Sarah Paulson
- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Sarah Paulson was born on December 17, 1974 in Tampa, Florida, to
Catharine Gordon (Dolcater) and Douglas Lyle Paulson II. She spent most
of her early years in New York and Maine, before settling in Manhattan
to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the High School for
Performing Arts. Although she made her Broadway debut in "The Sisters
Rosensweig" and performed in the off-Broadway "Talking Pictures", she
debuted on the small screen in late 1994 in a guest shot on NBC's
Law & Order (1990), then, in the
following spring, landed her first TV-movie role in CBS'
Friends at Last (1995)
and finally became a TV series regular by fall 1995.
Best known for her amazing performance in CBS' supernatural drama
American Gothic (1995) as the
benevolent spiritual guide to her young brother, she was also a regular
on the WB series
Jack & Jill (1999) as "Elisa
Cronkite", the former girlfriend of David "Jill" Jillefsky
(Ivan Sergei) as well as the main
character in the TV series
Leap of Faith (2002), "Faith
Wardwell", and as "Audrey" in the TV movie
Metropolis (2000). She was
also part of the cast of
Shaughnessy (1996),
The Long Way Home (1998)
(as "Leanne Bossert") and
Path to War (2002) as
Luci Baines Johnson, as well as
making notable appearances in
Touched by an Angel (1994)
playing "Zoe" in
Manhunt (2001),
20 October 2001, and Cracker: Mind Over Murder (1997)
playing "Nina" in
True Romance: Part 1 (1997),
18 September 1997.
Sarah has now played in movies with such stars as
Mel Gibson in the romantic comedy
What Women Want (2000) (as
"Annie", Gibson's secretary), Diane Keaton
in the romantic drama
The Other Sister (1999) (as
"Heather Tate", Keaton's lesbian eldest daughter),
Jamie Foxx in
Held Up (1999) (as "Mary", a
developmentally disabled young woman with an unfaithful boyfriend) and
David Hyde Pierce in the romantic
comedy Down with Love (2003) (as
"Vicky Hiller", Pierce's crush). She also had two major roles in the
comedy Bug (2002) and the drama,
Levitation (1997), where she starred
as a pregnant teenager who searches for her biological mother, with the
help of a guardian angel.
Catharine Gordon (Dolcater) and Douglas Lyle Paulson II. She spent most
of her early years in New York and Maine, before settling in Manhattan
to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the High School for
Performing Arts. Although she made her Broadway debut in "The Sisters
Rosensweig" and performed in the off-Broadway "Talking Pictures", she
debuted on the small screen in late 1994 in a guest shot on NBC's
Law & Order (1990), then, in the
following spring, landed her first TV-movie role in CBS'
Friends at Last (1995)
and finally became a TV series regular by fall 1995.
Best known for her amazing performance in CBS' supernatural drama
American Gothic (1995) as the
benevolent spiritual guide to her young brother, she was also a regular
on the WB series
Jack & Jill (1999) as "Elisa
Cronkite", the former girlfriend of David "Jill" Jillefsky
(Ivan Sergei) as well as the main
character in the TV series
Leap of Faith (2002), "Faith
Wardwell", and as "Audrey" in the TV movie
Metropolis (2000). She was
also part of the cast of
Shaughnessy (1996),
The Long Way Home (1998)
(as "Leanne Bossert") and
Path to War (2002) as
Luci Baines Johnson, as well as
making notable appearances in
Touched by an Angel (1994)
playing "Zoe" in
Manhunt (2001),
20 October 2001, and Cracker: Mind Over Murder (1997)
playing "Nina" in
True Romance: Part 1 (1997),
18 September 1997.
Sarah has now played in movies with such stars as
Mel Gibson in the romantic comedy
What Women Want (2000) (as
"Annie", Gibson's secretary), Diane Keaton
in the romantic drama
The Other Sister (1999) (as
"Heather Tate", Keaton's lesbian eldest daughter),
Jamie Foxx in
Held Up (1999) (as "Mary", a
developmentally disabled young woman with an unfaithful boyfriend) and
David Hyde Pierce in the romantic
comedy Down with Love (2003) (as
"Vicky Hiller", Pierce's crush). She also had two major roles in the
comedy Bug (2002) and the drama,
Levitation (1997), where she starred
as a pregnant teenager who searches for her biological mother, with the
help of a guardian angel.
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