Sarah Paulson

Sarah Paulson

Actor (b. 1974)
20
Movies
67.4%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Audiences rate Sarah Paulson’s films lower than 84% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): Carol (Prime Video (free), Tubi, Kanopy, Hoopla, Fawesome) · Mud (Tubi, Kanopy, Hoopla, Fawesome) · Griffin & Phoenix (Roku Channel, Tubi) · The Other Sister (Hoopla) · The Runner (Plex, Prime Video (free), Fawesome) · The Spirit (YouTube, The CW, Plex, Prime Video (free), Tubi, Kanopy, Hoopla, Fawesome).

Frequent Collaborators

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i How is this score calculated?

The ThumbScore for Sarah Paulson (67.4%) is the average audience approval rating across 20 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Sarah's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

Sarah Catharine Paulson (born December 17, 1974) is an American actress. She began her acting career in New York City stage productions before starring in the short-lived television series American Gothic (1995–1996) and Jack & Jill (1999–2001). She later appeared in comedy films such as What Women Want (2000) and Down with Love (2003), and drama films such as Path to War (2002) and The Notorious Bettie Page (2005). From 2006 to 2007, she starred as Harriet Hayes in the NBC comedy-drama series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, for which she received her first Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2008, she starred as Ellen Dolan in the superhero noir film The Spirit.

Paulson has appeared on Broadway in the plays The Glass Menagerie in 2005 and Collected Stories in 2010. She also starred in a number of independent films and had a leading role in the ABC comedy series Cupid (2009). She later starred in the independent drama film Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) and received Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for her portrayal of Nicolle Wallace in the HBO film Game Change (2012). She was featured as Mary Epps in the 2013 historical drama film 12 Years a Slave, as Abby Gerhard in the 2015 romantic drama film Carol, and as Toni Bradlee in the 2017 political drama film The Post, all of which were nominated for multiple Academy Awards. Her other films include Serenity (2005), New Year's Eve (2011), Mud (2012), Blue Jay (2016), Ocean's 8 (2018), Bird Box (2018), Glass (2019), and Run (2020). In 2011, Paulson began starring in the FX anthology series American Horror Story, playing different characters in many of the show's 10 seasons.

Born 1974-12-17 in Tampa, Florida, USA.

On ThumbScore, Sarah Paulson appears in 20 films with an average audience score of 67.4%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Sarah Paulson movie, ranked by audience score

12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
2013
👍 90%
Carol
Carol
2015
👍 87%
Bird Box
Bird Box
2018
👍 81%
Mud
Mud
2013
👍 76%
Glass
Glass
2019
👍 76%
The Post
The Post
2017
👍 75%
Game Change
Game Change
2012
👍 73%
Run
Run
2020
👍 71%
Abominable
Abominable
2019
👍 71%
Griffin & Phoenix
Griffin & Phoenix
2006
👍 71%
The Other Sister
The Other Sister
1999
👍 71%
Ocean's Eight
Ocean's Eight
2018
👍 68%
Blue Jay
Blue Jay
2016
👍 68%
Down with Love
Down with Love
2003
👍 67%
The Notorious Bettie Page
The Notorious Bettie Page
2006
👍 67%
Hold Your Breath
Hold Your Breath
2024
👍 57%
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch
2019
👍 52%
The Runner
The Runner
2015
👍 47%
The Spirit
The Spirit
2008
👍 44%
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Martha Marcy May Marlene
2011
👍 35%