Latest Update: Sarah Paulson's Assets & Salary & Career Highlights Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

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What is Sarah Paulson's Net Worth?

Sarah Paulson is an American actress who has a net worth of $12 million. Sarah Paulson is best known for her roles on "American Horror Story" (2011–present), "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story" (2016), and "Ratched" (2020), but she has also appeared in several films, such as "What Women Want" (2000), "12 Years a Slave" (2013), "Carol" (2015), "Bird Box" (2018), and "Ocean's 8" (2018).

Sarah Paulson was born Sarah Catharine Paulson on December 17, 1974, in Tampa, Florida. Her parents, Catharine and Douglas, divorced when Sarah was 5 years old, and she moved to Maine with her mother and her sister, Liz. They later relocated to New York City, where Catharine supported the family by waiting tables at Sardi's Restaurant. Paulson studied at Brooklyn's P.S. 29 and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in Manhattan, and she graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1992. She began performing in New York stage productions after graduating from high school and made her television debut in a 1994 episode of "Law & Order."

Sarah is also an accomplished stage actress, appearing on Broadway in "The Glass Menagerie" (2005) and "Collected Stories" (2010). Sarah has earned more than 20 awards for her work, including a Primetime Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for her portrayal ofMarcia Clarkon "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story." In October 2020, Netflix announced that "Ratched" was the streaming service's best original launch of the year after it was viewed 48 million times in its first month of release. In 2017, Paulson was included in "Time" magazine's list of the world's most influential people.

In 2011, Paulson played medium Billie Dean Howard on "American Horror Story: Murder House" and went on to appear in nearly every season of the FX anthology series, portraying writer Lana Winters on "American Horror Story: Asylum" (2012–2013), witch Cordelia Foxx on "American Horror Story: Coven" (2013–2014), conjoined twins Bette and Dot Tattler on "American Horror Story: Freak Show" (2014–2015), Hypodermic Sally and Billie Dean Howard on "American Horror Story: Hotel" (2015–2016), Shelby Miller, Audrey Tindall, and Lana Winters on "American Horror Story: Roanoke" (2016), Ally Mayfair-Richards and Susan Atkins on "American Horror Story: Cult" (2017), and Wilhemina Venable, Cordelia Goode (formerly Cordelia Foxx), and Billie Dean Howard on "American Horror Story: Apocalypse" (2018). Sarah earned critical acclaim and numerous awards for her performance as Marcia Clark on 2016's "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story," and the famed prosecutor was her guest at the Emmy Awards ceremony. Sarah is set to portray Linda Tripp on "Impeachment: American Crime Story" in 2021. In 2020, she began playing Nurse Mildred Ratched on the Netflix series "Ratched," a prequel to the novel/film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

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In 1995, Sarah appeared in the television film "Friends at Last" and began playing the ghost of a murder victim on the CBS series "American Gothic," which ran for one season. She then booked the lead role in the 1997 indie film "Levitation" and co-starred withJuliette LewisandDiane Keatonin 1999's "The Other Sister." Sarah played Elisa Cronkite on the WB's "Jack & Jill" from 1999 to 2001, appearing in all 32 episodes of the series. In 2000, she had a small role in "What Women Want," and in 2002, she appeared in the comedy "Bug," portrayed Luci Baines Johnson in the HBO film "Path to War," and played the lead role on the NBC sitcom "Leap of Faith." Paulson then appeared in the films "Down with Love (2003), "Serenity" (2005), and "The NotoriousBettie Page" (2005) and guest-starred on the FX series "Nip/Tuck," the first of many collaborations withRyan Murphy, who she would also work with on "American Horror Story," "American Crime Story," and "Ratched."

Sarah had a recurring role as Miss Isringhausen on HBO's "Deadwood" in 2005, and that year she also co-starred withJessica Lange, her future "American Horror Story" castmate, in "The Glass Menagerie" at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. In 2007, Paulson began starring onAaron Sorkin'sNBC dramedy "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," which ran for 22 episodes and earned her nominations from the Golden Globes and Satellite Awards. She guest-starred on "Desperate Housewives" in 2007 and 2011 and on "Grey's Anatomy" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" in 2010. Paulson then appeared in the feature films "Martha Marcy May Marlene" (2011), "New Year's Eve" (2011), and "Mud" (2012) and the HBO movie "Game Change" (2012), which earned her nominations from the Primetime Emmys and Golden Globes. Sarah has also appeared in the films "The Runner" (2015), "Glass" (2019), and "The Goldfinch" (2019).

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