | TV | 4.7 | 50 |
| 2025 | All's Fair | TV | 4.7 | 50 | |
| 2025 | Insider | Sig selv | TV | 10.0 | 50 |
| 2025 | Escape Room | Film | 8.2 | 50 | |
| 2025 | Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert | Self - Presenter | Film | 7.3 | 50 |
| 2024 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Therapist | TV | 6.6 | 49 |
| 2024 | Hold Your Breath | Margaret Bellum | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 2024 | Hold Your Breath | Film | 5.9 | 49 | |
| 2022 | The Bear | Cousin Michelle | TV | 8.1 | 47 |
| 2022 | Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration | Film | 4.4 | 47 | |
| 2021 | Adele One Night Only | Self | Film | 7.8 | 46 |
| 2021 | The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin | TV | 6.6 | 46 | |
| 2021 | Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A | Self | Film | 7.3 | 46 |
| 2020 | Mrs. America | Alice | TV | 7.3 | 45 |
| 2020 | Ratched | Mildred Ratched | TV | 7.6 | 45 |
| 2020 | Ratched | TV | 7.6 | 45 | |
| 2020 | Run | Mother / Diane | Film | 7.2 | 45 |
| 2020 | Coastal Elites | Clarissa Montgomery | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 44 |
| 2019 | Glass | Dr. Ellie Staple | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 2019 | Abominable | Dr. Zara (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 44 |
| 2019 | The Goldfinch | Xandra | Film | 7.1 | 44 |
| 2018 | Ocean's Eight | Tammy | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 2018 | Bird Box | Jessica | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 2018 | Ocean's Team 3.0 | Self | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 2018 | Reimagining The Met Gala | Self | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 2017 | The Post | Tony Bradlee | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 2017 | FEUD | Geraldine Page | TV | 7.6 | 42 |
| 2017 | Rebel in the Rye | Dorothy Olding | Film | 6.6 | 42 |
| 2016 | Chelsea | Self | TV | 5.1 | 41 |
| 2016 | American Crime Story | Marcia Clark | TV | 7.6 | 41 |
| 2016 | American Crime Story | Linda Tripp | TV | 7.6 | 41 |
| 2016 | American Crime Story | TV | 7.6 | 41 | |
| 2016 | Blue Jay | Amanda | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 40 |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | TV | 6.2 | 40 |
| 2015 | Carol | Abby Gerhard | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 2015 | The Runner | Kate Haber | Film | 4.9 | 40 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 39 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | TV | 5.8 | 39 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 39 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 39 |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | TV | 5.0 | 39 |
| 2014 | #twitterkills | Sarah Pendersen | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | Mary Epps | Film | 7.9 | 38 |
| 2013 | Mud | Mary Lee | Film | 7.1 | 38 |
| 2013 | Fairhaven | Kate | Film | 5.2 | 38 |
| 2012 | Blue | Lavinia | TV | 7.1 | 37 |
| 2012 | Game Change | Nicolle Wallace | Film | 6.9 | 37 |
| 2012 | Stars in Shorts | Woman | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 2012 | The Time Being | Sarah | Film | 5.3 | 37 |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Lana Winters | TV | 8.1 | 36 |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Cordelia Goode / Wilhemina Venable / Billie Dean Howard | TV | 8.1 | 36 |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Billie Dean Howard | TV | 8.1 | 36 |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Bette Tattler / Dot Tattler | TV | 8.1 | 36 |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Sally McKenna / Billie Dean Howard | TV | 8.1 | 36 |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Audrey Tindall / Lana Winters | TV | 8.1 | 36 |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Ally Mayfair-Richards / Susan Atkins | TV | 8.1 | 36 |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Tuberculosis Karen / Mamie Eisenhower | TV | 8.1 | 36 |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Cordelia Goode | TV | 8.1 | 36 |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | TV | 8.1 | 36 | |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | TV | 8.1 | 36 | |
| 2011 | New Year's Eve | Grace Schwab | Film | 5.9 | 36 |
| 2011 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | Lucy | Film | 6.6 | 36 |
| 2011 | November Christmas | Beth Marks | Film | 7.5 | 36 |
| 2011 | After-School Special | Woman | Film | 5.0 | 36 |
| 2010 | Conan | Self - Guest | TV | 7.2 | 35 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 34 |
| 2009 | Cupid | Dr. Claire McCrae | TV | 5.9 | 34 |
| 2009 | Whose Dog Is It Anyway? | Emma | Film | 7.3 | 34 |
| 2008 | The Spirit | Ellen Dolan | Film | 4.8 | 33 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 32 |
| 2007 | Diggers | Julie | Film | 6.0 | 32 |
| 2006 | Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | Harriet Hayes | TV | 7.4 | 31 |
| 2006 | The Notorious Bettie Page | Bunny Yeager | Film | 6.3 | 31 |
| 2006 | Griffin & Phoenix | Peri | Film | 7.1 | 31 |
| 2006 | A Christmas Wedding | Emily | Film | 5.5 | 31 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Young Ellis Grey | TV | 8.2 | 30 |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | TV | 6.8 | 30 |
| 2005 | Serenity | Dr. Caron | Film | 7.4 | 30 |
| 2005 | Swimmers | Merrill | Film | 6.8 | 30 |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Lydia Lindquist | TV | 7.9 | 29 |
| 2004 | Deadwood | Alice Isringhausen | TV | 8.1 | 29 |
| 2004 | The D.A. | Lisa Patterson | TV | — | 29 |
| 2003 | Nip/Tuck | Agatha Ripp | TV | 7.2 | 28 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 28 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 28 |
| 2003 | Down with Love | Vikki Hiller | Film | 6.1 | 28 |
| 2003 | Path to War | Luci Baines Johnson | Film | 6.7 | 28 |
| 2002 | Leap of Faith | Faith Wardwell | TV | 8.5 | 27 |
| 2002 | Bug | Eileen | Film | 7.1 | 27 |
| 2000 | What Women Want | Annie | Film | 6.5 | 25 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Anne Gillette | TV | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Sarah Paulson / Marcia Clark / Costumed Woman (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 24 |
| 1999 | Jack & Jill | Elisa Cronkite | TV | 7.6 | 24 |
| 1999 | The Other Sister | Heather Tate | Film | 6.4 | 24 |
| 1999 | Held Up | Mary | Film | 5.8 | 24 |
| 1998 | The Long Way Home | Leanne Bossert | Film | 6.4 | 23 |
| 1997 | Levitation | Acey | Film | 7.0 | 22 |
| 1996 | Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal | Film | 7.0 | 21 | |
| 1995 | The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA | Self | TV | 6.0 | 20 |
| 1995 | American Gothic | Merlyn Temple | TV | 7.4 | 20 |
| 1995 | Friends at Last | Diana - Age 21 | Film | 6.0 | 20 |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Zoe | TV | 7.2 | 19 |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman | Self - Guest | TV | 6.4 | 18 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Maggie Conner | TV | 7.3 | 15 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | TV | 5.6 | 13 | |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 13 |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight | Self | TV | 4.3 | 6 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 0 |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards | Self | TV | 7.9 | 25 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 30 |
| Mother Courage | Sandra Vale | Film | — | — | |
| Pretty/Handsome | Corky Fromme | TV | 2.8 | — | |
| Clybourne Park | Film | — | — | ||
| I Am Sybil | Connie Wilbur | Film | — | — | |
| Talley's Folly | Sally Talley | Film | — | — | |
| Ethel | Film | — | — |