Urgent: Sarah Paulson
A lovely and talented actress with a knack for both comedy and drama, Sarah Paulson was born in Tampa, Florida on December 17, 1975.
Sarah Paulson is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress.
When openly gay actress Cherry Jones won a Tony award for Best Actress in a Play at the 59th Annual Tony Awards, which was broadcast by CBS and watched by over 6 million viewers on Sunday, June 5, she received an excited kiss on the lips from her girlfriend Sarah Paulson, with whom she had been holding hands throughout the ceremony.
A lovely and talented actress with a knack for both comedy and drama, Sarah Paulson was born in Tampa, FL, on December 17, 1975.
Paulson made her professional debut at the age of 12 in an off-Broadway production of Amerlia Again, and she worked extensively on the New York stage after completing her education.
Following American Gothic’s cancellation, Paulson made her feature-film debut in the thriller Levitation, and in 1999, she appeared in Garry Marshall’s comedy drama The Other Sister.
Following American Gothic’s cancellation, Paulson made her feature-film debut in the thriller Levitation, and, in 1999, she appeared in Garry Marshall’s comedy drama The Other Sister.
Paulson was a series regular on the cult television show American Gothic and the WB series Jack & Jill , playing the character “Elisa Cronkite”.
Her family relocated to Manhattan, where she attended both the LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Paulson was born December 17, 1974, in Tampa, Florida.
It is said that in 2005, Paulson was indirectly outed by her girlfriend Cherry Jones during the 59th Tony Awards, when Jones thanked her by the name “Laura Wingfield” during her acceptance speech.
Born in Tampa, Florida in 1975, Paulson then moved with her family to Manhattan, where she made her professional debut at the age of 12 in an off-Broadway production of Amerlia Agai.
During the show’s run, she landed a supporting role in the Mel Gibson/Helen Hunt vehicle What Women Want, and after Jack and Jill ran its course, Paulson was cast in the lead role of the short-lived situation comedy Leap of Faith.
She made here television debut in a 1994 episode of the series Law & Order, and, in 1995, was cast as Merlyn Temple, a dead woman who can communicate with her living brother, on the fantasy series American Gothic; while the show only ran for a year, it developed a devoted cult following.
She made her television debut in a 1994 episode of the series Law & Order, and, in 1995, was cast as Merlyn Temple, a dead woman who can communicate with her living brother, on the fantasy series American Gothic.
She returned to episodic television that same year as Elisa Cronkite on the romantic drama series Jack and Jill, which ran two seasons.
She landed another leading role in the 2002 NBC comedy Leap of Faith, about a group of 30-something friends, but the series was canceled after only a handful of episodes had aired.
In 2006 Sarah starred in Aaron Sorkin’s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
In the 2006-2007 television season, Paulson co-starred in NBC’s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip playing Harriet Hayes, one of the stars of the show-within-a-show.
To date, this is her most notable role, earning her a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actress in a TV series.
In 1994, Paulson> made her television debut in an episode of Law and Order, and landed her first leading role on TV in the 1995 CBS supernatural drama American Gothic, playing a dead woman who communicates with her living brother.
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Paulson received rave reviews for her 1998 performance in Killer Joe, an off-Broadway production featuring Scott Glenn and Amanda Plummer, and she has received mostly positive reviews for her current role in The Glass Menagerie, which co-stars Jessica Lange and Christian Slater and runs through July 2005.
In December 2008, Paulson will be in the screen adaptation of Will Eisner ’s comic book The Spirit, playing an updated version of the character Ellen Dolan.
She can currently be seen on TV in a supporting role in the second season of HBO’s critically acclaimed western series Deadwood, and Paulson and Jones recently co-starred in the indie film Swimmers, which screened at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival in January and is currently making the festival rounds.
She continued to do theater while she attended LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
After the show’s cancellation Sarah set her focus on her film career.
Paulson’s movie credits include Down with Love, What Women Want, The Other Sister, Levitation, and Serenity.
In 2004, she had a supporting role in the ABC series The D.A., but that show also ended after a few episodes.
Paulson starred in a revival of The Glass Menagerie on Broadway, and has appeared Off-Broadway in Killer Joe, Talking Pictures, and Colder Than Here.






