YouTube.com\/@HwdWalkofFame<\/a>.<\/p>\nBorn Dec. 17, 1974 in Tampa, Florida, and raised in New York City, Paulson made her Broadway debut during the 1993-94 run of the original production of \u201cThe Sisters Rosensweig\u201d as the replacement understudy for Amy Ryan in the role of teenage idealist Tess Goode.<\/p>\n
Paulson made her television debut in a 1994 episode of \u201cLaw & Order\u201d as the stepdaughter of a man suspected of killing his wife.<\/p>\n
Her film debut came in the 1997 fantasy drama \u201cLevitation,\u201d starring as a pregnant teenager who searches for her biological mother with the help of a guardian angel.<\/p>\n
Paulson\u2019s first role as a series cast member came in the 1995-96 CBS horror series \u201cAmerican Gothic\u201d as the slain sister of an orphan (Lucas Black) who appears to him as a ghost to guide him in the right direction.<\/p>\n
She received her Emmy in 2016 for outstanding lead actress in a limited series or movie for her portrayal of prosecutor Marcia Clark in \u201cThe People v O.J. Simpson,\u201d the first season of the FX biographical crime drama anthology series \u201cAmerican Crime Story,\u201d in which Murphy was among the executive producers and directors.<\/p>\n
The nomination was one of two Paulson received in 2016. She was also nominated for outstanding supporting actress in a limited series or movie for her two roles in \u201cAmerican Horror Story: Hotel,\u201d for which Murphy was the showrunner.<\/p>\n
Paulson received her first Emmy nomination in 2012 for outstanding supporting actress in a miniseries or movie for her portrayal of Nicolle Wallace, the director of communications for John McCain\u2019s 2008 presidential campaign in the HBO movie, \u201cGame Change.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her most recent Emmy nod came in 2024 for outstanding guest actress in a drama series for her role as a therapist in the Amazon Prime Video spy series, \u201cMr. & Mrs. Smith.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paulson\u2019s other television credits include the title role in the Netflix \u201cOne Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest\u201d prequel \u201cRatched,\u201d which Murphy developed; recurring roles on the HBO Western \u201cDeadwood\u201d and FX on Hulu comedy-drama \u201cThe Bear\u201d and as the female lead in the 2009 ABC comedy-drama \u201cCupid.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her other film credits include \u201cOcean\u2019s 8\u201d;\u201d12 Years a Slave\u201d; \u201cThe Post\u201d and \u201cMartha Marcy May Marlene.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paulson won the Tony Award for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play in 2024 for her portrayal of the oldest sibling of a dysfunctional family as they return to a decaying plantation mansion in Arkansas to battle over their recently deceased father\u2019s inheritance in \u201cAppropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is set to be unveiled Tuesday honoring Sarah Paulson for…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":344486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[60196,1582,276,195983,17746,131423,2961,224,5337,195984,27728,581,44225,79783],"class_list":{"0":"post-418783","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-actress","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-emmy-winning","12":"tag-fame","13":"tag-honoring","14":"tag-la","15":"tag-los-angeles","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-paulson","18":"tag-sarah","19":"tag-star","20":"tag-unveiled","21":"tag-walk"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115648274390889367","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}