Sarah Paulson

8.2

TV

Grey's Anatomy

Young Ellis Grey

2005

8.2

TV

The Bear

Cousin Michelle

2022

8.1

TV

Deadwood

Alice Isringhausen

2004

8.1

TV

American Horror Story

Lana Winters · Cordelia Goode / Wilhemina Venable / Billie Dean Howard · Billie Dean Howard · Bette Tattler / Dot Tattler · Sally McKenna / Billie Dean Howard · Audrey Tindall / Lana Winters · Ally Mayfair-Richards / Susan Atkins · Tuberculosis Karen / Mamie Eisenhower · Director · Executive Producer

2011

7.9

TV

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Anne Gillette

1999

7.9

Movie

12 Years a Slave

Mary Epps

2013

7.9

TV

Desperate Housewives

Lydia Lindquist

2004

7.8

Movie

Adele One Night Only

Self

2021

7.6

TV

Ratched

Mildred Ratched · Executive Producer

2020

7.6

TV

FEUD

Geraldine Page

2017

7.6

TV

Jack & Jill

Elisa Cronkite

1999

7.6

TV

American Crime Story

Marcia Clark · Linda Tripp · Executive Producer

2016

7.5

Movie

Carol

Abby Gerhard

2015

7.5

Movie

November Christmas

Beth Marks

2011

7.5

Movie

Abominable

Dr. Zara (voice)

2019

7.4

TV

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Harriet Hayes

2006

7.4

TV

Family Guy

Sarah Paulson / Marcia Clark / Costumed Woman (voice)

1999

7.4

Movie

Serenity

Dr. Caron

2005

7.4

TV

American Gothic

Merlyn Temple

1995

7.3

TV

Law & Order

Maggie Conner

1990

7.3

TV

Mrs. America

Alice

2020

7.3

Movie

Bug

Eileen

2002

7.2

Movie

Run

Mother / Diane

2020

7.2

TV

Touched by an Angel

Zoe

1994

7.2

TV

Nip/Tuck

Agatha Ripp

2003

7.1

Movie

The Goldfinch

Xandra

2019

7.1

TV

Blue

Lavinia

2012

7.1

Movie

Griffin & Phoenix

Peri

2006

7.1

Movie

Mud

Mary Lee

2013

7.0

Movie

Blue Jay

Amanda

2016

7.0

Movie

The Post

Tony Bradlee

2017

7.0

Movie

Ocean's Eight

Tammy

2018

6.9

Movie

Game Change

Nicolle Wallace

2012

6.8

Movie

Bird Box

Jessica

2018

6.8

Movie

Swimmers

Merrill

2005

6.7

Movie

Path to War

Luci Baines Johnson

2003

6.7

Movie

Glass

Dr. Ellie Staple

2019

6.6

Movie

Rebel in the Rye

Dorothy Olding

2017

6.6

TV

The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin

Executive Producer

2021

6.6

Movie

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Lucy

2011

6.6

TV

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Therapist

2024

6.5

Movie

What Women Want

Annie

2000

6.4

Movie

The Other Sister

Heather Tate

1999

6.4

Movie

The Long Way Home

Leanne Bossert

1998

6.3

Movie

The Notorious Bettie Page

Bunny Yeager

2006

6.1

Movie

Down with Love

Vikki Hiller

2003

6.0

Movie

Diggers

Julie

2007

5.9

Movie

Hold Your Breath

Margaret Bellum · Executive Producer

2024

5.9

TV

Cupid

Dr. Claire McCrae

2009

5.9

Movie

New Year's Eve

Grace Schwab

2011

5.8

Movie

Held Up

Mary

1999

5.8

Movie

Coastal Elites

Clarissa Montgomery

2020

5.5

Movie

A Christmas Wedding

Emily

2006

5.3

Movie

The Time Being

Sarah

2012

5.2

Movie

Fairhaven

Kate

2013

5.0

Movie

After-School Special

Woman

2011

4.9

TV

All's Fair

Carrington Lane · Executive Producer

2025

4.9

Movie

The Runner

Kate Haber

2015

4.8

Movie

The Spirit

Ellen Dolan

2008

4.4

Movie

Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration

Actor

2022